Tag: Spider Run

11 or so ran/walked/skipped through various distances ranging from 4 to 6 miles….

NMS: Pickleball is still a thing. Apparently it is possible to have never picked up a pickle-paddle and still participate in the end of season tournament. Run – don’t walk – to Batteau for a Richmond-esque version of olympic-level competition.

Swirly gets an anal-probe and gives the cologuard box spokesperson a deserved day off….

Saab abides

14 runners took about a dozen different routes around my beloved UR campus. Route started up Richmond Way past Wood Hall where Gomer and I lived in 89/90. Then we ran by the football Stadium that did not exist back then and wrapped around the Stadium & went past the Robins Center where we saw us beat Kenny Anderson and Georgia Tech back in Dec 1990. A downed power line/tree work on College Road put some of us on the trail to the Greek Theatre while others ignored safety instructions from the police and squeezed by. I think I saw the Connells in the Greek Theatre back then but that is hazy. More hazy than the Beast Light we drank. Many of us ended up back on the intended route down Crenshaw, past the great Apartment 1205 (numbered something else now), and then down to River Road and back up the bat cave (which also did not exist back then). From there, some went left through the female side of campus (not true anymore), some went straight to the Commons, many did a lap or two around the lake and everyone made it back on time. Campus looked great as usual. More hilly then I remember.

Prayers for Sippy and his surgery next Monday.

Westhoe takeover continues. Remember to set your alarms! Homegrown Half/10K/5K this Saturday. Order your shirts and/or hats for the 10K. And we need more Pickleball Tourney signups.

9 runners (plus a wayward cyclist checking on BRR training) showed up for this week’s Spider Run. Conditions were sunny and 70, with plenty of humidity.

The Route:
Everyone head out to Boatwright passing the baseball field and right towards Three Chopt. Turn Left on Edgehill, right at Bandy field, and then left on Three Chopt to Patterson. Everyone heads east on Patterson.
4s turn right on St Christopher’s to Tapoan to Fairway View to Ridgeway and return to the flag.
5s turn right on Westview and 6s on Lexington and Albermarle. Both take Grove to the Three Chopt service road. Then, pick up Tapoan to Fairway View to Ridgeway and return to the flag.

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YHC took us out.

A lucky 13 covered routes of 4, 5, and 6 miles all with one thing in common – heat, hills, and humidity.

OBT took us out.

Announcements:

• Wednesday evening hill workouts are resuming tomorrow. Bootleg to post details on slack.
• Thursday paddle trips on the river are in full effect. Meet at Huguenot Flatwater at 630 pm. Let Upchuck, Honey Do, or Lockjaw know so we can keep a look out for you or bring an extra boat.
• August 17 – Pickleball tournament. Sign up now per Hitchhiker.
• September 12 @5pm ET – Richard Reeves will speak to the F3 Nation. More details will be forthcoming.

13 super excited men wanting to hear more about the Pickleball Tournament on 8/17/24. There was also a run with a bit of Humidity. Let’s Go!!!

The Thang:
Go through the Bat Cave, past the Starbucks, over the bridge, Turn right on Riverside Drive. Keep going until 5:53am. Then run it Back.

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Announcements: See Slack
YHC: Took us out!

NMS: Thank you for letting me run my most favorite route. It’s no Grove Ave but nothing beats the view of the river. Have a great day boys!

Oyster

Nine runners of different paces and distances explored new and familiar territory around UR. TYA took us out with a reminder about perspective and happiness.

Five runners and one walker convened for this week’s Spider Run. YHC reiterated the directions posted the day before and off we went.

Everyone head out the batcave and turn right on River to Westham Station. Go up South Ridge to River and then turn around.

• 4s return to the flag
• 5s back down South Ridge and right on Ross to the bottom and then back up and return to the flag
• 6s same as 5s plus up Highland and back down to Westham Station and return to the flag

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Announcements

• Congrats to Hitchhiker and his family on their new addition!
• Summer Track Series at UR. See Faceplant or Phonics for details.

YHC took us out.

