Tag: Spider Run

14 gents ran a version of Singer’s-Toe run – which some described as having a middle finger due to the long upward climb up near the end. 4, 5, and 6 mile routes were represented. YHC opted for a secular and un-inspired close in the end. (This is what you get when you are not the Q and function as a stand-in….sorry fellas.)

Announcements:

• TYA’s alternate and fictitious rendering of the origins of Thanksgiving will be heard at the convergence workout on Thursday (6:00am)
• TYA’s run/bike/walk every hour on the hour on Friday, Forest Hill. 7:00am launch. All are welcome at any time/hour

Saab abides

Route:

4’s: Take University up to Westham Parkway. Head south towards River Rd

5’s: Take Lakewood to Wood to Baldwin. Take left onto Westham Parkway from Baldwin…head South toward River Road

6’s: Take Lakewood to Wood to Waveny. Turn left onto Westham Parkway. Take to River Road. (Follow instructions below, however add the Ross-Road jug-handle

All: Take Westham Parkway to River. Cross at River to Country Squire then left onto South Ridge. Take down to Westham Station. Take first left up Old Bridge then turn a quick right onto Highland and keep climbing. Turn around when you reach River Rd and head back down to Westham Station. Head toward shopping center and then take the bat cave home.

A lucky 13 arrived to experience a modified version of Splinter’s “Bisque” route from earlier this Summer. Route is as follows:

• Head out Richmond Way towards River. Right on Westhampton Way to past tennis courts, sorority houses (TYA), and Alumni Center.
• Right on UR Drive. Left on River. Left into Batcave
• Right on Ridgeway. Right on Fairway which turns into Robin & Iris
• Briefly cross Three Chopt to Henri (near head of access road)

Fours:

• Take access road and then left across Three Chopt onto Campus
• Turn in campus entrance and then turn right past the stadium then to the Commons

Fives:

Hop onto Grove. Left on Maple then left on Ferguson (near the triangle-park). Left on Henri back up to Three Chopt. Follow 4’s instructions above

Sixes:

Hop onto Grove. Left on Granite. Left on Patterson. Left on Maple. Take Maple to Ferguson. (Follow 5’s/4’s above.)

Most followed directions, one did not (his name rhymes with “Pee-My-Way”).

Saab abides

Larger than usual number of runners including one historian downranger from Baton Rouge (maybe) attended Spider Run for a celebration of life.

Categories: Route

What is all runners head out the bat cave, across the river and head west/up river on Riverside.

4s: What is turn at Huguenot Flats and return home.

5s: What is turn at Hickory and return home.

6s. What is take Hickory over Cherokee up the hill to Old Holly and return home.

Category: Chatter

What is call your mother today in honor of those who have passed. She’ll appreciate it.

What is congrats to Ollie running 100 miles.

What is celebrating a class act and mainstay of game shows on national televisions since 1984 – Alex Trebek. We’ve all found ourselves watching Jeopardy waiting for that 8:00 PM TV show to start.

Final Jeopardy: The first Thanksgiving took place here, attended by 100 people or so as confirmed by Edward Winslow who sailed from England aboard the Mayflower in 1620*.

• – History.com

In honor of Alex Trebek AND Sean Connery, YHC gives you the SNL spoof for the ages.

Twelve PAX traveled north into the Sterlingwood neighborhood of near west end RVA. Here’s the route: 

All Runners:

• Around baseball field to College
• Right on University
• Right on Westham
• Left on Baldwin

4s:

• Right on Patterson
• Right on Hollins
• Left on Woodberry
• Right on Horsepen
• Through the Fraternity Row fence and Robin’s Center parking lot
• Back to flag

5s:

• Left on Patterson
• Right on Valley
• Right on Hillview (Pass Profit’s house)
• Left on Ware (Pass EF’s old house)
• Right on Granger
• Right on Hillside
• Left on Patterson
• Right on Hollins
• Left on Woodberry
• Right on Horsepen through Fraternity Row
• Left on College Rd
• Right on Campus
• Right on UR Drive
• Back to flag

6s:

• Left on Patterson
• Right on Valley
• Right on Three Chopt
• Right on Hillside
• Left on Patterson
• Right on Hollins
• Left on Woodberry
• Left on Horsepen
• Reverso at Patterson down Horsepen through Fraternity Row
• Left on College
• Right on Campus
• Right on UR Drive
• Back to flag

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Set out to make the route simpler than YHC’s last couple of attempts to Q SpiderRun.  On paper it looks like a heck of a lot of turns but it really was a very straight forward route except the 5’s quick trip through YHC’s old neighborhood.  No reports of lost PAX, so apparently it worked out.  Plenty of hills and plenty of downhill.  Horsepen is much better to go up than down.    

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congrats to TYA, Saab, Gomer Pyle, Circle K, and Swiper for completing a heck of a CSAUP.

Lift up Offshore and family as his MIL passed away

9 gents arrived to take a running route from a negligent Q. The route included a long climb up Horsepen and then a run around the perimeter of Bandy field on an extremely dark and foggy morning. Suffice to say, it was ill-advised and no one could see or find the proper path…picture every pax member going in different directions.

CSAUP this weekend. See TYA for details.

Saab abides

Ten tenacious titans settled in for a slow jog around the flat terrain of Westham.

Route:

All: Run to Robbins Parking Lot and spill out onto College

4’s: Take University up to Westham Parkway. Head south towards River Rd

5’s: Take Lakewood to Wood to Baldwin. Take left onto Westham Parkway from Baldwin…head South toward River Road

6’s: Take Lakewood to Wood to Waveny. Turn left onto Westham Parkway. Take to River Road. (Follow instructions below, however add the Ross-Road jug-handle then add an up-and-down on Panorama after climbing Highland)

All: Take Westham Parkway to River. Cross at River to Country Squire then left onto South Ridge. Take down to Westham Station. Take first left up Old Bridge then turn a quick right onto Highland and keep climbing. Turn around when you reach River Rd and head back down to Westham Station. Head toward shopping center and then take the bat cave home.

Saab abides

A lucky eleven showed for a cool early morning run.

Route:

From Commons, take the Eco-Corridor (aka Batcave) to RR Shopping Center, the Westham Station along the canal, up Ridge Rd. to River.

Dog-leg left to Gaymont. Take to the end until it intersects with University.

4 Milers: Take right on University, cross Ridge to Westham Pkwy. Left on Pkwy then right on Lakewood. Lakewood down to College (near lake). Run up to Robins Center parking lot then down to lake. Cross bridge then counterclockwise to Commons

5 and 6 Milers: Left on University to end, quick right then left back onto University which turns into Ziontown.

5 Milers: Take right on Holmes avenue to Ridge. Cross Ridge to Sunset. Sunset to Westham Parkway. Go straight (right) to University. Take University to College (near lake). Up to Robins center then down to lake (see 4-miler finish)

6 Milers: Ziontown to Ridge, then cutover near shopping center to Forest. Forest to Lindsay. Lindsay to Westham Pkwy. Head north to Waveny. Waveny to Wood. Wood to Lakewood. (see 4-miler for finish)

NMS:

Thanks to Lockjaw for taking us out, and thanks to his new puppy for waking him up in the first place and getting him out to a spider run.

Great to run with Sippy, it has been too long.

Saab Abides

13 warriors braved the last humid day of 2020 to take a little jaunt to the published top of Henrico Shire according to: https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=23150

4 milers: around baseball field, College, Lakewood, Wood, Baldwin, Rock Creek, Forest, University, Sawmill, Coleridge, Ridge, Sunset, Westham, Glen, Keller – or just go do what you want.

5 milers: 4 mile route but stay on University to Henrico (not Glendale), Ridge, Lakewood, Westham, Glen, Keller

6 milers: 5 mile route with no charge extras: add Arlington off University, add Glendale + Julian (instead of Henrico). add Lindsey off Ridge (instead of Lakewood), then Crenshaw + UR Drive (instead of Keller)

NMS –

Prayers for healing and recovery today.

Good to be back at Spider Run after a IPC sabbatical – YHC realized its been quite some time. Swipers beard is so full, we had to do a double take – its like a mine is missing its forty niner. TYA then rolled up saving the planet with his pedal powered conveyance, Saab, BT and Swiper ran in – Gents the Lorax thanks you. We would love to see the extra credit route that Singer and Shakedown took – is ten minutes the extra credit record?

YHC was curious if Mount Henrico really was – top researchers confirm that the highest point in Henrico is 340′ in a few places around the county, with hill 341 shown on ridge in the pic above. There is something about the little slog up Henrico Ave that takes it out of you on a humid day, then you turn left on Ridge and there is just a little more. We came, we saw, we conquered.

Gitty up!

No Q as of 10pm Monday, YHC stepped up with something simple.  Here’s the route: 

All Runners:

• Richmond Way to Westhampton Way
• Right to stay on Westhampton Way
• Continue on Crenshaw Way
• Right on UR Dr
• Left on River Rd
• Left into Batcave
• Right on Ridgeway Rd

4s:

• Right on Roselawn Rd
• Left on Towana Rd
• Left on College
• Through the Robin’s Center parking lot
• Back to flag

5s:

• Right on Fairway View Rd
• Left on Topoan Rd
• Left on Towana Rd
• Continue on Campus Dr
• Quick diversion up Bostwick Ln
• Continue on Campus Dr
• Left on College Rd
• Through the Robin’s Center parking lot
• Around the Lake
• Back to flag

6s:

• Same as 5s but stay on College Rd
• Left on Westhampton Way
• Right on Crenshaw Way
• Left on UR Dr
• Left on Richmond Way
• Back to flag

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

When EF Hutton speaks, people listen, except when there’s too many words.  Sometimes a little goes a long way.  Today’s directions included too many details, like run past the amphitheater and tennis courts and zig-zag across Three Chopt, or make a loop around the dogwalker on Crenshaw.  Next week 23 minutes out, 22 minutes back.  Great to see a couple of familiar faces back out and to have a newbie join the ranks.  Welcome Wacker, weeds, moles, other things, whatever it takes. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Retreat 10/3

Cornhole sign up – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit#gid=1886940921

CSAUP 10/23-10/24 Preblast coming