4 Motivated runners appeared just after sunrise on a beautiful Sunday morning in RVA. The Thang. Back to the trails. Cross the bridge, onto buttermilk trail, cross over at Belle Isle and take outside loop to Northbank Trail and back to the cars. 7 miles traveled. Moleskin Pucker was a V-Sunday Run participant. Having done the trails before, he had no problems navigating the 7 miles. He was fighting a sinus infection and littered the trail with snot-rockets through out the run. Trail behind Pucker was a bit slippery. Saab and Offshore led the pax followed by Pucker and YHC. Although I…
Browsing: Sunday Funday
3 Determined runners posted at the Pump House for a Sunday Morning trail run. When YHC entered the parking lot at 659, two pax were patiently awaiting my arrival. Since it has rained straight for the past 5 days, we decided as a group to stay off the trail and hit the roads adjacent to the path. The Thang: Run over nickel bridge, run past the trail entrance to the top of the hill, left onto Riverside drive. Follow riverside drive for about 3.75 miles, Cross back over the river at the Manchester Bridge. Take a left onto Spring Street,…
Rain was in the forecast, but the rain never came. Three strong and fast posted at the Pump House parking lot this morning for a nice trail run. The Thang: Cross the bridge, start on the Buttermilk trail. Cross over at Belle Isle, run the perimeter of Belle and run back on the Northbank trail. Moleskin When YHC pulled into the parking lot at 652 this morning, there were no other cars in the parking lot. Offshore pulled in a few minutes later followed by Saab at 7 am on the nose. I was glad to have the company for…
Six showed up on a pleasant morning for a solid trail run. The THANG: We ran! MOLESKIN: Saab is the official Q for today’s run and he decided we would run the trail in the opposite direction. It was a welcome change and the PAX seemed happy so we went across the bridge. Without paying the toll! Conspiracy hunted us down and KNEW we ran the trail in the opposite direction. Weird! Saab was concerned he had a chip installed by Conspiracy! Off Shore & Saab continue to set the pace. Aisle 5 was testing out some new kicks. Kept…
Four showed up to tackle a trail run on a cool Sunday morning. The Thang: We ran! Moleskin: As the cars pulled up YHC quickly realized the A game needed to be present. Trophy led in the beginning, but Pommel was STRONG and kept Trophy in check. Offshore was keeping up nicely. Then there was YHC. While YHC had a personal best on the first half of the trails, they continued to double back to find me! During my run, I was reflecting on the challenge our BRR team faced this weekend and how proud RVA F3 is of this…
Nine men posted, nine men ran, and nine men conquered the trail run once again. Despite its best efforts, the nine of us were cat quick and agile and attacked the run on a beautiful Sunday morning. The Thang Trail run, Northbank trail to Belle Isle, outside track at Belle Isle, Buttermilk back to nickel bridge and back to the parking lot. Naked Moleskin Johnsonville has been a regular on the trail runs and by most accounts is considered an expert in this area. He has run numerous 50k trail runs, is a veteran on the northbank, buttermilk, and Pocohontas…
Six fleet and fit posted for a Sunday trail run in RVA. The Thang: Start at Pump house parking area, take the northbank trail towards the city. Cross over the to the dark side (oops south side) at Belle Isle, take buttermilk trail to nickel bridge and run back across bridge to parking lot. Covered somewhere between 6.5 and 7.5 miles depending on how many time you turned back. Moleskin Great showing by Aisle 5, he posted for the Sunday run for the first time and had a relatively uneventful first trip. Relatively because on the way back, he tried…
Nine of the faithful convened at the Pumphouse Parking Lot near the banks of the James River in Richmond for an early Sunday trail run. The weather was a perfect 68 degrees F (the average August temperature in Richmond being more like 98 degrees F, day or night). Bleeder had started about 15 minutes ahead of the PAX. The PAX pursued Bleeder running east along the Northbank Trail and crossing the footbridge to Belle Isle. The PAX then diverted clockwise around Bell Isle, taking the loop through the easternmost woods. The PAX crossed the “drawbridge of death” onto the south bank of…
It was a hot and humid morning preview to the 100 degree day. The Thang: 45 minute hill run— Mosey down love hill and across the Nickel Bridge (7 min) Hill #1—up the South side Nickel Bridge hill and back up the north side (1x) ~10 min Take trail under Nickel Bridge. (2 min) Hill #2—From under the Nickel Bridge up to the brick building at top of hill (3x) ~13 minutes Mosey down the road to the pump house (5 min) Hill #3—From pump house up the pipe to the Carillon (1x) (5 min) Mosey on the stone steps…