Week Nine will be ten miles at Gravelly Point

Saturday September 8, 2007 (week nine) the TMG will meet at 7:30 am at Gravelly Point off the George Washington Parkway in Virginia. That's the point by the Potomac River where you can watch the jets from RR National Airport come in or take off. You can ONLY access it by going NB on the GW Parkway. If you come SB on the parkway, you have to turn around by going through the airport and exiting from RR onto the NB (towards Washington) GW Parkway. Here is a schedule with directions for all twelve weeks of the TMG Program.

Matt's group will run 10-12 miles. Jeannie's group has a stepback week scheduled, eight miles, probably NB on the Mt. Vernon Trail four miles and return. (Left. Jeannie and Jeanne lead their group out heading for the Mount Vernon Trail in week 4.)

Linda's group will run 10 miles following this route which will take them over about 70% of the actual ATM race course. The route is :

NB on the Mt. Vernon Trail from Gravelly Point to the Memorial Bridge. Cross the river on the Memorial Bridge, now you are running the actual race route starting around MP 2. Run North Northeast on Henry Bacon Drive, then East on Constitution Avenue to Virginia Avenue. North Northwest on Virginia Avenue to Rock Creek Park, south on Rock Creek Parkway around the Lincoln Memorial to Independence Avenue, Eastbound on Independence all the way to Maryland Avenue where the new Native American Museum is. Turn around and backtrack from there (the Army course goes up Third and then past the Capitol on First before rejoining Independence) to 15th Street. (The Army route actually turns left on 14th Street and runs over the bridge, but pedestrians can't access the bridge from there unless the road is closed.) Run South on 15th Street around the east side of the Jefferson Memorial onto the 14th Street Bridge, back over the Potomac River to the Mt. Vernon Trail, exit the bridge to your right and circle around under the bridge and run SB on the Mt. Vernon Trail (thus leaving the Army course, which runs from the bridge straight out to the Pentagon) to Gravelly Point. Go that? You should study the Army Course before the race. Here is the link to the 10-mile route that Linda's group is running.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1278791

Last week (week 8): Matt's group ran 11 miles through Shirlington. Linda's group ran nine miles on the hilly Custis Trail. Jeannie's group ran 9-10 miles WB on the W&OD Trail.