Training Log: Nadim

From Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD, then to 13th & C St. SW, Washington, DC. I rode alone, getting passed once further down by a guy who was just getting on the trail at the Palisades. There was a tailwind. It was rather humid but a little cooler after the weekend and overnight storms.

From 13th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C. to Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. I got started a while after another thunderstorm had passed through. The roads were wet and caused auto traffic. It felt good to go slower and I geared down to Georgetown. I took the way along the water figuring the Water St. traffic would be bad but looking over, it wasn't so bad there. As I was leaving Georgetown there were 2 ambulances and several police officers parked near the Key Bridge underpass. I figured it was a bicycle wreck since they had made it so that only one person in either direction could get through a gate (keeping cars off the beginning of the CCT). A person was there unconscious with no obvious sign of trauma. I wondered if it were heat stroke but he was probably in his thirty's and looked reasonably fit--not so likely. I wondered, then noted I was about a minute and a half slower at that point. Going up the trail, I just cruised. I got passed by one guy and almost caught another who pulled away.

From Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD, then to 13th & C St. SW, Washington, DC.

From 13th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C. to Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. The winds were a bit mixed. I did get passed once but I moved okay.

From Northfield Rd. to the Bethesda Metro Station

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd. I escaped an earlier thunderstorm. It was mostly dry as I rode back.