Hello Saturday Runners!
This week we have the first 20-miler of this training cycle for fall marathons on our schedule, an out & back route on the C&O Canal Towpath (additional map here)! If you'd like to run any other distance, it's very easy to modify this one by just turning around at half of your desired distance. In addition, once you get onto the Towpath, the marked mile posts will rougly correspond to your distance from our meeting point, so for example, you would turn around at mile marker 10 for a 20 mile run, mile marker 8 for a 16 mile run, etc.
Fortunately this Saturday's weather should be better than last week, with temperatures in the mid-60s at the start. High temps later in the day will get up to the 80s, but that's a 10 deg improvement from last Saturday! Mid-run drinks will be located at Lock 7 on the Towpath, which is roughly 7 miles out along this route. If you're running 20 miles, you will also pass this drink station again at mile 13 on your way back. In addition, there are water fountains (and bathrooms) at Fletcher's Boathouse, which you'll pass at miles 3 and 17 of a 20-miler.
Thank you Rachel Grocock for post-run drinks, and Ellie Evans for mid-run drinks! All of our volunteer needs through the Marine Corp Marathon are now filled, so a big thank you to everyone who has helped out! For the future, up-to-date volunteer needs and a route schedule are always posted on our web page, and you can email me any time to schedule your slot. Our drinks are entirely volunteer provided, so if you're an SLR regular, please do your part to help support them!
Happy running!
Mike
