Training Log Archive: Nadim

From Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD, to Arlington Rd. to 12th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C. I used my road bike. I was moving pretty good but got caught after Mass. Ave. by another commuter that I hadn't seen in a while. He remembered me from years when I used to pull Max in his trailer. He was moving down the trail averaging 24mph most of the time. I pulled for him this fast on the flats for a while after Fletcher's Boathouse but I quickly tired and he moved-up to ride parallel for a while. We split after Georgetown. There were a lot of cranes dropping in things for the MLK dedication along Ohio Dr. It seemed like more than earlier. They erected what I presume to be two temporary restroom buildings on both ends of one field and were busy building bleachers, etc...

From 12th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C. to Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. A cold front was passing through just as it was time to leave work. I brought light rain as well as the cooler weather. That wasn't bad but I also had strong headwinds up to Georgetown. Coming out of a bridge overpass, I almost got blown over. After reaching Georgetown, shelter from buildings and then trees on the CCT reduced the wind impact but still it still rained and slowed me down all the way home. It probably was not so good for the light head cold that I seemed to have picked-up on Monday from Peggy or Max.

Earlier this morning, I had thought I was seeing the MLK dedication infrastructure going up along Ohio Drive because it was in the same place that it had been setup a few weeks ago. With more of the structures having gotten setup, I saw that it was really the Solar Decathlon that was being setup. In the past the Solar Decathlon was setup closer to where I work, in the heart of the National Mall. This year it's between the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin, near the Roosevelt Memorial. It was somewhat ironic with it being a cloudy day.