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ROSSLYN AS YOUR CYCLING IN OUTDOOR GYM ROSSLYN URBANACTIVECONNECTED STAIR REPEATS 1 HILL WORKOUT WITH 2 STRENGTH CIRCUIT 3 PYRAMID CARDIO 4 ROSSLYN’S CAPITAL 30 MIN / 12 SETS A REFRESHING ENDING IN GATEWAY PARK CIRCUIT IN 3 BIKE SHARE o Find the 10 flights of outdoor 10 MIN / 1 SET 7 MIN / 1 SET FREEDOM PARK 1 1 N Rhodes & 16th St N stairs on North Nash St o Start at the intersection of Wilson Blvd o Box Jumps 7 MIN / 1 SET 6 between Key Blvd and 7 16th St N and N Kent St. 10 x Freedom Park is a two-block elevated park 3 Lee Hwy. sprinkled with benches, gardens and trees. o Head up the north side of Wilson Blvd, use half wall in lawn as platform 2 Clarendon Blvd & Pierce St using streetlamps to measure distances. It’s a great place to get away from the o Warm up by jogging around Pierce St CONNECTED o Side Planks hustle and bustle for a quick workout. the block and stretching. Walk from streetlamp to streetlamp, 5 then sprint the same distance, then hold for 30 sec on each side 3 Key Blvd & N Quinn St o When you’re ready, run up the o 10 Burpees walk. Continue up the hill, using o Calf Raises 4 N Quinn St stairs and slowly walk back o 20 Squat Jumps 2 2 streetlamps to track your intervals. By 25 x 4 down to recover. the time you reach Oak St, you’ll have o 30 Bicycle Crunches 4 N Lynn St & Fairfax Dr balance using a wall or stairs done 7 sprints. o 40 Mountain Climbers N Lynn St o Repeat as desired. o Forward Lunges o 50 Jumping Jacks 1 o Stay on the north side of Wilson Blvd 5 Wilson Blvd & Ft Myer Dr ACTIVE lunge the width of Gateway Park o 40 Mountain Climbers (same side as Safeway) and continue Fort Myer Dr your intervals until you reach Pierce St o 30 Bicycle Crunches to get 11 sprints in! o 20 Squat Jumps 6 Lynn St & 19th St North o 10 Burpees EVENT o No matter how far you go, plan Lynn St to stop at South Block for a o Rest for one minute and healthy smoothie or açaí repeat two more times. 7 Theodore Roosevelt bowl to help you recover. Island SPACESURBAN FITNESS & & FITNESS WELLNESS S c a n t h e RUN, WALK BIKE TRAILS MINDFULNESS ! Q e r R o c & ROLL TO EXPLORE o m d d KEY BRIDGE e n f a o s r n de u ta e r LUNCH TIME OR ROSSLYN POWER MILE* THEODORE ROOSEVELT CUSTIS TRAIL TAKE A BREATHER ils about th POST-WORK RUN ISLAND TRAILS* o Access the Custis Trail at the intersection Here is a list of the top spaces to stop and 1 MI of Lee Hwy and Lynn St in Rosslyn. Bike take a mindfulness break. 1 Hills and some stairways, skywalks 1/3 MI WOODS TRAIL 4 RUN 1: 5K+ west along the trail for 4 miles and o Sunshine filled Gateway Park THEODORE JOHN F. KENNEDY Highlights Iwo Jima and Mount Vernon and building interiors. You’ll experience This short trail passes through connect with the W&OD Trail. ROOSEVELT CENTER FOR THE ISLAND PERFORMING ARTS Trail along Potomac River. Rosslyn’s majestic vistas, bold skyscrapers the heart of the island, including 3 o Under a shady tree at the and cultural attractions during this walk. the memorial plaza with its ROSSLYN Iwo Jima Memorial FITNESS & 2 statue and fountains. It is paved 2 RUN 2: 5K MOUNT VERNON TRAIL with pea gravel. Starts in the center of Rosslyn and o Access the Mount Vernon Trail from the o Grab a quiet bench in Freedom Park loops around Roosevelt Island and MONUMENTAL, parking lot of Theodore Roosevelt Island 3/4 MI UPLAND TRAIL WELLNESS Gateway Park. INTERACTIVE & FUN: and head south along the Potomac o With the art in Bennett Park Atrium This trail traverses the length PUBLIC ART IN ROSSLYN* River. You’ll ride past Memorial Bridge, of the island. It passes though 3 RUN 3: 3.5 MI Gravelly Point and Reagan National o In nature at Theodore Roosevelt Island THEODORE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE forest and loops around the Starts in Rosslyn, crosses Memorial 1.5 MI Airport. Once you hit the airport you can ACTIVITIES 1 former site of the Mason o Surrounded by Nancy Holt’s Dark Star Bridge and Key Bridge, ends in Some hills. Highlights include link up with the Four Mile Run Trail. LINCOLN Gateway Park. mansion. Park sculptures MEMORIAL monumental sculptures, an LED artwork and Dark Star Park. 1.5 MI SWAMP TRAIL IN 4 RUN 4: 4.5 MI This loop trail is the island’s Scenic route through Rosslyn. longest. It passes through BRIDGE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL swampy woods and cattail *Courtesy of WalkArlington and/or Arlington Arts marsh. The trail is part pea gravel and part boardwalk. *Courtesy of National Park Service ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.