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Ran down to Biddle a little after 2 to run with Doggy. Really nice out. 45 degrees, sunny. Ran in shorts. We took it really easy. Left hamstring still feeling slightly strained, I'm not sure what brought that on. But really nice to get out on a gorgeous day.

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Out at 7am with Troubs. I considered sleeping in but decided I can sleep in DC but can't run with Trouble there. Legs pretty stiff when I got out of bed but I loosened up. Thought we were going a decent pace but it ended up being right round 8 minute miles.

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First day of work. It's been a while since I've actually had a job. Forgot how much work it is.

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7:15. 27 degrees and light snow. Headed up Spring Ave to 16th and then find a way down into Piney Branch park. Ran along the parkway until it hit the trails at Rock Creek. Got on there for a couple minutes before turning around.

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Cold. Long commute (45-50 minutes) is going to make running a challenge, though running home might work.

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Really nice evening.

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Out till 3am with the roommates at a hipster house party in Mt. Pleasant. Got up at 10:30 but then sat around for a while because it was still cold out. When I went out to run at 12:15, it was really nice out. Should've been wearing shorts. Ran down Pine Branch parkway to Rock Creek, got on some trails and then find some trails I sort of knew. After 30 minutes I got a really bad side stitch and had to walk a bit. Ended up on 16th St and I wasn't entirely sure whether to go north or south but I got it right. Off and on walking and slow running on the way home, don't know what's up with the side stitch. Never seen the neighborhood in daylight really, so that was cool.

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Went hiking with Linden and some her friends. About 4 miles but lots of climbing over rocks. Came back on the C&O canal. Ridiculously nice out.

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I've been feeling sick when I wake up in the morning, and I now think it's all the effect of all the chemicals lingering from when they painted my room and shampooed my rug. Went out at 7; ran down 14th to Irving and then headed west for a while. Ended up getting on a trail in the park for a little bit. Came back up 14th past my place before looping back.

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Basically the same run as yesterday but in reverse, so I got straight on the trails.

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Out the same way to the trail entrance at Newton and 17th. Took that trail and then decided to go north on Park hoping that would get me to more trails quickly. It didn't, but eventually I got down to the restroom where I would enter the park when visiting Gretchen (which thankfully was open). I took trails back down to the foot of Pine Branch Parkway and then managed to get back on the same trails I started on. Very warm as I headed back up to Columbia Heights.

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Headed out from the office at 5:20. It was 55 degrees, so I wore shorts--felt sort of ridiculous walking out. But I rode the elevator down to the parking level instead of going out the lobby. It was much windier out than I expected, a little bit cold until I got going. Running through Rosslyn was tough, lots of lights and traffic. But once I got over the bridge (where the wind was really intense) and into Georgetown it was good, because all the intersections were four-way stops. Mostly uphill at first, and my right ITB was very tight. Made a wrong turn, went up Wisconsin when I thought I was going straight north, but really it didn't add much. Then the park entrance wasn't where I thought it was, but down a block. Got into a dog park there and got chased by some dogs and then realized I had missed the path down to Rock Creek. But I thought if I went to the northeast corner of the park there should be a path in, and I was right--took some nice switchbacks on trails down to the creek. I was on a dirt path on the west side of the creek for awhile until the bike path crossed over to my side. Sort of pounding throughout, ITB still tight. Eventually got to the zoo so I knew where I was at. Didn't cross over the creek where I should, so I ended up adding some extra distance. Jumped onto the trails up through Piney Branch park and into Mt. Pleasant and home. Just a little too dark on the last bit of trails. But a solid run, definitely workable as a run home. Felt great except for the ITB.

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Had to get to the GOP Tech Summit by 9, so I didn't run in the morning. I got a call from Doggy, who is in town for the weekend, around noon so I told him I'd call him when I left so we could run. We went out at about 4:30 from my place. Ran down through Mt. Pleasant into the park, then took some trails and went through Doggy's old neighborhood before heading back. Stomach felt crappy.

