George Town Run

Awesome Run down the old canals of Georgetown.

Crossing over from Virginia on the Key Bridge

The Key BridgeLooking down from the Key Bridge is the canal trail

The main road in DC in the 1800's. Can you believe getting around town on a Canal?

Local Merchants that once was prime real estate

Homes in George Town

Pass the Watergate Hotel

Crossing over the Roosevelt Bridge

Trial coming home in the dark. I ran too many miles tonight and had to get home on some dark path.

Came across the bridge to Theodore Roosevelt Park. The sun was going down but I wanted to do this loop. Only 1.5 miles around so I thought I could to it in 10 minutes.

15 minutes later I am still on island park. Look how dark it was running through the woods!

Look closer, it's a deer that would not move for me. I stopped for 5 minutes while this deer stared at me. It was creepy.

A well lit building at night. I thought it was very cool to see this, especially coming out of the woods.


The Route:

Fort Wayne Run

Fort Wayne Run
I have not posted here in a while due to some personal issues (pulled groin). But it looks like all is well now.

Here is a nice 9 mile run in the city's dirty and gritty southwest side.

Learn about Fort Wayne of Detroit by pressing here







This is West Jefferson. Yes Jefferson turns into an old cobble stone street near and after the bridge. In fact, some sections still have the trolley tracks embedded in the streets.



Down Fort Street is an old restaurant that we run past. We often wonder what it would be like to get a meal there. Any takers?

Remember getting on the Boblo boat? Somehow this area was prettier back in the 70s.

ahh, 4.5 miles and I finally arrived

how cool is this Fort.

War seemed so simple back then.

You are looking through a rifle slot in the Fort.

Bad pic of me but great shot of the old Fort.

Now for the the route:

I2C Swim coming Soon

Just to give you a feel on what type of preparations are needed

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3073619

2.2 miles.




Swimmers: s1, s2, s3 & s4

Canoe: c1

Land support: potentially L1

Equipment needed:
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• Identification – everyone who is going to be in the water (swimming or boat) needs ID
• Vehicle #1: me
• Vehicle #2: c1
• Canoe: me +paddles, life jacket (at least one, maybe more), 5 additional flotation devices (1/swimmer + one for the dry bag)
• Dry bag: me, we can put the IDs in here + car keys for vehicle 1. Don’t bring any heavy stuff – I don’t want this thing to sink!

Schedule:

• 5:50 am: everyone assembles on B2, check equipment & load into V1 & V2
• 6:00 am: drop V2 @ Coast Guard parking lot, leave towels there, transfer everyone to V1
• 6:10 am: arrive Belle Isle upstream from Yacht Club. There is some crazy industrial art at the site, since I’m driving V1 I don’t have to describe it too much. Unload canoe & equipment. Pack dry bag, put shoes on canoe (securely).
• 6:20 am: snap photo
• 6:25 am: start swimming (~2.2 miles)
• 6:32 am: sunrise
• ~7:35 am: arrive at park next to Coast Guard. Extract Canoe & surviving swimmers
• +10 minutes: Retrieve V1, leaving guard(s) to watch canoe
• +20 minutes: Return to Coast Guard, pack canoe, load everyone into V1 & V2
• +30 minutes: Return to CPWR, showers/scrub down
• +40 minutes: Celebrate I2C #2 in the Compuware Café, review pictures, live on in infamy

There is a risk of thunderstorms. If there is lightning or torrential rain that would prevent a boat from seeing the canoe or us I say we abort the attempt. Other than that we are on. Since thunderstorms are quick in & out the call to abort won’t be made till we get to B2 at 5:50.

Don’t be late.

Riot Run

The Detroit Riot Run. referred to in Detroit and Michigan as the Twelfth Street riot, was a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan that began in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 1967. The precipitating event was a police raid of a blind pig on the corner of 12th Street and Clairmount on the city's near westside

I ran this route to check out what the area looks like after all these years later. And, as you will see, it looks like the riots just stopped. When does the clean up crew arrive?

The Route

Rosa Parks and Grand River - anyone know whose house this is? What a gem, look at this mansion on such a busy intersection.

The corner where the Army set up camp.

And now, for the empty homes:



I do not know what this used to be but I bet a lot of peeps are living in there now.

Beyond repair, yes?

An old school house
okay, I admit I was afraid to run under here but I had to.

A land mark!

A ray of hope, the Boy Scout Store .

rebuilding of some old nice homes