A dirty dozen arrived for a tour-de-grooooove. Here’s the thing… 4’s 5’s 6’s all head up Fairway to Iris, past St Stephens to Grooooove. Heading East, 4’s and 6’s tale left on Seneca which loops around to Tuckahoe, and on back to Grove. 4’s head back to Iris whence they came 5’s and 6’s take Tuckahoe south to Cary. Cross and get on Paxton…take to bottom and return up Ampthill. Cross from Ampthill to Greenway to Grooooove. 5’s return via Iris. 6’s return via Campus entrance (via access road parallel to Three Chopt), then run past stadium before returning. Saab…

According to the campus police who saw a 55 year – no wait! – a 58 year old man hurriedly running to class with a text book under his arm, the workout today looked something like this. We launched and did the isomer arrangement of the snake river route. 4s to the fork, 5s did the left fork of the serpent’s tongue, and 6s did both forks. There was a rucking option too, complete with good conversation. YHC took us out.

Twelve misty eyed pavement pounders y un perro gathered in the gloom to hear what was in store today. Luckily, everyone either saw the routes posted or payed attention as no one go lost. Even Hitch made his way back (eventually). The Route 4s: https://onthegomap.com/s/3ra0mqoj 5s: https://onthegomap.com/s/kmn9i6ff 6s: https://onthegomap.com/s/850p3g3f Walkers did their thing Numbers, names, YHC took us out. Moleskin Thanks to Saab for entertaining us with yet another slightly off-color joke. Unrelated Announcements Ash Wednesday service at the mall tomorrow Have a great Tuesday gentlemen.

A sweet 16 stretched their legs across Westham. 6 mile route is shown below. Fudd’s precision watch informed YHC that he came up short….TS https://onthegomap.com/s/s5a5e2va 4 milers proceed straight through University to Westham. 5 milers take Wood to Lakewood, then to Westham. Saab abides

16 of the area’s finest runners tackled any impediment in their way, including obstacles on the 5 miler route. Great conversation as always. YHC took us out. Announcements: Healing place 10k training team needs coaches beginning 2/10. See Shakedown. Frozen Triangle on 2/10 with a 0600 launch from Dogpile

Fifteen able bodied athletes gathered in the grey moonlight for a great spider run experience. After blazing through instructions, as almost everyone saw the route posted last night, of we went. Routes were heavy so almost everyone was late. Some more than others. The Route By the lake, around the baseball field, left on College Right on Lakewood, right on Wood, left on Baldwin, right on Westham, left on Baldwin, left on Rock Creek, left on Forest, right on University 4s, 5s, 6s all do Essex 5s, 6s do Dinwiddie and Nelson 6s do Nalla and Glendale Return on University…

Thirteen on foot gathered for multiple purposes at today’s Spider Run. Most runners were fully aware of what was in store, and they still showed up. Some runners opted for rucking. Then there were walkers. If you chose the run portion, here’s what we did. The Route Slowsy as a group on the main road, crossing 1 bridge (sorry Upchuck), before convening on the far side of the intramural field. After a few trips across the turf at 60% and then 80%, instructions were given. Line drill intervals. Sprint across the turf to a predetermined position depending on your usual…

….and they cannot lie. A glorious 17 beat the weather for some of the Spider Run’s best miles. Take the bat cave and across the bridge to head upstream. 4s turn at Butte and return. 5s take a left on Waumsetta, a left on Old Spring, and a left on Butte to return. 6s continue to Hickory, a left on Cherokee, a left on Waumsetta, a right on Old Spring, and a left on Butte to return. TYA took us out. Announcements: Breaking Bread Challenge: Sign up for breaking bread for a date during your birthday month. Oyster will not…

Twelve stallions of the new year started their running resolutions on the right foot. After Fudd recalibrated his internal compass based on the local beer shop as a reference point, off we went. Along the lake, across the parking lot and up Boatwright. Take Edgehill to Three Chopt and continue North. A left on Horsepen and a right on Normandy put us in new territory to be boldly explored. Upon Normandy’s intersection with Patterson, cross and veer right onto Sweetbriar. 4s take a left on Woodberry to Horsepen and through the fraternity gate to return to the lake. 5s and…

Five post xmas spider run stallwarts stared at each other for a bit before instructions were shared and off we went. One did his own thing whereas the others did the prescribed 5 mile route. The Route By the lake, over the pavilion, right through the path University to Ralston to River River to Glenbrooke Up Summit Right on Glenbrooke to finish the loop Back the way we came Numbers, names, YHC took us out Moleskin Not a lot of takers for runners this AM. YHC thought there may be a few more that wanted to burn off some xmas…