The Monday rain paved the way for a clean and pollen free jaunt around the hills of the Tuckahoe/Tuckahoe/Freeman district. After a couple of relatively flat Q’s the past couple of weeks at Spider Run, YHC decided to add some of the vaunted undulations of this part of the River City.
While we have conquered Mt. Henrico a fair amount of times, I’m not sure we’ve ever hit the peak of Splinter Mountain (around 1 miles south of Mt. Henrico).
Named Splinter Mountain because the 6s run by the domicile of Splinter…here’s The Thang…
Head to the baseball field…go North and then to the parking lot. Get out to College Rd and head South.
Take a right on University Ave and take that all the way up to Ralston. Right on Ralston, Left on University Drive.
From there University Drive turns into a driveway and leads to someone’s house…but also a trail. Knock on the door…Patti will provide coffee and words of encouragement.
Take the Trail down the hill into the scenic Countryside neighborhood.
4s…get to the bottom of the hill and return the way you came…until you get to Westham. Left on Westham. Right on Lakewood. Lakewood to College, back by the baseball field and back to the flag.
5s…get to the bottom of the hill and take a Right on Roslyn Hills. That goes to the top of a hill and you go left on Mellwood. Mellwood to Roslyn Hills…Roslyn Hills to the trail…past Patti’s house to Westham. Left on Westham, right on Beechwood…to Wood…to Lakewood and back in.
6s….get to the bottom of the hill and take a right on Roslyn Hills. That turns into Countryside. Take a right on Ruggles and RUN BY SPLINTER’s HOUSE…thus, to the top of Splinter Mountain. Turnaround at the end and head back Ruggles to Roslyn Hills. Left on Roslyn Hills, back up the trail, say hi to Patti, then back the way we came in.
The 6s got a bit sideways as YHC took a pretty decent spill right after seeing Patti the first time. A female walker was coming up the hill and YHC pretty much just bit it right in front of her, rolling an ankle pretty badly. The walker really didn’t break stride despite someone biting it right in front of her. To her credit, I bet it scared the fool out of her.
It was fun to Q again…hopefully the swelling will go down.
Y’all have a great day.
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Nice route Marv. Splinter Mountain is more like a valley as you cross a few mountains to get there. Regardless, thanks for the temptation to stop half way through the route.
I fully expected Laura Ingalls Wilder to come out with Patti and nurse you back to health.
Last time I ran with Splinter and Hash I rolled my ankle, today we run with Splinter and Hash and Marv rolls his ankle… I’m not superstitious but maybe that duo is bad luck :/