Monthly Archives: April 2016

9 miles, 9 years

Start time: 4/30/2016, 7:07 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 9 miles
Average pace: 10:08 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 72 miles
Total Miles For 2016: 320 miles
Current Shoes: 446 miles

Rounded out the month with a 9-miler with John, Jerry, and Armand. Originally was shooting for 10 but was definitely dragging a bit; since John and Jerry were running a little less I decided that discretion and companionship was the better part of valor. (Also, through sheer coincidence, today marks 9 years with Charlie. Didn’t plan that, honest!)

A bit chilly

Start time: 4/28/2016, 5:40 & 6:00 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 2.01 & 5.35 miles
Average pace: 8:34 & 10:04 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 63 miles
Total Miles For 2016: 311 miles
Current Shoes: 437 miles

Definitely a little cooler than the previous couple of days; one the bright side I nailed the correct weight of clothing for a change. (Sleeveless shirt with loose long-sleeve over it, no need for jacket or heavy hat or gloves.) Also I suppose I should start wearing my new running shoes soon.

60 degrees

Start time: 4/26/2016, 5:37 & 6:00 am
Location: National Mall, Capitol Hill
Distance: 2.11 & 5.35 miles
Average pace: 8:36 & 10:09 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 56 miles
Total Miles For 2016: 304 miles
Current Shoes: 430 miles

60+ degrees at 5:30am. But long sleeve shirts probably for Thursday’s run. Spring never fails to keep me jumping in DC.

Dodging the Rain

Start time: 4/23/2016, 7:00 am
Location: National Mall, Shaw, Howard University, LeDroit Park, Capitol Hill
Distance: 10 miles
Average pace: 10:21 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 49 miles
Total Miles For 2016: 296 miles
Current Shoes: 423 miles

Dodged some incoming rain with Armand and Ben; ended up just doing ye olde Shaw/Howard route for the first 6, then headed onto Capitol Hill w/ Armand for the back 4. A tiny bit of a sprinkle showed up around the 9 mile point, but all in all no complaints.

Back in the swing of things, again

Start time: 4/20/2016, 5:40 & 6:00 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 2.04 & 5.43 miles
Average pace: 8:26 & 9:44 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 39 miles
Total Miles For 2016: 286 miles
Current Shoes: 413 miles

Finally, back to recording runs when they happened. Nice weather (probably could’ve dispensed with a layer!) and it was good to have Ben, John, and Steve all there too.

Lunchtime, At-Home Run

Start time: 4/14/2016, 12:01 pm
Location: Sligo Creek Park
Distance: 4.25 miles
Average pace: 9:04 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 32 miles
Total Miles For 2016: 279 miles
Current Shoes: 406 miles

I had a morning appointment downtown, so afterwards I went home and ran a little 4 miler. I was unfortunately a bit overdressed (I didn’t need the long sleeves) so I was a tad overheated in just that short distance, ah well.

Bad conditions, again

Start time: 4/9/2016, 7:06 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 8.12 miles
Average pace: 10:11 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 21 miles
Total Miles For 2016: 268 miles
Current Shoes: 395 miles

Like the previous Saturday, more bad weather. In this case we even added in some sleet.

Bad conditions

Start time: 4/2/2016, 7:08 am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 6.07 miles
Average pace: 10:07 min/mile
Total Miles For April: 6 miles
Total Miles For 2016: 253 miles
Current Shoes: 380 miles

We cut this run short on account of cold rain and wind blasting us. Ugh!