Date and Time: Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:00 AM

Please sign up by noon on Thursday, August 26, using the link in the upper left-hand corner of this page.

Distances:

• 12 miles (full marathoners)
• 10 miles (half marathoners)

Route:

We will be running around Haines Point and down the National Mall this week, similar to our last run from the Marina:

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Please print out a copy of this map, study it, and bring it with you on Saturday

All runners will cross Memorial Bridge and follow Ohio Drive down to the far end of Hains Point, alongside the Potomac River.   We will return on the Washington Channel side of Hains Point, around the Tidal Basin, and back along Independence Ave. to the Lincoln Memorial.  

Full marathon trainees will cross over in front of the Lincoln Memorial and run down Constitution Ave to 15th Street.   We will then angle over to the "inside" of the Mall, and cross 14th Street to continue east on Madison Drive, the same way the MCM course runs.   At the 9th Street footpath (over the 9th Street tunnel which runs under the Mall), cross over to the South Side of the Mall, run West on Jefferson Drive to 15th Street.  Cross 15th Street, turn left and following the looping paths along Independence Ave. back to the Lincoln Memorial.  Cross Memorial Bridge and follow the path back to the Marina parking lot.  [12.25 miles, total]

After the loop of Hains Point, half marathon trainees should run from the Lincoln Memorial, down alongside the reflecting pool to the World War Two Memorial.  Turn around, and run back to the Lincoln Memorial, across Memorial Bridge, and back to home base at the Marina parking lot.  [10 miles, total]

Other distances are possible on this route:

9 Miles:  Do just the loop of Hains Point, and run back to the Marina via Memorial Bridge.

11 Miles.  Run down the Mall to the Washington Monument.  Return on the South side of the Mall to the Lincoln Memorial, and across the bridge back to the Marina.

13 Miles:  Cross the Mall at 3rd Street, instead of the 9th Street footpath.

14 Miles:  Run up Capital Hill, and cross over to the South side behind the U.S. Capitol, in front of the Supreme Court Building.  Run back to the Lincoln Memorial and across the bridge back to the Marina.

15 Miles:  Instead of running down the National Mall, run a second loop of Hains Point (6 miles extra), and then cross Memorial Bridge back to home base.

18 Miles:   Run down the National Mall and along East Capitol Street to RFK Stadium.  Turn around, and run back to the Lincoln Memorial and across the bridge back to the Marina.

Host Charity: IQRAA