Tag: Spider Run

15 of Richmond’s finest converged at the lowest point basin in the area. It’s all uphill from here.

After an exchange of a 30# ruck plate, off we went. Around the lake and through the trail to climb University. Right on Westham and a right on Patterson.

4s take a right on Three Chopt and return down Boatwright. 5s turn on Honaker to Boatwright. 6s go to Maple and bring the Grove/Toana route home.

Observations:

Running on the freshly paved road was a nice treat compared to the bombed out roads. Lines and all!

You need to watch out for what may be hiding behind large trash cans on this route.

Carbs kill. Just ask Hitchhiker’s kids.

Frankie took us out.

A diligent dozen descended on campus to celebrate…something.

Here the route:

4s, 5s, 6s: Fairway to Iris to Grove, heading East…

4s and 6s: Left on Tuckahoe to Seneca and return to Grove:

4s: Return from whence you came…Iris to commons

5s and 6s: Right on Greenway (south). Cross Cary to Ampthill. Take to bottom and return back to Cary via Paxton. Cross to Tuckahoe, then to Grove. Return to Iris/Commons.

Saab abides (when able).

Nine dudes, including the dude himself, posted for today’s Spider Run. Route was posted yesterday in an alternate channel but everyone still got it. Devil’s pitchfork for all that braved the rain.

Route

• Everyone stay on the road and head to River
• River to Westham Station up South Ridge to the light
• 4s return
• 5s hit Highland on the way back
• 6s hit Highland, Old Bridge, and Panorama

Numbers (clockwise), names (also clockwise), and YHC took us out.

Moleskin

Thanks for all that posted today. Gloomy day for a run. Everyone enjoyed it. EF Hutton even thanked me and told me how much he loved me when we passed on Highland.

Hitch’s streak was broken today. Bodo’s is the new streaker at Spider Run.

Announcements

Heal up everyone!

Splinter out.

A dirty dozen arrived for a tour-de-grooooove. Here’s the thing…

4’s 5’s 6’s all head up Fairway to Iris, past St Stephens to Grooooove.

Heading East, 4’s and 6’s tale left on Seneca which loops around to Tuckahoe, and on back to Grove.

4’s head back to Iris whence they came

5’s and 6’s take Tuckahoe south to Cary. Cross and get on Paxton…take to bottom and return up Ampthill. Cross from Ampthill to Greenway to Grooooove. 5’s return via Iris. 6’s return via Campus entrance (via access road parallel to Three Chopt), then run past stadium before returning.

Saab Abides

According to the campus police who saw a 55 year – no wait! – a 58 year old man hurriedly running to class with a text book under his arm, the workout today looked something like this.

We launched and did the isomer arrangement of the snake river route. 4s to the fork, 5s did the left fork of the serpent’s tongue, and 6s did both forks. There was a rucking option too, complete with good conversation.

YHC took us out.

Twelve misty eyed pavement pounders y un perro gathered in the gloom to hear what was in store today. Luckily, everyone either saw the routes posted or payed attention as no one go lost. Even Hitch made his way back (eventually).

The Route

• 4s: https://onthegomap.com/s/3ra0mqoj
• 5s: https://onthegomap.com/s/kmn9i6ff
• 6s: https://onthegomap.com/s/850p3g3f
• Walkers did their thing

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Moleskin

Thanks to Saab for entertaining us with yet another slightly off-color joke.

Unrelated Announcements

• Ash Wednesday service at the mall tomorrow

Have a great Tuesday gentlemen.

A sweet 16 stretched their legs across Westham. 6 mile route is shown below.

Fudd’s precision watch informed YHC that he came up short….TS

https://onthegomap.com/s/s5a5e2va

4 milers proceed straight through University to Westham.

5 milers take Wood to Lakewood, then to Westham.

Saab abides

16 of the area’s finest runners tackled any impediment in their way, including obstacles on the 5 miler route.

Great conversation as always.

YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Healing place 10k training team needs coaches beginning 2/10. See Shakedown.
• Frozen Triangle on 2/10 with a 0600 launch from Dogpile

Fifteen able bodied athletes gathered in the grey moonlight for a great spider run experience. After blazing through instructions, as almost everyone saw the route posted last night, of we went. Routes were heavy so almost everyone was late. Some more than others.

The Route

• By the lake, around the baseball field, left on College
• Right on Lakewood, right on Wood, left on Baldwin, right on Westham, left on Baldwin, left on Rock Creek, left on Forest, right on University
• 4s, 5s, 6s all do Essex
• 5s, 6s do Dinwiddie and Nelson
• 6s do Nalla and Glendale
• Return on University via the instructions above

https://onthegomap.com/s/0hlq4ijj

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Announcements

• Sign up for Breaking Bread in your birth month

Moleskin

We haven’t gone northwest in a while, saving Henrico’s summit for warmer days. Today’s route used Patterson as the iron curtain, knocking a few times but never crossing.

6s discussion centered around vacations, offshore/nearshore engineering, and how parents are living the retired life. We almost got picked up by someone on College on the way but, but he was just turning into a driveway. Then we almost got picked up by a gaggle of other runners, but they were just being kind and informing us of ice on the bridge. Maybe one day someone will try to pick up Faceplant.

Enjoy the day fellas.

Splinter

Thirteen on foot gathered for multiple purposes at today’s Spider Run. Most runners were fully aware of what was in store, and they still showed up. Some runners opted for rucking. Then there were walkers. If you chose the run portion, here’s what we did.

The Route

Slowsy as a group on the main road, crossing 1 bridge (sorry Upchuck), before convening on the far side of the intramural field. After a few trips across the turf at 60% and then 80%, instructions were given.

Line drill intervals. Sprint across the turf to a predetermined position depending on your usual pace. Touch the turf then turn around and sprint back. 4 milers went across to the far side of the midfield soccer circle. 5 milers to the snow man. 6 milers the full length. We rested about 1:15 between intervals.

Oh yeah, we did 12 of these.

Slowsy back to the VSF a few minutes early so we could throw snowballs at the ruckers/walkers.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Moleskin

YHC truly appreciates those who knew what was in store and still posted. It was a wild hair idea that I figured I’d try on a day where the roads may be a bit slippery. Turns out the field was likely more slippy.

Kudos to Bodos who made it maybe one interval before he started making snowballs. YHC is honestly shocked it took that long.

For the record, he’s also a sandbagger of a sprinter.

Enjoy the day fellas. My quads and hamstrings are toast!

Splinter out.