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 2012-04-30 7:39 PM |
Master  1555    Maine |  Subject: Crescent Trail?I'm going to be in town later this week and through the weekend, and am looking to do a 16 mile run Sunday. I'm staying at the Embassy Suites near the convention center. It looks like I could run down M street and then pick up the Crescent Trail, then do a long out and back on that trail. Does that make sense? Any different routes I should consider? I'm assuming that the trail is marked with mileage markers, so I should have a good idea of distance? |
| 2012-05-01 10:01 AM in reply to: #4182374 |
Regular 325 Washington, DC | Subject: RE: Crescent Trail? The Capital Crescent Trail is very nice and you could definitely do that. There are mile markers every half mile -- the mile markers originate in Maryland, FYI, so you'll be seeing them in reverse. There are bathrooms on the trail at Fletcher's Boathouse. There are also a couple of water fountains, but I don't know for sure if they've been turned on yet -- so I would carry your own water. |
| 2012-05-01 4:50 PM in reply to: #4182374 |
Master 1555 Maine | Subject: RE: Crescent Trail? Sweet! Thanks for the info. I'll definitely bring my own water along. |
| 2012-05-03 11:45 AM in reply to: #4182374 |
Master 2239 Washington, DC Metro | Subject: RE: Crescent Trail? As an option, you could also head south for a few blocks from your hotel and run along the Mall and grab the Rock Creek Park trail over by the Lincoln Memorial. From there you could hook with the Crescent trail in the Georgetown waterfront. You'd have to do a couple of little in/outs to connect between the two trails (not too tough) but you'd get to see a few monuments (Washington, WWII, Lincoln), museums, the Watergate, Kennedy Center and the Georgetown waterfront on your way out of the city. Instead of the traffic and concrete jungle of M st following your original plan. |
| 2012-05-04 7:42 PM in reply to: #4182374 |
Master 1555 Maine | Subject: RE: Crescent Trail? Thanks for the additional advice. Where exactly do you pick up the rock creek trail near the Lincoln Memorial? I walked by there yesterday, and ran several loops of the mall this morning, so I have a basic idea of the general area but am not sure where I could get the trail. |
| 2012-05-06 7:45 AM in reply to: #4182374 |
Master 1555 Maine | Subject: RE: Crescent Trail? What a great run! I went down 12th to the mall, out to Lincoln, found the Rock Creek Trail, then worked my way through some really nicely landscaped parks parallel to K street in Georgetown. I thought I may have hit a dead end until I got under the Francis Scott Key Bridge and saw Jack's boathouse and the start of the Crescent Trail. The trail was great - much more secluded than I had imagined, plus it was loaded with cardinals and honeysuckle blossoms. Coming back, I came up K Street and then ran on Pennsylvania past the White House before cutting up New York back to my hotel. About 16 miles total. DC is a great running city - very cool that you can go from very urban running to feeling like you're in the middle of nowhere in a matter of minutes. Thanks again for the advice! |
| 2012-05-07 9:12 AM in reply to: #4193131 |
Master 2239 Washington, DC Metro | Subject: RE: Crescent Trail? Maine Rob - 2012-05-06 8:45 AM What a great run! I went down 12th to the mall, out to Lincoln, found the Rock Creek Trail, then worked my way through some really nicely landscaped parks parallel to K street in Georgetown. I thought I may have hit a dead end until I got under the Francis Scott Key Bridge and saw Jack's boathouse and the start of the Crescent Trail. The trail was great - much more secluded than I had imagined, plus it was loaded with cardinals and honeysuckle blossoms. Coming back, I came up K Street and then ran on Pennsylvania past the White House before cutting up New York back to my hotel. About 16 miles total. DC is a great running city - very cool that you can go from very urban running to feeling like you're in the middle of nowhere in a matter of minutes. Thanks again for the advice! Awesome, glad you have a good run... sorry I missed your last question. I had a wedding Friday night and went out of town the next morning... glad you found the hook up between the Mall and Rock Creek. DC is a great running town and with all the network of trails you can go for some really nice long runs w/o having to be in traffic too much. |
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