Hello Saturday Runners!
Tomorrow's run will be 15 miles on the Long Bridge Park route (downloads: cue sheet and GPS). With a hot day today and thunderstorms forecast for tomorrow afternoon, I would expect that we'll be contending with another humid morning, so don't forget to carry extra fluids.
If you'd like to run further than 15 miles, you can make this route about 17.5 miles by continuing up to Roosevelt Island on your way back, and adding an outer loop lap of the island's trail. Alternately, to shorten this to 12.5 miles, after you run through Crystal City and as you are heading south on S. Potomac Ave, take a right on South Glebe Road. Carefully cross Rt. 1, and take a left to continue south on Rt. 1. Very soon you will see the entrance ramp to the 4 Mile Run trail on your right. Take this down to loop under Rt. 1 and you will hit the Mt. Vernon Trail shortly. Take a left on Mt. Vernon trail to head north back to Iwo Jima.
Thank you Kate Scott for post-run drinks and Jerry McEnerney for mid-run drinks this week! Jerry will be located in Tide Lock Park, just after the 8 mile mark, on the Mt. Vernon Trail right before you start heading north along the river.
We have post-run beverages mostly covered for the rest of the summer, but will need more help with mid-run beverages after next week, so please let me know when you can help out. The weekly schedule of volunteers, routes, and distances is always kept up-to-date on the SLR web page, and you can email me any time to book your slot. For general info on how volunteering works see the SLR FAQ or send me an email if you have any other specific questions.
Happy running,
Mike
