Hello Saturday Runners!
This week's run is loops of Battery Kemble. It's a fairly well-shaded route, but it's also going to be very, very HOT on Saturday.
As always, but especially this week, you should be hydrating all week long. Start sipping NOW if you haven't been. Also as always, but especially in extreme heat, make sure to have an exit strategy for all of your runs-- cab fare, In Case of Emergency phone number (or better yet, a phone with the ICE number programmed in it!) on your person, and ID are always good to have along just in case.
We will have midway beverages and they will probably be at the BOTTOM of the hill at Chain Bridge and MacAruther this time. Thank Kristen Jaremback for having them there for us-- and make sure she's OK sitting out there, too, please! Also, there are fountains at our Capital Crescent turnaround, Fletcher's, and in the park at M street just as you cross Key Bridge, across from Georgetown Running Co. (hopefully they will all be functioning!) Karol Murray is going to plant a cooler of ice for us near Fletcher's as well, but be aware that Fletcher's has high traffic from people in addition to us, so don't count too heavily on something that may not be there-- think of it as a *possible* treasure if you find it when you get there, and please thank Karol for bringing it either way!
There will also be a group starting early, at around 6am. It may be a little cooler then, but it will still be hot.
Bottom line, be careful out there, do what is best for you, and if you need to pack it in early, there is always Sunday or next week to try again. Nobody knows our own limits any better than we ourselves do as individuals, and we pretty much never cancel this run for the whole group, so decide whether and how far you want to go given whatever the weather will be. Listen to your body and look out for your running buddies!
I will not be there this Saturday but Rick DeSaussure will be there to hand out cue sheets and get things started. Have a great weekend everyone!
Kristin
