07/09/2005

Workout: medium-long run 13mi.

My joy over the early-morning schedule allowing me to avoid the triple-H threats of DC metro summers was, apparently, short-lived.

Last weekend as I approached the Washington Marina on my return run, I was greeted by a throng of roughly 50 runners, in varying sized groups. Sadly, few of them understand even the most basic of trail etiquette. Even more dismal, most of them apparently were blind, since they did not recognize the yellow dotted line which divided the left and right sides of the trail.

Today, however, my discomfort reached nightmare proportions. Despite hitting the middle of my run at roughly 6:15am, I nevertheless encountered the full brunt of Hurricane Stupid: over 350 runners clogging the trail like mayonnaise in an artery. It was such a chaotic scene--think "shopping mall the day after Thanksgiving--that one frustrated cyclist was actually riding his bike on the GW Parkway.

Otherwise, a good run and a promise to seek out other venues for training. Oh, the humanity.