Monthly Archives: November 2015

Good Cruising Speed

Start time: 11/30/2015, 5:40 & 5:59am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 2.11 & 5.36 miles
Average pace: 8:25 & 9:36 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 107 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 790 miles
Current Shoes: 71 miles

Just me and John, post-Thanksgiving. Clearly we had some extra fuel in the tank!

Columbia!

Start time: 11/28/2015, 7:07am
Location: Columbia MD
Distance: 10.11 miles
Average pace: 10:35 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 100 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 783 miles
Current Shoes: 64 miles

Stephanie and Armand were the only others in town, so I headed up to their neck of the woods for a (thankfully not too hilly) romp through Columbia.

Pre-Gluttony

Start time: 11/26/2015, 1:20pm
Location: Sligo Creek Park
Distance: 6.37 miles
Average pace: 9:32 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 90 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 773 miles
Current Shoes: 54 miles

One last lunchtime hurrah before the Thanksgiving eating frenzy, courtesy Charlie and Sligo Creek Park.

Just Over

Start time: 11/25/2015, 5:39 & 6:00am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 2.04 & 5.55 miles
Average pace: 8:27 & 10:01 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 84 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 767 miles
Current Shoes: 48 miles

I consider it a good run if the second segment is under 10:00 min/mile. Sometimes I just hit it. Other times I just miss it.

Old Shoes

Start time: 11/23/2015, 5:41 & 6:01am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 2.04 & 5.43 miles
Average pace: 8:34 & 9:46 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 76 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 759 miles
Current Shoes: 40 miles

Accidentally left my running shoes in the other room, but fortunately had my old shoes still on hand. Which is why, if you’re looking carefully, you will see the lack of an update to the “current shoes” total.

Reverse Zoo

Start time: 11/21/2015, 7:33am
Location: National Zoo, Rock Creek Park, Dupont Circle
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:02 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 69 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 752 miles
Current Shoes: 40 miles

Bad news: Really late start due to construction traffic.
Good news: Decided to hit the Zoo again and did the dreaded/infamous “reverse Zoo route.” Much better this time thanks to cooler temperatures, and we ended up with a faster pace than the previous Saturday to boot.

Zoo Time Leaving Soon

Start time: 11/14/2015, 7:08am
Location: National Zoo, Rock Creek Park, Dupont Circle
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:20 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 45 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 728 miles
Current Shoes: 16 miles

With the Zoo’s hours changing soon, we decided to pick up a Zoo route while we still could do so easily.

Shortened Again

Start time: 11/11/2015, 5:34 & 5:58am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 2.06 & 4.35 miles
Average pace: 8:32 & 10:10 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 35 miles
Total Miles For 2015: 718 miles
Current Shoes: 6 miles

Was hoping to run a little extra this morning but disaster struck, so alas, such is life. Plus, finally, new shoes!