13 of F3 RVA’s finest OG’s slipped out of the house and into The Gloom for the latest edition of The Spider Run. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the billy goats in residence, the following might have happened:
First, the route apparently set the F3RVA record for the greatest number of turns, the largest number of street name changes without a turn, and the lowest average distance traveled per street. In the spirit of Lab Rat, the YHC apologizes.
Route:
Left out of the parking lot, and follow whatever the road that is not called UR Drive is in fact called until it loops back to Campus Drive. Turn left on Campus.
Cross College, and take the trail to Wheeler.
Left on Wheeler, which becomes Hampshire (only everyone thinks it’s Horsepen). Right on Dartmoor.
Left onto Horsepen, go 10 yards, and left onto Waveney. Do not turn on Cheshire (In the spirit of Lab Rat, again, YHC apologizes).
Right on Wood. Right on Cornwall. Right on Devon. Right on Ridge Top. Easy enough?
Left on Chandler DRIVE. Up Chandler. Up, up, up. At the top, turn around. Down, down, down Chandler.
At the bottom, turn around. Up, up Chandler. To Chandler CIRCLE. To the end, turn around, then cross Chandler DRIVE to the other end of Chandler CIRCLE, turn around. Turn LEFT on Chandler DRIVE.
Down, down Chandler DRIVE.
Turn around. Up Chandler DRIVE to Gardiner. Turn left and go to the end. Turn around. Take Gardiner to Chandler DRIVE, cross Chandler DRIVE, go up, up Gardiner and over the hill.
Left on Wheeler.
Right at the trailhead. Back to Campus Drive.
4’s take Campus to a right on UR Drive and BTTVSF.
5’s take Campus to Towana to Roselawn and BTTVSF.
6’s take Campus to Towana to Three Chopt. Right on Iris, and follow Iris as it changes names every 100 yards…Robin, Ridgeway…and BTTVSF.
Numbers, names, and YHC pulled a Lockjaw and cold called Lockjaw, who took us out, with a message about better directions from the Q. In the spirit of Lab Rat, YHC apologizes.
NMS: For many years, the quintessential F3 RVA CSAUP was the Blue Ridge Relay. 210 miles or so of glorious hills, switchbacks, blind curves, dark hollows, and, according to legend, bears. Truly a test of physical and mental stamina. And, a path to building this Brotherhood. The BRR starts this Friday, so today’s route was an Ode to BRR Training of years past.
Richmond has no hills comparable to the BRR (Twin Team is a speed bump by comparison). And, Richmond surely has no routes with 4-10 miles of intense hills. So, up and down Chandler had to suffice on Tuesdays in years past. Nice to relive the good ole days.
Prayer Requests:
For Hitch and his family as they mourn his father’s passing.
For Speakeasy and his family as their bear the trial of battling cancer.
For those researching cures for cancer, you inspire the rest of us. God speed in your research, regardless of what land mass you stand on when running your tests. May government policy not be a CSAUP exercise that keeps you from finding a cure.
For our pal Splinter, who is gradually weaning the rest of us off the Big Data teet…lend the man a hand in his request for us to test his solutions.
For my Mom…happy birthday. 87 today. John 8:32.