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Day Twenty (Twenty!) of the 70-Mile Challenge
Morning Jaunt - 1.26 MIles Out and Back - (65.95/70) - 94% Ending with a whimper but not a bang. Weather and schedules have finally...
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jamesalbright63
- 3 days ago
- 1 min
Day Nineteen in the 70-Mile Challenge - Red (my face)!
Lake Accotink - 4.15 Mile Loop - (64.69/70) - 92% After a somnolent Sunday, Monday needed a good brisk walk. The weather was cool verging...
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jamesalbright63
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Day Eighteen of the 70-Mile Challenge - Raw Sienna!
Cross-County Trail/Prosperity to Fairfax Circle - 3.96 Miles Out and Back - (60.54/70) 86% After a day spent on my other obsessions, back...
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jamesalbright63
- 7 days ago
- 1 min
Day Seventeen of the 70-Mile Challenge
Green Spring Redux - 2.04 Mile Loop - (56.58/70) 80% Barely made it on the road this morning - life is full, family gets sick - but I...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Day Sixteen of the 70-Mile Challenge - Technicolor!
Cross-County Trail/Vale to Lawyers - 4.08 Miles Out and Back - (54.54/70) - 77% The northern section of this 42-mile trail traverses...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Day Fifteen of the 70-Mile Challenge - Dark!
Long Branch Stream Valley Park - 4.56 miles Out and Back (50.46/70) - 72% Too dark for much photography at 6:45am with sprinkles of rain,...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Day Fourteen of the 70-Mile Challenge - Pale Yellow!
Richmond City - 3.93 Mile Loop - (45.9/70) 65% I am now 2/3 of the way to my goal of 70 miles and the end is in sight! Urban dash today,...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 16
- 5 min
Progress in the Capital of the Confederacy
One year ago, Erin and I were in Farmville, Virginia, focusing our day on Moten High School and the work of the young Barbara Johns. She...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Day Thirteen of the 70-Mile Challenge - Copper!
Holmes Run Trail/Columbia Pk to B********d St. - 3.55 Miles Out &Back (41.97/70) - 59% Picking up steam I walked briskly through the...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Day Twelve of the 70-Mile Challenge - Pink!
Green Spring Gardens - 2.0-Mile Loop (38.42/70) - 54% One day after my port-removing procedure I knew I had to get walking again to keep...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 14
- 4 min
Crashing Cultural Waves Meet on 16th Street
"Poets who leapt off of tall buildings and flew and fell in swoops of feelings until they and we came to a crash at the foot of their...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Day Eleven of the 70-Mile Challenge - Lemon Yellow!
National Landing (formerly Crystal City!) - 3.9 Miles Loop (36.42/70) - 52% Over halfway there - If I can keep up this pace, I should be...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Day Ten of the 70-Mile Challenge - Cadmium Red!
Turkey Run Park/Potomac Heritage Trail - 3.73 Miles Reverse Lollipop - (32.52/70) - 46% A fascinating and challenging walk, right in the...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 11
- 1 min
Day Nine of the 70-Mile Challenge - Pale Yellow!
Lake Kittamaquundi/Columbia - 2.58 Miles Loop (28.79/70) - 41% A more thoughtful urban planner might have presumed that there would be...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Day Eight of the 70-Mile Challenge - Sky Blue!
Holmes Run Trail/Alexandria - 4.09 miles Out and Back (26.21/70) - 37%! Have walked eight of nine days, and planning again today. This...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Day 7 of the 70-Mile Challenge - Magenta!
Pinecrest Golf Course - 3.26 miles Loop (22.12/70) - 31%! The tried and true for a cold Sunday morning - walking out my door, down the...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 8
- 3 min
The New Old-Growth Forests
One of my fourth-dimension tricks is to imagine the world looking backwards or forwards - what used to be here and why? what will be here...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 7
- 1 min
Day Six of the 70-Mile Challenge - Orange!
Cross-County Trail - Lake Accotink to Old Keene Mill Road - 4.08 miles Out and Back (18.86/70 - 26%) Given that I am trying not to use...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 6
- 1 min
Day Five of the 70-Mile Challenge - Aqua!
Rockland Park - 2.38 Miles - Loop (14.78/70) Brand new park located near Exit 6 on Interstate 66 is the perfect midpoint for the long...
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jamesalbright63
- Jan 5
- 3 min
Personal Intersections: Jacob Lawrence, Nicolas Guillen, and Langston Hughes
In the chaotic present that is my life, some things remain constant. Nothing gives me more of a frisson of pleasure than encountering a...
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