Midlothian Middle
Bullseye, Rosie and YHC took off for the streets of Midlothian without a care or clue in the world. After a short jaunt up west on Midlo we opted for a giant loop – Charter Colony, Woolridge, Mount Midlo and home, for 4ish miles.
Late posting this one so that’s about all I can recall. We ran, we saw, we conquered.
Draper is allergic to us and working out at the moment.
Thankfully no one fell off the road on this morning’s episode of Ice Road Runners.
Bullseye and YHC conversed in the evening, felt starting from the AO would be fine, and knew we’d provide Doozy with some company before and after the workout.
Due to the icy conditions and secondary roads not being plowed, not even Coalfield and Charter Colony, we took off east on Midlothian and quickly located Old Buckingham which was safe to run on and then found a unicorn in Unison Drive, salted and clear as a summer day with no traffic. Out two, back two, solid 4 miles.
Coffee at Starbucks with the SOT gents was welcomed by all.
-Singer
Guess I’ll write this backblast, hopefully Draper doesn’t as well.
A non-Salisbury route was selected to change things up, Bullseye recommended the mines and YHC offered up an old Off the Books route down Coalfield, Draper helped on the finer details. Down Coalfield, dropped into The Grove over to the cut through to Midlothian Mines, around the lake and up Mount Midlo home. Total a little over 4 miles.
Good conversation was had. Three Stooges title, which I’m sure has been used before, came as car stopped to enter a parking lot, waiting for us to cross, and we couldn’t have handled much worse trying to avoid a collision with the car and ourselves. It was comical.
-Singer
2025 clean up, I’m sure I missed other backblasts, but glad I remembered this. Now, if I could only remember where we ran…
This one time, Rosetta came to MOT and it was so surprising, I forgot to post a backlist. Now I did.
Two of us ran hills. Two of us did not. We all got at least 4 miles. It was fun.
Seeing a few solo BBs reminded me to post this one. MOT – Christmas Eve. While the boot campers did their SOT thing, YHC worked his way through a handful of miles around Midlothian with nothing but my thoughts on Christmas and end of year preparation.
Good thing I harassed the Q to get this BB posted.
YHC and Bullseye left the parking lot in seek of protection from the elements, and so Salisbury it was. Out Oakengate to Winterfield and back, 4.5+miles were logged.
Apologies to Draper, heard the car horn as we crossed the street but thought it was a ‘hello’ beep and not a ‘wait for me’ beep. Bullseye and I turned around several times on the straightaway, pausing to see if anyone was joining, before plunging into the depths of the dirt road near Ms. Weaver’s house.
Conversations were had and appreciated.
-Singer
Unsure where the morning route would take us 2 gentlemen headed into the gloom and down the dirt road. Conversation led down a few roads and our legs down others. Some decision making on the fly lead us through Salisbury to Winterfield. YHC hit the Mt. Pisgah hills on the return while Signer went to find relief.
Met up with the boot campers at the end, SOT is making it’s way back.
YHC and Bullseye left the larger SOT crowd for a jaunt through the underworld known as Salisbury. 4ish miles in and around the hood and back to the point of beginning. No sightings of #001, #011 or the Hellfire Club. Nice hang at the StrangerBucks for coffee after.