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SLR Dec 10 - Battery Kemble

This Saturday, December the 10th, we will be running the Loops of Battery Kemble route. The listed route mileage is about 16 miles, modified for 14 in these directions (below); mileage options are provided after the directions. The directions are a bit long, so check out the full directions in the route link for clarification - You might want to check out the big map too. The route might sound tricky but really its not, and provides great views of the river, rich-person homes, and even a run through the woods complete with a babbling creek for some ambient noise!

Jessica Schwartz has been nice enough to take care of our post-run beverages. However, as of now, we do not have a beverage volunteer for the 2nd half of December (and beyond), so if no one steps up in the next week we won't have yummy post-run drinks. DCRRC reimburses your expenses so please consider volunteering. We typically try to have people do 1 month at a time. Email slr@dcroadrunners.org if you can help out.

The 2011 Gar Williams Half Marathon (part of the DCRRC Snowball Series) will be Sunday. Its free to DCRRC members and $5 for non-members. If you aren't running they could always use volunteers too.

Directions (long): Begin at Iwo Jima, cross key bridge down to C&O Canal path but then go left and take a quick right down the steps to Water St. Right on Water St. to Capital Crescent Trail (paved trail). Continue (past Fletcher's Boat House) on Cap Crescent. Just past MM 6.5 U-Turn at water fountain, now after about 1/4 mile from U-turn, take left onto trail with chain link fence on left to Potomac Ave. Follow Potomac Ave., then left on Galena Place. Take right onto former railbed dirt trail (or take MacArthur Blvd if you miss it). Now begin loops of Battery Kemble Park: Go up Chain Bridge Rd (HILL), right onto gravel road, right onto trail at bottom of hill, stay on trail through woods and exit onto MacArthur Blvd. Take MacArthur back to base of Chain Bridge (1 loop complete) . Retrace your steps back to Cap. Crescent Trail, turn left on trail (don't go to U-turn spot). Continue back to Georgetown and across Key Bridge through Rosslyn to Iwo Jima.

There are bathrooms at Fletcher's boat house on the other side of the canal.

Approx. Mileage Options:

• 10: Turn around at MM 6.5 at Water-fountain, making the U-turn but just coming back from there
• 13: Don't do any loops of Battery Kemble, turn around once you get to base of Chain Bridge Rd.
• 15.5: Follow route directions but do 2 loops of Battery Kemble (each loop is ~ 1.25 miles)

Have a great run! Looks like temps in the high 30s and mostly sunny tomorrow morning.

-- Erik

SLR Dec 3 - RFK Loop

Hello Saturday Runners!

This Saturday, December the 3rd, we will be running the RFK Loop route. The listed route mileage is approx. 13 miles; mileage options are provided after the directions. Please thank Jessica Schwartz for our post-run beverages.  I am not able to make it this week so we will be having a sub to get things started - Howell Posner of DCRRC has been kind enough to take my place and will be at Iwo Jima prior to the 8:00am SLR start.

Directions: From Iwo Jima, take Memorial Bridge into DC, pass by the left of the Lincoln Memorial.  Run along service road next to Constitution Ave.  After the Capital, turn right onto 1st St. then turn left on East Capital St.  Run in the bike lane to RFK.  Loop around RFK clockwise, watching for cars and take East Capital St. back to 1st St.  Turn left on 1st St.  Turn right, go past Capital towards the Mall.  Run past left side of Washington Monument, past left side of Lincoln to Memorial Bridge, Finish at Iwo Jima.

There are heated bathrooms with running water under the Lincoln Memorial and in the little house behind the Washington Monument.  This can be very handy during winter!

Approx. Mileage Options:

• 7: Loop around the Capital and continue back for about 7 miles
• 9: Loop around the Capital but come back via Key Bridge (through Georgetown) for about 9 miles
• 15: Normal route, but come back via Key Bridge for about 2 extra miles, 15 total

Not to sound like a broken record, but we still need volunteers to do drinks for the 2nd half of December (and beyond).  Its not too much work and DCRRC reimburses your expenses so please consider volunteering.  We typically try to have people do 1 month at a time.  Email slr@dcroadrunners.org if you can help out.

Have a great run – its starting to cool off but still great running weather, with temps in the mid 30s and plenty of sunshine!

-- Erik