Start time: 6/30/2015, 5:37 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.25 miles
Average pace: 9:46 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 87 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 386 miles
Current Shoes: 60 miles

Biked home after work on Monday, and the fact that it had been 20 days since the previous time out on the bike (thanks to lots of ill-timed afternoon thunderstorms) meant that I paid the price Tuesday morning. My legs felt like lead the entire time and it was a struggle, but I kept going, so that’s a big victory.

Start time: 6/28/2015, 7:06 am
Location: East Capitol Street, National Mall
Distance: 8.3 miles
Average pace: 10:13 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 80 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 379 miles
Current Shoes: 53 miles

Originally was going to run on Saturday, but right as I started leaving the house, the skies opened up and a monsoon-level rain came down. Happily someone else texted before I could to suggest postponing. Ran down East Capitol St to RFK Stadium and back for a change of scenery the next morning.

Start time: 6/25/2015, 5:38 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.2 miles
Average pace: 9:26 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 72 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 371 miles
Current Shoes: 45 miles

Still working on picking up my speed for my first two solo miles of my weekday runs. Bit by bit, getting there.

Start time: 6/23/2015, 5:41 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.08 miles
Average pace: 9:30 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 65 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 364 miles
Current Shoes: 38 miles

Another crazy humid day, to the point that no one wanted to climb Capitol Hill. On the bright side, definitely was moving at a good pace (for me) despite the adverse weather.

Start time: 6/20/2015, 6:06 am
Location: National Mall, Howard University, LeDroit Park, Capitol Hill, Navy Yard
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:22 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 58 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 357 miles
Current Shoes: 31 miles

Learning from our mistake the previous week, we went with a 6am start-time this Saturday. We had a few drop-offs along the route, but for the majority of us, we actually ran the full 10 miles this time through instead of everyone throwing in the towel early. So that’s a real victory.

Start time: 6/18/2015, 5:40 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 7.3 miles
Average pace: 9:35 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 48 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 347 miles
Current Shoes: 21 miles

Still warm but not quite as truly awful. So that’s an improvement, right?

Start time: 6/16/2015, 5:40 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6 miles
Average pace: 9:53 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 41 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 340 miles
Current Shoes: 14 miles

Another very hot run, to the point where I cancelled the last “bonus” mile.

Start time: 6/11/2015, 5:35 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7 miles
Average pace: 9:37 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 27 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 326 miles
Current Shoes: 420 miles

Super, super humid this morning; by the time it was over, I was soaked to the bone. Bleah. That said, maybe we all just were desperate to get out of the humidity, but we moved at a nice clip.

Start time: 6/6/2015, 8:43 am
Location: Sligo Creek Park
Distance: 6.2 miles
Average pace: 10:00 min/mile
Total Miles For June: 20 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 319 miles
Current Shoes: 413 miles

Was NOT feeling well for a good stretch of this run, unfortunately. Win some, lose some.