10/22/2005

Workout: medium-long run 12mi.

The last run of any significant mileage, and the only one longer than 7 miles until race day. As with the prior week, my plan was to drive to the Pentagon in the early AM and run the first few miles up and down the hill in Rosslyn/Clarendon. Knowing full well that I might encounter the Knuckleheads inTraining horde one last unofficial time, I decided that the course experience was more important than the inevitable frustration from The Horde.

I ended up not getting out until a bit later (~7:30am) but was pleased to not encounter The Horde, though a few smaller training packs were on the trail. It was drizzling a bit, but not the heavy rain from earlier in the week. I did the hill at a slow pace and on the way down tried to focus on a slightly quickened pace, though not so much as to risk injury. I wrapped back past the Memorial Bridge and just past the airport, turning around and heading back to the Pentagon.

Only one week to go...