I went on an interesting long run today. I meant to get up early to do 14 before it got hot...but one thing led to another and I only got started at 9:50. I was planning to begin at Fletcher's Boathouse and incorporate Glover-Archibold Park into my run at some point. Due to rush hour traffic I ended up just parking at Chain Bridge because it was just much easier.
I planned to run across the Bridge to the Canal but noticed the "Potomac Heritage Trail" which looked enticing. The marker showed four miles to Teddy Roosevelt Island which I've always wanted to run around so I decided to take the trail. Bad idea. It was basically not runable for the first three of the four miles which was very frustrating. I'd be surprised if I averaged faster than 8:30 or 9 minute pace on the first four miles of the run.
I got to TR Island and enjoyed a few different loops around the trails before taking a GU and some water at the fountain and continuing south on the Mt. Vernon trail. I eventually crossed over into D.C. on the Arlington Memorial Bridge. I made my way to Georgetown and took a break there, desperately in need of water as temperatures had reached the mid 90s by this point in the run.
I continued north on the Canal toward Chain Bridge and was finally able to get some water at Fletcher's 12.5 miles into the run. It was just a short jaunt from there and I was finally done.
It was definitely fun to do a cool new loop like this--although I was ill-prepared and not in the kind of shape I need to be in for long distance running. I've got some work to do in the next five weeks before my half marathon--bring it on!
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