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Location:

Hope Mills,NC,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

78.6 miles at Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra 2013

Short-Term Running Goals:

Mike to Mike Marathon- May 2014

Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra -Fall 2014

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run till the day I die and still enjoy it

Comrades---long, long, long term

Personal:

Married

2 children

2 chickens

cat

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 508.40
NB Trail Lifetime Miles: 94.40
New-zuno 9's Lifetime Miles: 515.83
Pinky Gladys Gutzman Lifetime Miles: 502.11
Brooks Lifetime Miles: 517.83
New Brooks Lifetime Miles: 507.28
New Minuno Pink Lifetime Miles: 519.24
MiZuni FLAMES Lifetime Miles: 470.24
Merrell Vibrams Lifetime Miles: 20.86
Mizuno Alchemy 8 Lifetime Miles: 586.59
MIzuno Alchemy 12 Lifetime Miles: 497.80
Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 577.62
Brooks 12 Lifetime Miles: 410.66
Brooks 13 New Green Lifetime Miles: 440.91
Brooks 13 New Blue Lifetime Miles: 445.67
Green Machine Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 560.25
Shiny Blue Asics Lifetime Miles: 164.85
Dreamy New Balance Lifetime Miles: 402.57
Total Distance
16.51
Brooks 13 New Green Miles: 16.51
Total Distance
4.85

Ran in DC with MR.  We started just south of the Lincoln monument, ran across the bridge toward Arlington Cemetery, and from there we looped down onto the Mt. Vernon trail and headed north.  We saw a sign for the Teddy Roosevelt Memorial and went there.  It's on an island in the middle of the Potomac River.  We crossed the bridge, and took a little break exploring the monument.

 

Then we headed back toward DC taking the bridge near the Kennedy Center.  We stopped to see Watergate and the Kennedy Center, then ran back toward the Lincoln Memorial.

This pirate is not a crook  (see image below)

 

  From Lincoln, we ran along the reflecting pool toward the WWII memorial, then toward the tidal basin where we ran into the Martin Luther King Jr. monument.  I'd never seen it before, and it was really impressive. 

From there we ran back to the car and rented some bikes for the rest of the day.  The bikes are $7 to rent all day as long as you use them in less than 30 minute intervals.  Every! 29 minutes, you have to park them back in one of the bike rental racks, and then you can take them again for another 29 minutes.  If you do keep them longer than 30 minutes, you will be charged additional costs.  It was nice because we could take them to a museum, park them, and then take the bikes back out again when we were done.

Not sure my miles on the bike for the day; we were riding for a good period of time, but with pedestrians and traffic, you've got to go slowly.  And there's only one gear on the bikes.

Brooks 13 New Green Miles: 4.85
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Total Distance
7.66

Went on the rail trail with Terri!!  It was so nice to be running with her again.  The weather was perfect, and time went by so fast.

We saw about 10 deer, heard a chorus of frogs, and saw fireflies!  My first fireflies of the year :-)

Brooks 13 New Green Miles: 7.66
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Total Distance
4.00

Both watch batteries were dead, so we just went for a run.  It was warmer than it'd been all week, so we had to take a few breaks to cool off.  

MR and I went back to the Paxtuent Research center to try a different trail today.  We went on the Whippor-Whill trail.  There was a really old cemetery off to the side of the trail.  I was able to make out one headstone that read 1600s for birth/death.  

The mileage is just a guess.  But I feel like it's a good one.

Brooks 13 New Green Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
16.51
Brooks 13 New Green Miles: 16.51
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