a barrel of this

Today I finally got to run over the Rock Creek trellis bridge along the Georgetown branch trail (also known as the interim Capital Crescent trail). I had been close to it on previous runs and in fact I parked and started from where I had turned around in the past thinking I was far from […]

My friend Space was in town for the holidays so we went for a run in Rock Creek Park. Unfortunately, about half way through he slipped a bit in the mud and twisted his ankle. He tried to walk on it for a bit but it was clearly badly sprained. I high-tailed it back […]

Well this was a big disaster. I intended to go out running for 30 minutes then head back home for a meeting. 50 minutes later and I’m running in the pitch black darkness wondering if I’m my boss will forgive me. I determined that the bridge that I had found a while back was not […]

Today was a warm day but, I didn’t have much time so I just went down to the track. Lap times:

1.02 m, 6:09
1.00m, 6:12
1.01m, 6:47

Probably not the best idea to get back into things by doing “speed work” (it was more like a tempo run with breaks between each mile). I’m anxious to get going […]

I cut this run short to enjoy some time walking with my lady. It has been bitter cold here this week.