Today's training walk was 10 miles and I had mapped out a plan earlier in the week, thinking through every detail including snacks to carry and where I could stop for potty breaks and water bottle refills along my route.
So of course, not much went as planned once I set out.
Well, the route itself worked fine, and in the end was perfect in terms of distance. (Note: FitBit is off on the mileage here, I trust what I mapped out a bit more.) But the timing, oh the timing.
My thought had been I'd leave the house around 9, walk a mile to the nearest Metro stop, swinging by a popular (foreshadowing here) new donut shop on the way and Metro to Columbia Heights, and then walk back to Alexandria from there. I was thinking I'd arrive in Columbia Heights a little after 10 and be home by 1. That would have given me plenty of time to eat lunch, shower and rest a bit before heading to the Avon Walk Kick Off Party in Arlington at 4.
Instead...
9:25 Left the house
9:40 Arrived at Sugar Shack
10:13 Left with my delicious donut - yeah, they are popular. And have only been open for 2 weeks.
10:18 Arrive at Metro (1.1 miles complete)
10:36 Yellow line train finally arrives. Gotta love weekend schedules.
10:39 Discover the end of the line is Mt. Vernon Square, three stops prior to my destination
10:55 Find out we're single tracking for several stops, meaning lots of sitting and not moving.
11:25 After transferring lines I finally arrive in Columbia Heights to start my walking
During my time on the Metro I found out my cousin Allison was in DC for the weekend, visiting a friend who lives near DuPont Circle, which was right off my walking route so...
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| Near DCA along the Mt. Vernon Trail |
11:51 Arrive at her friend's apartment to see her (2.6 miles complete)
12:20 Depart and start the long walk home.
12:20 - 2:00 Walk past the White House, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, over the 14th Street Bridge and past National Airport.
2:00 By this point I'm about 7 1/2 miles in to my 10 miles and am quite hungry. So when I see the Mt Vernon trail split, with the option of staying straight for Alexandria (my original plan) and veering left for Crystal City, I head towards Crystal City
2:20 Arrive at Chick-fil-a
2:30 Continue walking, yummy sandwich in hand.
3:13 Home!! 10.2 miles complete. With very tired feet.
3:55 Back out the door for the kick off event, which is a post for another day!
So, all in all, the walking went well and while my feet were sore and I was a bit hobbily immediately after I got home, I feel pretty OK now, which is awesome. I definitely need to rethink my plan of involving a metro ride in my longer walks as it's just no fun. At all. But, tomorrow's walk is only 3 miles, which I'll do in my neighborhood so all that rethinking can happily wait for another day!
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