Running (Street & Trail) 1:15:17 8.47 mi (8:53 / mi) +310m7:59 / mi slept:5.9 weight:176lbs
From the Van Ness/UDC Metro Station in Washington, D.C. down Connecticutt Ave. to the Melvin-Hazen Trail, to the Rock Creek Trail to Broad Branch Rd., trails on the west side of the valley via Fort DeRussey to Military Rd., then up the Western Ridge Trail, to Wise Rd. to Chestnut Rd. to Winnett Rd. to Brennon Ln. to to Thornapple St. to Brookville Rd. to Thornapple St., to Leeland St. to 45th St. to Elm St. to the Capital Crescent Trail, to Woodmont Ave. to North Ln. and to the Bethesda Metro Station in Maryland. I started out feeling okay though my right calf was still surprisingly sore/tight. I made good time to the valley of Rock Creek Park. Once I hit the first of the 5 large hills on the route, I knew that I wasn't feeling so energetic. My calf loosened up after about 2 miles. I hit a slow point on the steepest climb up to Fort DeRussey, getting there just as the sun was setting on the western horizon. I was either okay or slow on other hills but got out of the park before it was truely dark; a benefit of the daylight savings time shift last weekend. The rest of the route was pretty slow and a struggle--could I still be feeling the effect of the 50K? Perhaps the +70 F weather had something to do with it. The additional hills took more out of me. My right knee was not 100%, I needed a bathroom, and even my feet were complaining.
