Training Log Archive: Nadim

From Northfield Rd. to Maple Ave. with Max in his trailer, then to the Bethesda Metro Station. I was feeling a little sore from the run yesterday but it wasn't bad. Some light rain started to fall and I got a bit hot in my rain jacket. After getting through the Air Rights tunnel our way was blocked by construction machinery making a concrete ditch where there was just a dirt one. I turned us around and got Max to day care along sidewalks on Wisconsin Ave. and Maple Ave. The construction should help prevent the sogginess of the trail that's been there but the old bridge from the path into the day care has been removed for now.

From the Bethesda Metro station to Maple Ave., then to Northfield Rd. via the Georgetown Branch Trail. Upon getting to my bicycle which had been locked-up at the metro station, I discovered that my bicycle had a flat. It also looked like someone had ransacked my seat pack bag. They might have gotten a little bit of emergency money left over from an earlier ride but the pump and a few tools were still there. I had been worried about this when I left in the morning because a guy had pulled up on his own bike in the morning and then just stood around while I and others were going to the trains. Not finding much he might have been the cause for the flat tire too but that could have just been a coincidence; something had even made me check the tire before leaving the house in the morning. I had left work late and it was getting dark with a chance of rain so I gambled on just inflating the flat tire without fixing it. It worked enough to get me to Max's day care so I put some more air in and hitched the trailer before going on my usual route. The construction trucks had gone and I was able to make my way over the new concrete ditch to the trail with the bicycle and the trailer. Unfortunately, I had to stop several more times on the way home to put more air in the tire. I stood on the pedals and leaned weight on the handlebars to keep the weight off the flat rear tire. The tire is in good shape and I'm not sure why the Mr. Tuffy in it hasn't been keeping it from going flat.