I'm Ready to Run!

Now that I'm back home, unpacked and settled in I was finally able to lace up my running shoes and hit the local trails. On Thursday I followed the local bike/running trail towards Shirlington. Although it was a good trail the scenery wasn't all that impressive, so this morning when I got to the trail head I tried the other direction toward the Mount Vernon Trail. It seemed like a matter of minutes before I was easily jogging along the Potomac River enjoying the view out over the water with a cool breeze blowing across my hot pink face. It's a little different running in humidity but at least I still have a good pace (an average of an 8 minute mile).

Not only was the view fantastic but there were so many people out there. Familys on a weekend bike ride, runners decked out for their training runs, in-line skaters, power walkers, and even bird watchers. It was awesome.

Here is a map of the trails near my house. You can see on the top left corner where the yellow and red lines meet at Mount Vernon Avenue. On Thursday I followed the yellow trail to the left, today I followed the red trail to the right and over to the Mount Vernon Trail.



If you want to see the complete trail map for the city of Alexandria, click here.