Training Log Archive: Nadim

From Northfield Rd. to Custer Rd. to the Huntington Pkwy, to Old Georgetown Rd. to Maple Ridge Rd. to the Bethesda Trolley Trail on the west side of NIH, to Old Georgetown Rd. to Southwick Rd. to Garfield St. to Greentree Rd. to Heampsteadt Ave. to Roosevelt St. to Garfield St. to Northfield Rd. I got home early enough to get out for a short run before Max and Peggy got home. I happened to see them in Peggy's car along the way. All day before the run my sinuses had been dripping and I had a stuffy nose. Though it was rather slow at first, about 1/3 of a mile of running was all I needed to clear that up. Being able to breath was good while it lasted on the run. I ran in shorts and a t-shirt since it was around 65 F.

From Northfield Rd. to Maple Ave. with Max in his trailer, then to the Bethesda Metro Station via the Georgetown Branch tunnel. The promise of warmer weather got us out again but it was still around 39-40 F.

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Nortfield Rd. With jury duty and a planned meeting aborted last week, I'd forgotten to bring my work laptop back to work. It had been sitting out of sight. I had to go back home for it.

From Northfield Rd. to the Bethesda Metro Station. I had my laptop. I ran into some construction traffic too.

From the Bethesda Metro station to Maple Ave., then to Northfield Rd. via the Georgetown Branch Trail. I left work late so despite it being light till almost 6pm, I was completely in the dark. The Georgetown Branch Trail which was rutted and frozen this morning, was a soggy mess. I had to ride slowly through it so as not to kickup mud on my work clothes. My tires sank.

From Northfield Rd., I rode Max on the Trail-A-Bike to Ayrlawn Park, then to Bethesda for some lunch, then home. The weather was great and the park was active. While Max played on the playground, I also took a few GPS recordings to update the map I made of the park.

From Flower Valley Park at the parking area off Hornbeam Dr., I recorded trail tracks and moved into the the Lake Frank area for more field checking. In the Sunfish Pond area, I made corrections to my earlier drafting, and moved south and westward. The areas covered are opening up more and getting easier to map. It was flatter and more broad. There were still plenty of features. I found another ruin foundation and some rock features. The warm air let the ice melt and made the trails sloppy. Even deer trails started looking like regular trails. I noticed some flagging on some trails which gave me the impression that the park was updating their mapping. I actually saw what appeared to be a park employee or volunteer walking straight across the woods without a trail while I was mapping. He seemed uninterested in why I was off trail too.

Going back at 5:30pm, I took a little more time in Flower Valley. I hadn't planned to map this area because it is rather narrow (100-200m wide). There were plenty of scattered boulders, cliffs, an extensive trail network, and and mostly open woods. I left most of the valley unmapped east of Sunfish Pond but it would probably be worthwhile to fieldcheck them another time.