This guide to running in America's capital provides readers with detailed descriptions of the area's top choices - the 35 best running routes and the 6 best races in and around the city. Inside information on both safe and challenging runs is included.
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"The authors have done an outstanding job of compiling everyone’s favorite running routes, from downtown scenic monument runs to urban parks to quiet suburban bike trails."
Kathy Freedman Publisher and Editor Washington Running Report
"Besides providing the essential facts a runner wants to know about each course, Carter and McCullough add delightful details that made me really want to run them myself."
Henley F. Gabeau Executive Director Road Runners Club of America
"An excellent and definitive guide to running venues in the Washington metropolitan area. It is a valuable reference for both long-time runners and newcomers."
Robert C. Platt President D.C. Road Runners Club
About the Author
Don Carter has logged nearly 30,000 running miles in Washington, D.C., since moving to the area in 1980. He’s also competed in over 200 races, including 30 major marathons. A past president of the Montgomery County Road Runners Club, the largest running club in the Washington D.C. metro area, Carter has been an active promoter and organizer of running programs for the entire community. He has also written articles for his running club’s newsletter, The Rundown, and for FootNotes. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
Robert McCullough is a journalist and author who lives near Boston, Massachusetts. He is also the author of a sports interview collection entitled My Greatest Day in Baseball, and his writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, the Los Angeles Times, SPORT Magazine, and the New Age Journal. He has run four marathons, including Boston twice, both times as a bandit.
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This review is from: Washington D.C. Running Guide (City Running Guide Series) (Paperback)
I recently moved to D.C. Being unfamiliar with the area, it helped me find some great running routes. A must have for anyone living in or around Washington D.C.
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Downtown Washington almost seems as if it were designed for running. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bridge loop, trail breaks, turnaround point, metered parking, rest station Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Key Bridge, Mount Vernon Trail, Rock Creek Park, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Tidal Basin, Chain Bridge, Roosevelt Island, Visitor Center, Arlington National Cemetery, Beach Drive, Capital Crescent Trail, Custis Trail, Marine Corps Marathon, Montgomery County, Old Town, Potomac Heritage Trail, Battery Kemble, East Potomac Park, Foggy Bottom, George Washington Parkway, Visitors Center, Canal Road, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Lake Needwood, Massachusetts Avenue New!
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Downtown Washington almost seems as if it were designed for running. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bridge loop, trail breaks, turnaround point, metered parking, rest station Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Key Bridge, Mount Vernon Trail, Rock Creek Park, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Tidal Basin, Chain Bridge, Roosevelt Island, Visitor Center, Arlington National Cemetery, Beach Drive, Capital Crescent Trail, Custis Trail, Marine Corps Marathon, Montgomery County, Old Town, Potomac Heritage Trail, Battery Kemble, East Potomac Park, Foggy Bottom, George Washington Parkway, Visitors Center, Canal Road, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Lake Needwood, Massachusetts Avenue New!
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This book cites 4
books:
- Montgomery County (Tennessee County History Series, 63) by Ursula Beach on page 48, and page 51
- Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine: An Account of the Rescue and Continuing Restoration of George Washington's Home by Gerald White Johnson on page 12, and page 28
- New York Running Guide (City Running Guide Series) by Bob McCullough in Back Matter
- - George Washington (The Virginia Experience) by Carole Marsh on page 110
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