Tag: Spider Run

Sixteen men on a mission to better themselves huddled around the hood of a blue truck, trying to decipher the pre-posted routes on a 4 inch mobile screen. The PAX was forewarned on Slack of the Qs anticipated hot arrival. YHC arrived with three minutes to spare. Plenty of time to review the routes (twice) before launch.

The Route
4s, 5s, and 6s all took basically the same route today, with the only variation being the number of Horespen/Ridge Top loops.

• Head west around the baseball field and left on College
• Right on Lakewood to Westham
• Right on Westham to Baldwin
• Right on Baldwin and continue on Baldwin across Wood with runs by the backside of fraternity row
• Slight left and the road turns to Horsepen
• Up Horsepen to right on Patterson
• Right on Ridge Top
• 5s & 6s continue down Ridge Top and take a right on Horesepen and repeat the loop, with 5s only going halfway up before taking a right on Devon. 6s go all the way to Patterson
• On the final descent down Ridge Top, left on Chandler, right on Gardiner, left on Wheeler, through the lit path and back to the VSF via Campus/Gateway
• 6s touched the top of Chandler before finishing on Gardiner

4s: https://onthegomap.com/s/e94dq1oe
5s: https://onthegomap.com/s/l5sgp73g
6s: https://onthegomap.com/s/jrsi1569

Numbers, names, announcements, before YHC took us out.

Announcements

• BRR next weekend. Still not too late.
• Field Day on 9/18.
• Sit & Sip & Cornhole on 9/25.
• NEW: Labor Day Convergence @ Hoedown. 7AM start.

Moleskin

By all accounts, the route was successful. Sixteen started and sixteen finished (relatively on time). YHC had the pleasure of being in the company of Saab during the run and he quickly proclaimed this route was like another fist but with the middle appendage extended. Hence the name of this BB. Not the normal fist, but a stranger’s fist.

Great catching up with Sippy today. Congrats on the recent achievements.

Enjoy the day fellas.

Splinter

Nice Tuesday morning for a run. 18 extracted themselves from the fartsack and made it to Spider run. Route was up the hill to three chopt, three chopt to Groooooooove, Grove to oak, Oak to Hillcrest and then back to the start. 4 milers double back at beginning of Oak, 5 milers at the end of Oak, and six milers go all the way.

NMM

Mileage was a little short today. Change of starting venue takes about a 1/10th of a mile off the routes. Plus, the mileage for this route have always been a little shy of their milestones. Next Q, I will make up the mileage to everyone and give some free mileage to folks…

Steamy morning out there today. Everyone was really excited when I announce we were going be running on Grove. Only one of the three biggest fans of Grove was there, that was Saab. The other two Sippy and Marv were absent, so we will have a repeat performance for them when they are back.

TYA OUT

A Formidable 15 faced elevation and complex geography. This is what transpired, more or less…

Run out toward front of Robbins Center onto College Rd. Head upwards and jump on path near UR entrance. Jump onto Wheeler then to Ridge Top. Climb Ridge Top all the way to Patterson, to Three Chopt, then to Boatright. Take Boatright to Campus Drive. Proceed to climb the following as an out an back: Bostwick, Old Mill. Run down Tawano, take path through woods. 4’s return. 5’s/6’s turn left and take Ridgway to the top. 5’s return on Roselawn. 6’s backtrack then also climb Tapoan, then return.

Saab abides

Twenty hulking studs attacked some hills.  Shakedown was sweating before the run, not that there’s anything wrong with that.  Here’s where they went: 

All

• Out to College around Pitt Field
• R on Lakewood
• L on Westham
• Continue on Country Squire
• L on S. Ridge

4s

• At the bottom reverso
• Back to flag

5s/ 6s

• Continue on Westham Station
• L on Old Bridge
• Hit fork at Old Bridge and Highland
• Reverso
• Back to flag

