Hello Saturday Runners!
This Saturday, Jan 28th, we will be running the Mt. Vernon Trail out and back route. The suggested distance is 16 miles with other options as well. Thank you again to Randy Larkin for post-run beverages this week. I will be out of town this weekend so Howell Posner has been kind enough to take over SLR lead.
Directions: Starting at Iwo Jima Memorial, take Memorial Bridge then embark on Mt. Vernon trail south alongside the Potomac River. Its an out and back so do as you please! Double check the cue sheet and map-my-run map just in case. Mileage options with landmarks below.
Approx. Mileage Options
10: Go 5 miles out to the end of National Airport, turn around after you cross the Four Mile Run stream.
11: 5.5 miles out there is a Sailing Marina (mile marker 12)
14: 7 miles out turn around at beginning of Old Town Alexandria, near railroad tracks
16: Continue into Old Town, run down Royal Street and run to Wilkes, turn around
A word on winter weather: although last week was iffy, about a dozen of us got our run in on what turned out to be mostly wet roads. In the future, I am going to go by that same SLR Winter Weather Policy, that is that as of 7:00am the morning of the SLR, if roads and paved surfaces have enough accumulation of ice or snow to make driving or running unsafe, or if accumulation is falling at a rate that will make it unsafe, there will be an unofficial (non-DCRRC) SLR; I will not be there and post-run drinks might not arrive either. Any participants should use caution while both driving and running.
Have a good run and enjoy this week’s enticing glimpse of Old Town Alexandria!
-- Erik
