So, why am I blogging my run completed 3 weeks ago in March when I was in our nation's capital for a few days? Simple answer is I was lazy. I was visiting my daughter Chai and her husband Tej and my son Chetan for a few days. I was running every day to keep my Marathon Training running schedule in tact. Other day, I saw comments in my Blog from Chai and Chetan asking me to provide updates to the blog. So, here I am and will do my best to give a few details of a most memorable run while I was in DC.
Recreation facilities include a golf course; equestrian trails; sport venues, including a tennis stadium which hosts major professional events; a nature center and planetarium; an outdoor concert venue; and picnic and playground facilities. Rock Creek Park also maintains cultural exhibits, including the Peirce Mill and Civil War fortifications, such as Fort Stevens and Fort DeRussy. Rock Creek is a popular venue for jogging, cycling, and inline skating, especially on the long, winding Beach Drive, portions of which are closed to vehicles on weekends. It is also the path of a major traffic thoroughfare, the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, especially along the portion south of the zoo.
It was Sunday March 20th and weather was cool early in the morning but was sunny and warmed up by 9 AM. [I read reports of very bad weather in California that weekend]. Started out at 7.45AM and I ran about 18 Miles along the beautiful trails of Rock Creek Park which skirts DC along Beach Drive. Click my Garmin link if you like to see my run on a detailed Map.
I started out near Tacoma Park area of DC close to Walter Reed Memorial Hospital. I did go all the way to the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts before turning back to Tacoma Park. On my return path, I ran through major city streets in the Capital including the famous Dupont Circle.
Rock creek Park was nationally in news In May 2002, when the remains of missing Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy were found in Rock Creek Park. Police had been searching for her for over a year.
Some history behind Rock Creek park is now due (I got this from Wikipedia). The main section of the park contains 1,754 acres (7.10 km2), or 2.75 square miles, along the Rock CreekValley. Including the other green areas the park administers (Glover Archbold Park, Montrose Park, Dumbarton Oaks Park, Meridian Hill Park, Battery Kemble Park, Palisades Park, Whitehaven Park, etc.), it is over 2,000 acres (8.1 km2). The major portion of the area lies north of the National Zoo, and was established by act ofCongress made law by President Benjamin Harrison on September 27, 1890, the same year that Yosemite National Park was established. A later addition of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway extended the park along a narrow corridor from the zoo to the mouth of Rock Creek at the Potomac River.
Recreation facilities include a golf course; equestrian trails; sport venues, including a tennis stadium which hosts major professional events; a nature center and planetarium; an outdoor concert venue; and picnic and playground facilities. Rock Creek Park also maintains cultural exhibits, including the Peirce Mill and Civil War fortifications, such as Fort Stevens and Fort DeRussy. Rock Creek is a popular venue for jogging, cycling, and inline skating, especially on the long, winding Beach Drive, portions of which are closed to vehicles on weekends. It is also the path of a major traffic thoroughfare, the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, especially along the portion south of the zoo.
The parklands follow the course of Rock Creek across the D.C.-Maryland border to connect with Rock Creek Stream Valley Park and Rock Creek Regional Park in Montgomery County. .
The Rock Creek Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 23, 1991.
I was hoping to see one or more famous law makers of Congress or House,but I didnot. May be I should have run in the Mall Near National Monument, White House. I will add that route when I visit DC next time around which is going to be soon. Because, Chai & Tej announced in this Trip that they will soon be parents [estimated date of the new baby will be September 2nd week this year. SO I will soon be a "Granpa" !! and will be visiting them more often. Next year, I will probably run with grand child in a baby stroller along the same trail :-)
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