20 Miles in the Park and Now the Taper Begins

Steve and I met at 4:30am at Oyster Creek Park. As we were completing our 2nd loop, we noticed that a line a cars and SUVs was assembling in the stretch before the park joins Lost Creek. They were waiting for the Cherry Pickers to arrive. We were able to maneuver around them for the most part but decided at one point to go outside the park, up Dulles and back in on the Lexington side. We hadn't realized that that route was still covered with mud and debris. We reentered the park and circled back towards the entrance, but as we were making our last loop, the route was blocked. We relied on Steve's GPS to track our mileage and were thankful to finally reach 20 miles. We rewarded ourselves with Iced Lattes at Starbucks.
Now the taper begins. I'm so glad to have this 20 miler behind me. It's 12 miles next weekend and 8 miles the next (although I'm going to do the Houston Half on the 26th instead) and the on to NY.