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Continued my explorations of the park. I took the trails down to Park Ave., crossed the bridge and then went onto some trails I noticed yesterday. These looped near the giant estate on Park Ave. and then ran parallel to Branch Ave. for along time. Lots of roots and rocks and mud and a fair bit of up-and-down, so pace had to be fairly slow. I dropped back to Branch Ave. at the park police station and then cut up to the tennis area. Came out onto 17th, ended up running back by Doggy's old house again, and then came home via 16th and Spring Ave.

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Took the trails into the park and then decided to go south. Turned into the zoo. Some some cows, donkeys, llamas, and the back of one sleeping tiger. I was most entertained by the prairie dogs and how excited people were to see them. Came out of the zoo onto Adams Mill and then came back on some trails.

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Out on the trails as normal. Went on the turn-off after the Park Ave. bridge again, but this time cut back east past the house and onto some trails there. They ended in a neighborhood that must have been near 16th right around 2 miles so I turned around and made it an out-and-back.

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Out over Park Ave. bridge but this time down into the main park. Ran up to the bathroom then back over the creek. Came out on the trails I was exploring yesterday onto Shepherd, then ran back down Spring home. Cold today.

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Went over to the Running Co. to do their group run tonight. Only one other person came out, and he was a Youngstown State (Ohio) guy in town for model U.N. Fortunately he lived in DC over the summer and knew his way around. We went back over the bridge and on the bike path on the VA side, then crossed back near the Kennedy Center, looped on the mall passed some monuments before heading back. At the end we did a bit on the C&O Canal. Nice night out.

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Out the south side of Piney Branch, back on the north side. Decided to go short today, even though it was pretty nice to be out. Turned my right ankle pretty bad, but it should be okay tomorrow.

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Met with some of the Georgetown Running Co. guys that live nearby (Max, Patrick, and Patrick) at the corner of 16th and Newton at 6:40. We headed down into the park and onto some trails. I was enjoying running with people and not really paying attention to where we were going, so I didn't even realize we ever turned around. Added on a little bit around Mt. Pleasant.

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11:20, 35 degrees. I wasn't too eager to run much, but I figured I'd get out for a couple miles. But once I was out I felt great. Ran the same route I did my first week when I got the really bad side stitch, except this time I came back south on some trails (and I felt great).

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Cold and a little bit of rain, but I felt good.

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Out Park Ave., got onto the trails we went on on Friday, but turned back after 20 minutes.

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When my alarm went off at 6:45, I really wanted to sleep in, so I decided to just run home from work tonight. Decent night out. Starting to figure out the best ways home.

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I was going to meet Max at 7 this morning but he didn't show (last week he showed up 10 minutes late and the other guys said he was always the last to arrive, but after 8 minutes it was too cold to keep waiting on my own). Headed out on the same trails that we did last week, but I must've missed a turn somewhere because eventually I knew I was on some different trails. Got to a picnic area where there was a sign posted and I figured out how to get back on the roads.

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Needed a little change of pace so after I got up to the end of Park Ave. I went south on the bike trail and then onto the Western Ridge Trail. Came back across Beach Ave. and back on trails.

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One thing I forgot to mention this morning... I was trying to steeplechase a big log on a trail at one point, and when I planted on the far side, the leaves covered a much deeper hole than I thought. So I took a bit of a spill, but as I hit the ground I managed to basically roll over and pop to my feet with little damage. Walking around at the crazy conservative conference today, though, my right hip started to feel painful and ultimately I decided that might be to blame (or it might be because I have the horribly tight ITBs of an old man). Want to get back over to CPAC early tomorrow, though, so this is half my excuse about why I'll likely take tomorrow off.

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Stopped by Biddle to head to conference but we didn't have to leave till much later than I thought. Doggy was on his way out for a run so I joined him. Out to the trail and then we joined Reilly and Miles. Pounding by the end but I felt pretty good. My ITB is still tight, though. Think I'll take a bunch of time out and try to really rehab the ITB, otherwise I'll never really get over the tightness.

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