Tag: Spider Run

University of Richmond

  • Full Toes and Moons

    Bakers dozen of Spider common folk arose for a relatively great morning for a run under an SOJ takeover.

    Routes – see slack – across bridge, through Huguenot Flatwater park, down Riverside to a point depending on mileage. Return to start.

    Great job F3 amigos. YHC had some prior issues with the trailhead directions but everyone seemed to maneuver the route without incident, whether that be a full toe or just a single toe (well, Splinter isn’t wrong from an aerial view). There was another incident for our 6 mile crew out front of the pack, a unsuspecting female full monty, which no grunt of notification from Doozy could prevent. What happens on the trails stays on the trails.

    Good to see Chip n’ Dale back out cruising the miles again. Prayers for TYA’s surgery and a speedy recovery.

    -Singer

  • Welcome Summer Tour…

    Spider Run: 5 Mile Route below

    https://onthegomap.com/s/s5a5e2va

    4s take university straight to westham. On Highland turn back toward Westham Station  when it crests

    6s take Wood to Waveny to Westham.

    All converge on highland climb…

    Saab Abides

  • “You’re and Idiot…”

    A Lucky 13 pretty much followed the prescribed route, despite Fudd’s period interruptions during the instruction period.

    The route:

    • Route shown below is for 5 miles
    • 6 Milers (Add):  When taking Three Chopt to Hanover, turn right on Stuart and return on Kensington (1Mi horseshoe)
    • 4 Milers:  Follow route below however once you get on IRIS, follow golf course down to Ridgeway and straight on down back to start

    https://onthegomap.com/s/el33u66c

    Saab abildes

  • A Good Route

    We hit some hills – including owl strike corridor – new roads, a little bit of trail, and the scenic campus tour. Fun was had by all!

    Hitchhiker took us out.

    Announcements – Pickle ball tournament coming up. See slack for details and “how-to” videos.

  • #Fuddrun resurrection

    17 eager beavers in need of a bush trimming posted for a Fudd inspired route. Alas, Hitch was not there to manage the landscaping but we ventured out into Westham anyway. A fav route for many returned after a hiatus of several years. #Brocode style made it a nice change from typical split routes…..several 4 milers commented that they worked harder because they knew the 5 and 6 milers were running the whole time, looping back to the Six. After COT there was a minor scuffle between Anthrax’s dog (sorry can’t remember his name) and someone else’s puppy (not sure who?). Fortunately no blood was spilled.

    Announcements: Memorial Day convergence at Tredegar (7am), Pickleball tournament at Splinter’s house next Wed (5/24) at 5:30pm

    Enjoyed it boys! Thanks for letting me lead…..and never stop chasing the wabbit!

  • The Devil’s Intervals

    The Devil’s Intervals

    Eighteen unsuspecting spiderlings, including one world traveler, met in our usual spot to wait for directions. Directions were brief because we would be staying together today. It went something like this:

    The Route

    4s: Through the batcave and over to Westham Station

    5/6s: Follow the main road to River then over to westham station. 6s run around starbucks.

    Meet at the bottom of Panorama for 3x intervals, shifting up to the first tree after the first interval. Slow mosey over to one of the H streets for the next round. 3x up Highland then 1x up Old Bridge. Mosey back to the flag via the route you came.

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    Moleskin

    Great to have a visitor from Katy, TX today. Glad you were not upset with the concept of intervals. YHC enjoys throwing these on the PAX from time to time.

    Way to crush it today fellas. I don’t think we have done intervals on the devil’s pitchfork until today. Well done!

  • Still within the Statute of Limitations

    YHC doesn’t know who was there, but this was the route. Lockjaw was the Q. If you can dig up your stats from 11/5/2019, let me know and I’ll add your name. I’m guessing Saab ran to vote, but who knows?

  • Irregular Shaped Lollipops

    Happy Birthday Wedding Singer??? Wedding Singer + 21 of his 0530 friends met in the sunken parking lot that we call Spider Run launch. We ran the following, then heard Singer subtly say his name + age. No one called him out on it, until now.

    The Routes

    4s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/r5ad1ckj
    5s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/vf9gb3md
    6s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/pk2unnhj

    Numbers, names, announcements, YHC took us out.

    Moleskin

    The PAX hit some different roads today, or at least made different turns to get to similar roads. Due to the need to test one’s will by running past a scary house, these extreme reaches of the AO are lightly traveled. That resulted in all the 5s screwing up. Well done. Hutton said he had it, clearly he didn’t. Apparently, Fudd tried to tell everyone but no one listened.

    Great group of 22 today. The 6s saw Saab traveling away from the prescribed route as we were finishing our lollipop. He must have needed a direct route home.

    Keep planting flags Flatline!

    Happy Birthday Wedding Singer

    Splinter

  • Deja Vu

    Fifteen runners and walkers rolled in just in time for the route instructions. It seems this route closely resembled one Gomer Pyle did last week. We went over the river and through the woods and back.

    Great mumble chatter with the pack YHC was running with. Always a good time!

    YHC took us out.

  • Faceplant’s Starbucks

    8 fearless men met on a nearly perfect running morning for a little out and back. According to the SOJ Barred Owl that loudly expressed his consternation on missing Saab this morning. This was the route: out 23 min back 22 min. Bleeder rucked the fun part of this route.

    Faceplant took us out. Prayers for Splinters Aunt.

    Announcements

    • Monument 10k 4/22
    • Bluegrass Festival James River High School 4/22
    • Gomer 6 year aniversary at DogPile 4/22
    • Carytown 10k in Carytown, 4/30. Its a 10k run that starts and ends in Carytown.
    • CSAUP 5/6 at Currahee. Ruck, Bootcamp, Run

    NMS – YHC loves this route, almost as much as Mount Henrico. Downside is the traffic across Hugenot bridge. The Saabski would be up there if the pax could run it without getting lost. Next Qs are:

    • Firstwatch
    • 45MOM
    • Currahee
    • DogPile

    Apparently Faceplant is building a new Starbucks location in the old bank at the intersection of River and Cary. Drive through already in place. Hope they open early enough.