Only 5 takers for Spider Run this morning. One launched early and YHC arrived to nary a soul. Tricklers arrived, first 1-800, then Chippendale, followed by a Hitchhiker in need of some solo meditation. Route was shared and off we went: The Route https://onthegomap.com/s/ca703s9b Numbers, names, and announcements where Hitchhiker unknowingly took us out. Announcements Practice patience, kindness, and gratitude with your family Moleskine Hitchhiker had no time for instructions this morning and went on his merry way. Sometime solitary time is good for the soul and today was Hitch’s opportunity for reflection. 1-800 seemed to be back in top…

There were eight today, for our weekly gathering near the pond scum of lake Westhampton. Routes were posted early, countryside lollipops, and a non-enthusiastic Q talked through directions before we embarked on our journey. Routes 6s: no takers 5s: big loop of countryside to ruggles 4s: small loop of april to melwood All came back via the park. Numbers, names, YHC took us out. Announcements Hitch has extra tickets to Some like it Hot tonight. If you like it hot, even somewhat, reach out to Hitch to grab his tickets. Pickleball has started and only surface wounds from yesterday. Mondays…

A tenacious 10 arrived at Spider Run. Routes below were administered, albeit in reverso…with 5 & 6 milers starting at the eco-corridor, and 4’s taking College to University. Saab abides https://onthegomap.com/s/ck0vs5b5 https://onthegomap.com/s/1d4qguii https://onthegomap.com/s/q0spditd

We were moving mountains on a glorious Tuesday morning in the lower Tuckahoe Area. Normally, a trip up Mt. Henrico includes a jaunt up Julian to what is the highest point in Henrico County…the intersection of Julian and Parham. But not today. It’s been a good 7 years or so that we’ve been meeting every Tuesday to run around the leafy hoods of Henrico County’s west end, and we’ve never gone down Ridge Road. This is partly because, for a long time, it was pretty darn dangerous. Like, “hey, I’m Lockjaw, let’s run on that dangerous two lane road this…

Routes shown below. Only 5 miler was run today with only 4 intrepids, so expect these to make a reappearance on a future date. https://onthegomap.com/s/ck0vs5b5 https://onthegomap.com/s/1d4qguii https://onthegomap.com/s/q0spditd Saab abides

Spider run turned it up to 11 today to cover a well-defined out and back. 4,5,6 mile options were given, heading over the bridge and then due East before heading upward toward Cherokee road. OBT shared a first hand experience highlighting the value and importance of F3 and its far reaching network. Saab abides

12 men woke up ready to get a sweat going without leaving campus. 2 were walking and 2 were riding – they may have left campus, but the 8 runners remained and did a series of loops shown below. Unfortunately, YHC took the road name from On the Go Maps as “Crenshaw Way” when it is “Westhampton Way” but nonetheless, we all made it. 4-mile: https://onthegomap.com/s/aa698r6g 5-mile: https://onthegomap.com/s/kt0e1r33 6-mile: https://onthegomap.com/s/6bt0n4u4 Numbers, Names, and COT with YHC taking us out. NMS: Great running with Bodos and his new Pride shoes courtesy of Relay, and Oyster and Hitch. Perfect morning for some…

If a backblast is updated two weeks after a run, does it still count? Look, some of you are classic overachievers, doing backblasts THE DAY of a run, or maybe even the next day. Anyone can do that…but it takes a special form of procrastination to wait a whole fortnight before posting…which is exactly what this post is. (Who knows where my son gets it). The Thang… This was the Spottswood run, up one of the nastier little short hills in Henrico County. Here’s how it went, or, in Bodo’s case…supposed to go… Head out towards the baseball diamond, hang…

A couple hills, then a big rectangle, pretty simple, one would think. Here’s where: The Route Head up UR Drive 5s/6s Right then left up Bostwick and back 4s left; 5s/6s continue on Campus Dr Take path to Wheeler Right on Ridge Top Left on Patterson Left on Westham 4s Left on Lakewood 5s Left on University 6s Left on Club Vista Left on College Right behind baseball field 6s Circle the lake and pick up another 3 tenths OYO Back to SF Numberama, Nameorama, COT MOLESKIN Here ye, here ye, on this twenty-second day in the year two thousand…

An esteemed 18 arrived at spider run to explore outward regions in proximity of Groooove…. Saab Abides