On Monday, Kyle and I sat down for a chat with Caitlin Seick of WalkJogRun, a popular running route finding and planning website, and talked all about run commuting. WalkJogRun’s iPad app recently hit #7 in the health and fitness category, so check it out now, hipster, so you can say you knew all about [...]
Traffic Report
Terry: “Now we turn to Stephanie, our W-TRC traffic reporter. How’s it look out there, Stephanie?” Stephanie: “It’s a pretty typical commute out here, Terry. We’ll start with the roads. Drivers, we have delays due to a crash and car fire on the inner loop of the beltway and a resulting gaper delay [...]
Seen on my commute: Word Scramble
This is one of my favorite places to run past lately. Located along my Dekalb Avenue route, Streetela describes themselves as “a co-operative brand created to bring the independent urban artist together with those that appreciate the work.” Some of the awesome local artists featured on their site: Evereman, Paper Twins, and Faber. Streetela’s sign on [...]
Getting Started – Part 2: Route Planning
More than likely, you already know how to get to work by car. But do you know how to get there by foot? Now that you’ve made the decision to try run commuting, you need to find the best way to get to your office. Normally, this means the shortest way to work. But it [...]






