Fun route I’d been wanting to try for a while but just hadn’t had a good opportunity. Started early in the morning and love running in the dark- so peaceful.
No one ran with me and I just had the stuff in my pack (so many rice crispy treats and a tort pbj). My camelback sprung a leak so only had the 1.5 liters in plastic water bottles I shoved in my pack. Good thing it wasn’t summer. Lack of water was more mental than physical challenge; I was anxious abt it during the first half but once I got like 30 miles in I realized I still had 1liter left. I’ve run marathons without water before so know I could do it.
Lots of people in the areas around dc. Thinned out significantly as I got farther out. Went nice and slow just bopping around. Wasted some time taking videos of myself walking in wierd ways to make a video to send to my family. Overall just a fun experience.
Will be helpful to know what running on the canal is like as I’m doing the c and o 100 in April.
I’ve tried 4 times but the photos won’t let me upload more than one without erroring out.