6s

• Complete Old Bridge plus Highland (once each)
• Reverso
• Back to flag

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

After cool dry mornings a week ago, the funk was back and funky as ever.  Like running through a greenhouse.  As such, stages of dress varied.  Glad the PAX is comfortable with that, just don’t expect YHC to finish with a BOM.  Great to have Shake’s FNG join us this morning.  Originally hailing from Switzerland, Swiss Miss and Toblerone were thrown out as potential names, but the PAX and YHC settled on Neutral.  Hoping Neutral had a positive experience and returns soon. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HDHH and Hill Run tomorrow – Honeydo’s (See Slack for address)

Field Day 9/18

Retreat 9/25 – Cornhole signup coming, find a partner now, preferably from a different nanoregion

13 studs posted on a temperate Tuesday morning for a run through the Henrico county hills. Route was Mount Henrico. For six miles just a little over six, five milers, about 5.5 and 4 milers, just a few tenths of a mile over

NMM

A few folks go temporarily lost on the run. Bone Thugs took the right onto Westham Parkway and kept going until he hit Patterson. Once he hit Patterson, he realized he went the wrong way. He turned around and asked for directions back to UR and made it back with a few more miles on his body and 15 minutes of extra running. Sippy also took a wrong turn, but righted himself very quickly, just an extra quarter mile. Although the Mount Henrico route is a little long on mileage, I think the extra time and energy is worth it. Tough run, complicated directions, but rewarding.

19 Warriors emerged from their nice warm beds and ventured onto the University of Richmond for a Tuesday morning run. Weather was as nice as its going to be for this time of year in RVA.

The route was one we haven’t done for a couple of years. From the lake run up to the main entrance, take a right onto campus and run up to Three Chopt. Back down to the main entrance, over to Boatright Drive and up to the top of the hill to Three Chopt Again. Repeat this loop as many times as possible. Each segment of the route is just about 1 mile.

NMM

Lots of mixed feedback on this route. I like it because you get to see all the other runners along the way as people make their way back and forth ton the hills. It is a hilly route and you get little flat running at all. Some like that, some do not. Faceplant loved the route as the directions are really simple and we have run these roads many times. No opportunity to get lost.

TYA out

10 dudes posted last Tuesday for a Spider run. Weather was hot and sticky. Route was past robins center out boatwright and to three chopt. Over to patterson, east on patterson and run until you hit 23 minutes. Turn right on the next road to Grove, Grove back to main entrance and back to shovel flag.

TYA OUT

Thirteen circled up at the new meetup for the quickest directions YHC could spit out. It was a known route.

All Runners:

Out the Batcave, across the shopping center, down Westham Station to S. Ridge, dogleg across River to Gaymont to University.

4s:

Right on University, left on Westham Pkwy, Right on Lakewood, Left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

5s and 6s:

Left on University, quick right on Ralston, Left on University to Ziontown.

5s:

Right on Holmes, dogleg across Ridge to Sunset to University, left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

6s:

Continue on Ziontown to Ridge, quick right, then left on Forest, right on Lindsay, left on Westham Pkwy, right on Waveny to Wood, left on Lakewood, left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Apologies to Saab as YHC not only stole the Q, but also stole his route. All due respect. In a hurry to put the directions out and get moving YHC left out the loop around the lake and possibly the left on Westham to Lakewood for the 4s. Will make it up next time.

Announcements

Town Hall on Zoom

Homerun Derby – Preblast to come

Fourteen mostly aware PAX huddled in the new gathering spot for this week’s Spider Run. The call was snake river. 4s did one, 5s did two, 6s did four. Numbers, names, announcements, YHC took us out.

Moleskin
Almost everyone remembered, some were unaware, of the newly declared gathering spot for the AO. Shakedown appropriately suggested after the run that we should place a scout at the previous location for a few weeks. Noted and we will make that a practice for the month of July.

Quick note about parking in the new location. After a brief discussion with a UR staff member, here are the key notes:

• Do not park in the “reserved” parking spots closest to the dry creek on the downside of the dam
• If possible, park in the spots facing the road or the spots in the middle of the lot
• The staff try to park in the parallel spots on the road so try to keep those open. They have to be there by 630 so it may be less of a big deal.

Snake river run sucked today. I think everyone would agree with that.

We will stick with this new location for the near future to see how it sticks. So far, so good.