Tag: Spider Run

In a November tradition like no other, Tuckahoe stalwart Saab took the Tuesday morning to get a run and a vote in at the same time, leaving MARV to type the backblast…which means it’s coming a few days, weeks or in some cases months late. Marv ain’t all that great in typing backblasts when it is his Q….even worse when no one snags the Q and he tells himself that it’s a good idea to go ahead and lead that day…and then there’s the least likely way to get a timely backblast…when he fills in for someone else.

Nevertheless, here’s the ol’ review of Tuesdays Election Day run.

Took the old school way out of UofR (non bat cave) to River and then to Westham Station. Up Highland and back to Westham Station…then up the hill. We found ourselves on Westham in the neighborhood…right on Waveny which turns into Wood. Wood to University, University back to the flag. 5s and 4s did a variation of that.

Saab also did a variation of that, which included taking a detour to vote, which is something he’s done since the creation of Spider Run.

A lucky 13 arrived at UR to exercise their legs, bodies, and right to vote.

YHC could not stay for the COT given he branched off to go vote at his local district. I trust all others have exercised the same freedom.

NMS: Bodos’ antique Volvo has a clear case of ED…

Routes: We all started in the direction of the entrance to UR on River Road…

4’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/9uir63ia

5’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/pd4a0vfh

6’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/05ushbfn

Saab abides

A sweet sixteen posted to Spider-run, plus-1 in absentia who was monitoring the timeliness of back-blast feeds from the comfort of the fart-sack.

These historically-wide loops are posted below. Identical to the last time, however done in reverso. Which direction is reverso you ask?…it is simply the opposite direction from the last time…

Saab abides

6’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/vp0k0rjg

5’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/bj63042e

4’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/jjph8taa

Fourteen able bodied thrill seekers gathered for today’s launch of Spider Run. After routes were posted at a reasonable time yesterday afternoon and no one saw them, YHC quickly breezed through the following:

The Route

• West around the lake and through the path to University
• Up University, cross Ridge, right on Ralston then quick left back on University
• Resist the urge to veer right on Ziontown and instead head down the driveway past the not-so-haunted house and down through the park
• Right on Roslyn Hills then left on September
• 4s: left on Melwood, left on Roslyn Hills
• 5s: September to Countryside to left on Ruggles, left on Roslyn Hills
• 6s: September to Countryside, right on Higginbotham, left on Running Cedar, left on Ruggles, right on Charnwood, left on Standish, left on Roslyn Hills
• Everyone right back through the park and back whence they came

Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

Announcements

• The Next 43 webinar next Tuesday 10/22 5-6 EDT with special guest Richard Reeves. See post on Slack that OBT shared.
• Breaking Bread spot open for October. See the Q sheet.

Moleskin

YHC missed the daylight opportunity to throw this route in the mix. Most of the time the PAX prefers to pass the haunted house in the daylight hours. Not so haunted today although the trail continues to provide tripping hazards. Good route in not-oft-used roads west of the park.

6s mumblechatter centered around college essays and how to piss of administrators at the Richmond International Airport. If you see one of our PAX being detained by security for unknown reasons, just walk the other way.

Splinter out.

A baker’s dozen showed for Spider Run on a semi-brisk and clear starry-skied morning. Marv stated that the 6 (ish)-route could have been the widest loop yet on Spider Run… you be the judge…

Saab abides

6’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/5m89m8g9

5’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/ekftf2i8

4’s: https://onthegomap.com/s/b9bum5ka

Thirteen guys basically knew where they were supposed to go.

