Training Log Archive: Nadim

From Rosedale Ave. to the Old Georgetown Branch via Maryland Ave., to Kentbury Ave. to Rosedale. Just a quick nightime run after a busy day getting things done at home. Weight 169.

45 situps. Weight 168.5. Busy doing work stuff at home.

In Rock Creek Park from the DC/MD border parking off Beach Dr.; down the Valley Trail most of the way to just past Military Rd., various trails including the Western Ridge Trail and the hiker-biker trail to the Pinehurst Trail, to Western Ave., across Chevy Chase on Whitney, Underwood and Thornapple, to the Georgetown Branch Trail to Maryland Ave., to Rosedale Ave. Peggy drove us to the park for a run and I ran back. The route was mostly on trails or steep hills but it was nice to be in the woods. There were a few areas where trails were closed for flood control construction and I ran into the open woods to get around. Weight 167.

From Rosedale Ave., to NIH via Battery La, then jogging around to identify where I should do some intervals, back to the house, then back to NIH. 50F with a humid breeze. Weight 166.5.

On the south side of the NIH campus in Bethesda, 6 x 0.4 miles on the grass with about a 45ft. climb/drop depending on direction and 90 seconds rest between each. Sparsely separted trees and some low banches made me have to keep thinking a little. Splits: 2:37, 2:19, 2:37, 2:19, 2:37, 2:?? (I didn't stop the watch correctly on the last but think it was faster).

From NIH, along Wisconsin Ave. to East-West Hwy. on the BCC HS grounds, to Rosedale via Maryland Ave.

From Rosedale Ave., Battery La. to Keystone Ave. to Huntington Pkwy. to Irvington Ave, across Hartsdale ES, to Heampstead Ave. to Sonoma, around Ayrlawn Park to Johnson, then in the park to Oakmount Ave. to Old Georgetown Rd. to the NIH trail to Battery Rd. to Rosedale Ave. I obviously wandered a bit on this night time run. I was reluctant to go out in the 36F weather after 9pm not having had dinner but it felt fine once I did. I thought I was going faster but it must have been the hills or all the cold hard pavement which I was feeling by the end. Weight 169.5.

45 situps. Weight 169.

On the Broad Creek map in northern MD. Warm-up jog on the road in the Camp Saffran area. I hadn't run or done much for the last week so I thought it best for me to warm-up well even though it was an very nice 70F day. Weight 171 from the big and late dinner.

QOC Broad Creek. I enjoyed the day and Francis Hogel's course setting but surprised to only see a few people came out. Since I hadn't run much lately, I set out to just pace myself. I got caught-up in the green forcing an error at #2, almost made it to #4 before I realized I'd mis-read the field and had ignored the limited contours. I had some indecision and a small error on the way to #5. I got suckered in by the course notes to going a bit higher than I would otherwise have done to #9, and ran right above the control at #15. Though I've run on the map before, I found it difficult to read features. The dots and dashes for trails were printed more narrowly than other maps. The 1:9,000 scale with 25ft. contours also made it odd. See the split list.

Blue - Splits