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  • March 20, 2012 at 4:11 pm #938064
    pfunkallstar
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    Since the weather has be GORGEOUS I’ve been taking the hybrid route home for the past couple of days and have to admit that 16th street in from of Virginia Hospital Center is pretty miserable. Crossing Glebe is dangerous as hell and 16th street is in rough shape. I’ve started jumping over to the Custis trail just before Glebe, which makes for a nice ride to Falls Church.

    March 20, 2012 at 9:12 pm #938081
    JeffC
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    I think the hills on the alternate westbound are a bit worse than the Custis Trail. However, once you no longer need your cue sheet (because you have internalized the route) and you factor in that you don’t have to stop all the time for peds, I think the route is easier. I agree that the worst spot in general is 16th St, pavement is kind of bad. However, in general I think the streets are smoother than the Custis Trail, only a few parts of which have been recently repaved.

    I still ask myself, what is so attractive to walkers and runners about the Custis? Most of it is next to a freeway! I would never walk/jog along that unless the other choices were really bad.

    March 21, 2012 at 2:08 am #938101
    sjclaeys
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    While riding home on Key Blvd tonight, it struck how quiet it is not being on the Custis next to 66. Another reason to stay off of the trail.

    March 21, 2012 at 2:44 pm #938130
    pfunkallstar
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    The noise thing is incredible, even trucking through Rossyln it is noticeably quieter.

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