Thirteen Spider Runlings, including one that took the Slack bait and popped his cherry, met in the well lit bowl for this week’s highly anticipated Spider Run. After the noob put away his broga mat, instructions were offered. Initial instructions included obeying the no trespassing signs but those were quickly disregarded, so off we went for the lawless route.

The Route

• Through the bat cave to River / Huguenot / Cary intersection
• Go straight through the intersection, keeping the jewelry store on your right, across the wooden bridge, to virgin ground
• Continue across the train tracks, take first right, then first right, then back left across the bridge and back to lawful territory
• Left down Huguenot to Westham Station
• Right on Panorama, turn around when it starts going up hill
• Right on Westham Station
• Right on Old Bridge, turn around when you get to the fork in the road
• Right on Westham Station to the end where it turns right to South Ridge
• Wave at the hill and turn around
• Right on Old Bridge, across the metal bridge then continue to a left into second section of private property
• Continue until you can’t go any further than return back to Westham Station
• Back through the bat cave
• 5s and 6s do a loop around the lake, we all figured out the correct distances

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Announcements

• First Watch Deliverance workout tomorrow at 5am sharp at Huguenot Flatwater. 5am departure so get your boat in the water and ready to go before then. Ask a friend if you need a vessel.

Moleskin

I never knew we had such rebels in our crew (actually, it fits the M.O.). YHC drove the private routes last night and determined that some people may not appreciate crossing the clearly marked private property / no trespassing signs. I was wrong, so back to the pre-planned route. The virgin ground was beautiful.

YHC was shocked to see Last Call today. Clearly the allure of the flattest spider run ever, or perhaps it was the virgin reference, got him out of the sack to try out Spider Run today. Welcome back any time.

Ample mumblechatter this morning, culminating for me with Chippendale’s suggestion to try to catch the deer. YHC only had visions of boxing kangaroos and the negative outcomes that would prevail.

Enjoy a blessed day everyone.

Splinter out.

10 Started, 9 returned.

Route – bat cave -> across bridge -> Huguenot Trail. 4 milers home, 5 milers add the flat to Hickory, 6 miles up Hickory across Cherokee and home.

What route should one call when a south side takeover presides? Run to south side of course. Most seemed pleased with the inclusion of a little off road trail mix which doesn’t occur much at Spider and RAMM. YHC and Hitch had the opportunity to run with Bodos, taking a sabbatical from the five mile run. Marv pulled a hammy, hope he made it back safely and heals up today.

Announcements – Summer tour – we’ll see where we get.

-Singer

A solid dozen dudes posted on a “the heat is on it’s way” morning in the near west end. While the temperatures were hanging in the mid-60s, you could feel the humidity creeping in.

There was chatter before about the origins of the Spider Run. YHC is pretty sure it was birthed by Saab and me once things at Mary Munford got cemented. That said, I don’t feel like the historical “Fudd Run” was founded after Spider Run was launched. Like, it predated it…somehow. Not sure if that makes sense or if there were runs in the near west end/Westham area prior to Spider Run becoming an official AO but it was a topic of conversation this morning.

To that end, it was a bit of a Fudd Run this morning through the hills of Westham.

4s, 5s, 6s got into the Westham neighborhood through the standard Robins Center Parking lot, College Road, Lakewood, Wood, Baldwin.

4s and 5s took Baldwin to Hollins to Woodberry. 4s took Woodberry to Westham and then back to Baldwin and back to the flag.

5s went across Westham to Horsepen…Horsepen to Devon to Ridgetop…Left on Chandler(!)…up Chandler back to Gardiner. Gardiner hits Wheeler…cross the bridge back to campus…then launch to Boatright to Three Chopt. Uturn on Three Chopt back to to the flag with a bit of a lap around the lake in there…YHC apologizes as it seems that was a wee bit short.

6s actually went Rock Creek to Sweet Briar to Woodberry to Hollins. Hollins to Baldwin to Brookside…Brookside to Bryn Mawr back to Woodberry. From there, the same as the 5s without the trip around the lake.

On the run there was a cute yard sign that congratulated a preschooler on graduation. A few of us on the run raised an eyebrow at that early congrats…but then again, what gets celebrated gets repeated and who doesn’t want a graduation to be repeated in Elementary School, Middle School and obviously high school.