Saturday Runners,
The scouting report on the Capital Crescent Trail is that while it is plowed, it's still very icy right now, and overnight temperatures tonight in the teens won't help things. I was hoping to preserve the planned route this week, but the snow turned out to be more than I expected, so I'm going to make a last minute change. Tomorrow's alternate route RFK should be relatively clear, since it's mostly on roads that will have been plowed. Particularly with the snow (or any other day, really) I would recommend skipping the actual loop around RFK because it has no sidewalk or shoulder, which trims the route to 12 miles. If you'd like 16 miles to match the planned Battery Kemble distance, you can add a dip down to Hains Point on the way back by taking a left at the Washington Monument. Take another left just before the Jefferson Memorial onto Ohio Drive, and follow it down around the point and back to the Lincoln Memorial.
Happy Running!
Mike
