A dozen descended upon UR to shake off the morning chill – along with a few calories accumulated over holiday revelry….
Route: https://onthegomap.com/s/0q9nfkv3
Announcements:
In the words of the Dalai Lama (beyond the Back Blast title), there are 2 days in the year when nothing gets done…Yesterday and Tomorrow…
Make the best of today fellas!
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An elite 8 descended upon UR to shake off the early morning chill…
Route:
All – Ridgeway to Iris. Cross Three Chopt then head east on Groooooove.
4’s – Turn around and return once reaching Oak St
5’s/6’s – Take right on Oak, cross Cary to Hillcrest. Head down W. Hillcrest
5’s (there weren’t any…)- Upon reaching bottom of Hillcrest, turn around and return.
6’s – Turn onto E. Hillcrest and take immediate right to climb Charmian (steepest short-hill in RVA?). When hill crests, take a left on access road then turn left on Pocahontas, jump back onto E. Hillcrest, climb hill and return on the same route
Announcements: HDHH at Final Gravity, Bone Thugs planning a subterranean run in the fall, and Christmas falls on a Sunday this year (see Hitchhiker for details, and Wedding Singer for supporting commentary)
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Many miles and many smiles as an elite 8 covered the north and south banks of the James…Anthrax was donned in his favorite golf shirt, and Shakedown was a running-billboard for all things BMX.
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4 knuckleheads looked at each other and questioned why they were here….YHC did his best to keep balls-and-back dry as possible as we ventured out into the cold and wet areas surrounding Mary. Copious amount of running coupled with various exercises along the way.
Moleskin: YHC learned some new terms today including “White Knuckling” and “Seagulling”….quite possibly, one has to precede the other….
Announcements were quick as the pax was ready to jump in their cars, and showed no-patience for the Q’s eloquent and awe-inspiring close.
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Remarkably, the pax extracted many variations of distances from the typical South/North bank route.
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8 gents descended upon Mary to see what she had to offer, this is what transpired….more or less…
Announcements:
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FTLOBD…
Today’s route did have almost the same elevation as the historic UR Turkey Trot….(640ft vs 680ft)
Route:
https://onthegomap.com/s/utcmkrq4
4’s return on same route once reaching the entrance to Glenbrook Circle.
5’s return after up and back on Summit
18(?) elites arrived for a run through the Westham….YHC limited it to no more than two fingers….
Announcements: Lots going on… which is a wonderful thing:
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The Route (Singer T-Shirt Special):
Run past ball stadium to College, then to University.
4’s take University to Westham and head south to River Rd
5’s and 6’s take right on Wood. 5’s take left on Lakewood to Westham then head south to River Rd
6’s stay on Wood to Waveny, then get on Westham and head south (see above)
All cross River to Country Squire to South Ridge then on down to Westham Station.
4’s climb Old Bridge to Highland – turnaround when it crests back to Westham Station.
5’s and 6’s take Highland all the way to River then turn around back to Westham Station
All return toward shopping center then through Bat Cave.
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Walk, Bike, Run…it didn’t matter….
Running Route: Head east on Grove, south on Greenway. Cross Cary to Ampthill. Take Ampthill to bottom where it turns to Paxton. Take Paxton up to Cary. Turn around and head back south on Paxton to Ampthill to Cary.
4’s return on on Greenway
5’s and 6’s repeat Ampthill and Paxton. 5’s exit on the top of Paxton and take Tuckahoe back to Grove then return to Mary.
6’s head south on Paxton (again) then up Ampthill. Return on Greenway.
Title reflects what benefit a little (lot of) elevation will do on a run…
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11 titans and one woefully unprepared Gerry experienced a workout commensurate with its title…
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