How’s your bracket looking? No, not your men’s bracket. Your women’s NCAA bracket. To honor the other March Madness Tournament (quick factoid…did you know that this is the first year the women have used March Madness for marketing their tournament? Depending on what half hearted internet research you do, you may find that the women originally didn’t want the phrase…that they wanted to do their own thing. That’s changed in recent years and now it’s all under one big March Madness Umbrella). Anyway, to honor that bracket, we figured we’d all run through the women’s college part of the Westham…

A dirty dozen came to run or walk this morning. The route was out the batcave to Westham Station, ascend the hill to River to pick up Westham Pkwy. A right on Glen Pkwy to Keller and then pick up Westhampton Way and UR Drive to the AO. That takes you to 3.12 miles, which is close enough for this group to π. 6s do that route a second time. 4s/5s do the ascent up to the main entrance and down the other side and back to the AO. 4s do it once. 5s do it twice. YHC took us…

A dozen showed at varying times to run a variety of routes – including Mt Henrico and the one shown below. Bone Thugs completed his first run that involved following the prescribed route. Whitesnake studied hard and by all accounts did not get lost. Never too late to train for the Bear Creek 10M this weekend. Best wishes to the ~14 gents who will be running and consuming hot chicken soup. Saab abides https://onthegomap.com/s/s5a5e2va 4 milers proceed straight through University to Westham. 5 milers take Wood to Lakewood, then to Westham.

Eighteen. Yes, eighteen runners in the gloom set out for this crossover of winter and spring. Cool breezes and birds chirping. Off to the lake and up by the baseball field to pick up the Robin’s Center and climb snake hill. A left on Edgehill takes us into the abyss. Pick up Three Chopt and a right on Patterson with an immediate left on Register Pkwy. Pick up W Franklin with a right. 4s turn right on Charles, 5s on Bevridge, 6s on Bevridge to Dustin to Maple. Everyone heads west on Patterson and returns the way the came in…

Fourteen trekkers who didn’t get their fill from 2 weeks ago, returned to base camp for another summit attempt. The Q left early but passed along ample instructions. Mt Henrico it is again. The Route Mount Henrico Numbers, names, the Q took us out. Moleskin This route does two things. 1. It never gets old. 2. It never gets easier. Almost everyone made it to the top. There was still 1 that got lost but made it back to base camp successfully.

13 strong arrived to run but engaged first in a lively debate over where the gate I mentioned might be. Whether they ran through the gate (or entrance) they all should have taken this route… Run out the back the back gate (entrance) to UR onto River Road, cut through the River Road Shopping Center then over the Huguenot bridge and drop down onto Riverside Drive heading down River. 4s turned back at Oxford Parkway, 5s turned back at Rock Falls, and 6s took a right onto Rock Falls then up to Granite Hall Avenue and turn around. Despite the…

11 Studs posted on a Sunny and 70 Tuesday morning at University of Richmond. The route was Mount Henrico. Weather was perfect, 2nd F was spectacular. Lots of prayers for PAX and loved ones. Take inventory of your blessings and spread them as far and wide as you can. TYA OUT

According to the owl who dispatched Saab (who was not seen except by one witness) and watched the Pax back in some parking spaces and front ways for others, here is what happened. Over to the bat cave and up Ridgeway, Fairway, Iris to the churches. Pick up Grove and take a left on Granite. 4s and 6s head west on Patterson, while 5s make a detour north of Patterson and over to Libbie to pick up Patterson. Everyone heads west on Patterson with 4s/5s turning on Honaker and dropping down Boatwright to then come in the main entrance. 6s…

13 Warriors emerged from the gloom despite impending precipitation. To delay the start of the precipitation we performed a series of rain dances. They went something like this… 6 milers: Up Gateway Drive and left onto Campus Drive then left onto Boatwright/College Rd. Down past the UR football Stadium then right up University all the way to where it ends at Ziontown. Cut through the yard of the “Haunted House” (Bodos assessment) and take a right onto Roslyn Hills, left on September, continue on Countryside. Left onto Higginbotham, Left onto Charnwood, quick right onto Melwood and a quick left onto…