1 intrepid travelers from various parts of RVA and 1 DR PAX from Houston met at 5:30 for this weeks River Run. YHC wanted to stay true to the name of the AO and to hit Twin Team so the route was a down and up that hit both. Miles ranged from 4-5 miles with modifications. Can neither the confirm nor deny the accuracy of public footpaths and parks used in the making of this route. Great to see everyone this morning. Nice run in the swampy conditions. HR derby at NoToll tomorrow. Meet at Robious baseball field.

Good lord. Running with Doozy is tough, but that’s what makes it great. Put in 5.66 miles today at 8:45/min pace (5 min of OT). This was the route I cooked up on the fly: https://onthegomap.com/s/liej8iug Praise for Doozy’s 2.0 starting a career in Charleston, SC. Prayers for all our friends and family celebrating the birthday of America this week (don’t blow off your hand or drive drunk please).

4 swift of feet headed out for Week 2 of the River Run return. With the goal of reminding the PAX of the regular River Run routes after last week’s OG, this week was the Rollercoaster. For those that need a refresher – 4 mile is out to Robious, left on Riverdowns South Drive, Left on Queens Grant Drive, right at the top of the hill on Royal Crest Drive, turnaround at the Riverdowns South Drive and reverso. 5 milers add the loop around the school at the beginning of the end. More than 5, continue past Riverdowns S Drive…

Five runners found their way to Bettie Weaver for the kickoff of River Run. The route – good old fashioned OG run which is the Ashwell loop, up and across Robious and down Twin Team. That’s the 4 mile route, 5 milers add a loop around the high school. Great to have a solid 5 out for the initial run, though it sounds like Doozy never stopped from the previous shutdown of the AO. YHC had buried the memory of those hills and was painfully reminded this morning. Thanks to Upchuck for the conversation. Hope to see more join us…

YHC decided to start out on a Terrington route but needed to use the facilities at Robious Landing first. Took a wrong turn somewhere before Ashwell and hit almost every dead end in the neighborhood, eventually YHC decided to just walk the rest of it. Found Ashwell headed out to Twin Team and BTTF

YHC alone with his thoughts this morning while running the rough streets of northeast Midlothian. As soon as YHC got out of his truck the haunting call of an Owl on the hunt came from 1 tree over. With the skies being over cast and the mornings staying dark longer it just seemed to be extra dark this morning. While hanging out with Gypsy and Kristen this weekend YHC might have accidentally signed up for another half in October so River Run will have to be a run again instead of a ruck to get in shape. 5:30 and no…

A Davillian and SOJer enjoyed a run that for at least one of us was just a normal run. ROUTE L onto James River RdR onto Riverton Ridge DrL onto Welby DrR onto Hawell Ct (wrong turn, turn back)L onto Chatwell RdMerge onto Henlow DrR onto Wilcot DrR onto Ashwell DrCross over Robious into cut through for Powderham LnL onto Twin TeamCross back over Robious onto Jamer River RdFinish with a few laps in the parking lot to get just over 4 miles MOLESKIN Nice run with Doozy this morning. YHC had planned to run the “Rollercoaster Route” (or what…

Solo Ruck was on tap for River Run this morning. As I was heading out at 5:15 my (adult) daughter was coming in (an issue to be discussed with her later) but it lead YHC to contemplate my young adult life vs my expectations for my young adult child. Route was from BWES to the river through the woods and back to BWES. YHC does not have a fancy watch that tells him what the distance is but YHC got back in the truck at 6:30 so it must have been between 2.5 to 3 miles???? Prayed the for forgiveness,…