Here’s where:

• R on UR Drive
• R on Westhampton Way
• R on Keller, cross College to Glen Parkway
• R on Westham
• L on Baldwin
• R on Patterson
• R on Hollins and immediately L on Woodbury
• R on Horsepen (6s add a trip up Horsepen to Patterson and back down)
• 4s through Fraternity Row and back to SF
• 5s/6s left on Hampshire to Wheeler and through the path to Campus
• 5s/6s take Campus Drive toward Towanna
• 6s add Bostwick
• 5s/6s R on Towanna into Roselawn then the path back onto UR Drive and back to SF

MOLESKIN

Somehow YHC has only Q’d SpiderRun once in the past year.  For those that like things simple that’s a good thing.  But some of us prefer route confusion to take our minds off the fact that we’re running.  Anyhow, great to be back on the sheet and everyone seemed to figure it out.  Credo is something like leave no dudes behind and leave no hills un-run, right?  YHC believes that was accomplished.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Prayers for Bodos’ family and all in and around western NC
• New Monday workout at St. Chris’s track – see OBT

According to the dogs in the tron collars, the following may have happened. After admiring the morning darkness with light obscured by clouds, directions were simple and to the point. Batcave, across the river, and downstream. 4s turn at Oxford, 5s at Rockfall, and 6s at the quarry (or crevasse filled with water on the right).

YHC took us out.

Fourteen Tuesday regulars woke up to zero excuses, rolled out of bed, and made it to the Commons in time for impeccable instructions and a double serving of horse’s pens. After a more methodical instruction set, a 15 second recap was offered before launch mode was triggered. There were a few, “you know where you are going?” comments leaving the parking lot with subsequent “I got this” comments. Marv ran off course early with his noble steed at his side, but they eventually found the main part of the route. Route was prescribed as follows:

The Route

• East side of the lake, up around the baseball field and through fraternity row. New fraternity row, not old fraternity row.
• Right on Hampshire to Horsepen
• Horsepen to right on Patterson, right on Ridge Top
• Ridge Top to the bottom then right on Horsepen back up
• 4s right on Devon to Ridge Top
• 5s all the way to the top then add Chandler up and down
• 6s add Waveny to Westham & back, Durwood Crescent to Westham & back, and Chandler up and down
• Everyone take a left on Wheeler, right through the path, straight across on Campus
• Right on UR drive and take the right loop by the football field BTTVSF

Numbers, names, YHC took us out followed by more names.

Announcements

• Kind of a big deal this Saturday. Someone in the PAX was as giddy as a school girl. Can’t wait to see what’s in store. 7am @ Dogpile.
• Training for the 10 year anniversary of the inaugural F3RVA BRR team has started.

Moleskin

Always a pleasure to lead this group of stallions, especially as we tackled Horsepen not once, but twice. Turns out the 4s felt shafted by short circuiting the second loop. 5s felt like 4s, and 6s got lost early. Sounds like a normal Tuesday morning.

Maybe this route should be named the Double Stallion, if we are still naming routes. A few tweaks and this one could be a regular addition.

Challenge yourself today fellas.

Splinter out.

17 of RVA’s finest launched into the cool morning promptly at 530. Covering distances and paces as desired by all. Little raccoons climbing trees by the lake. Rolling hills and pre-fall leaves hang from trees.

OBT took us out.

14 of Richmond’s finest gamblers and runners gathered at U of R for a surprise hill workout. Pucker asked if he missed the route being posted, to which YHC replied, “I’ve got the Q, and the route will be revealed.” Someone tall from the peanut gallery quipped that the route either has chalk or few turns since Faceplant is Q-ing. Both were spot on.

Instructions: Pair up with someone of equal or similar running ability, preferably someone with a light. Grab a die from the jar, and follow YHC to the starting line. The PAX moseyed to the bottom of Ridgeway Road to find a chalk starting line. At the starting line, each pair rolls their die. The number on the die corresponds to a chalk line somewhere up the hill. Run to that number, run back down to the start, and roll again. Rinse and repeat until time is called.

YHC apologizes to everyone who was short-changed on mileage this morning. Expecting to get your full 3, 4, 5, or 6 miles in? Well, you all did a respectable hill workout. Several apparently wanted to avoid the gamble and posted early to get some extra pre-BRR mileage in.

YHC took us out.

Announcements: