Winning Back What I Lost

Jogged/walked w/ my daughter for 3 hours in the sun trying to teach her how to ride a bike.  I know we went further but I'll call it 2M.

8.15M @ just over MP.  First 4M with Martin.  Off to D.C. tomorrow.

In transit all day to D.C.  Arrived at the hotel around 5pm and relaxed for an hour or so before venturing out.  Ran from my hotel on 15th Ave to the White House and the Mall area (Washington Monument, Reflecting Pool, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial) and back.  Lots of runners and not just in the park areas.  Downhill on the way out and some uphill including the mini-hill the Washington Monument sits on, on the way back.  I'd probably have to rank D.C. above Frisco for the coolest big city running I've experienced. 

Another great run from the hotel to the National Mall.  This time I added the Smithsonian and the Capitol Bldg to yesterday's route.  8M at current marathon pace.  Ankle still soar and a bit swollen.

Finished my work commitments around noonish today.  I wanted to check the IMAX movie at the Smithsonian but the line was out the door.  Ended up walking around and taking some pics for about 3hrs+.  I'll call it 4M but it was probably much more.

630pm: 4.6M on the National Mall.  Last run in DC.  An absolutely beautiful day.  Temp in the low 70's w/ bright sunshine.  My legs were sapped from doing the tourist thing earlier in the day.  Still managed to keep up a decent pace until I had to run into the wind back to the hotel. 

Good run on a cool & very windy afternoon.  No run yesterday due to travel from DC back to Boise.  I had to get up at 4 am EST to catch my shuttle to the airport and I was flat out wasted when I got home. 

Martin ran w/ me for the first 5M.  Held a good pace even when running into the wind.  9M at current MP - 10 seconds per mi.  Ideally, I would have liked another long run before the marathon in 2 weeks but I don't think it would profit me at this point and my free time has been a rather precious commodity.