Exploratory Jogging: Chasing Waterfalls
It’s easy — you take this trail to this waterfall and you just add water.
Windy Run Falls slows to a trickle during dry spells, but this isn’t a dry spell. The upcoming storm will have the falls roaring like the Pacific Northwest, so prepare to get wet and muddy!
We’ll cover just under five miles, soaking in the sights — including a large waterfall, an even bigger river, a forested stream, and several local parks — as we run at roughly 10:00 min/mi. The terrain will be a mix of dirt trails and pavement, and we’ll hike any sections where mud makes the footing treacherous.
Bring a hat and any other gear you need to be comfortable running in the rain. (If you’re carrying your phone, seal it in a plastic baggie!)
Here’s the estimated route. We’ve scouted the route successfully during torrential rain, but if the Potomac is running too high, we’ll skip the lowest-lying section of trail.
Location
Theodore Roosevelt Island
In the Potomac River near the Key Bridge
Washington,
DC
Meet at the bike rack on the Virginia side of the footbridge to the island, accessible by bike via the Mt. Vernon Trail, by Metro via Rosslyn, or by car via the George Washington Parkway (northbound only).
Past event
Instructor
Geoff Patterson is a KCDC organizer, avid trail runner, and general outdoor enthusiast. When he’s not reading historical fiction, explorer nonfiction, or for KCDC’s Queer Book Club, he is constantly looking for suggestions to add to his never-ending reading queue. (It’s more a stack than a queue; but all that really clarifies is that it’s hard to shake the nerdiness of a day job in software!)