“Race Report”: Catherine’s FA 50k Trail Run 07/22/2013 by Crozet Running Club – John Andersen This past Saturday Dan Spearin, Jeff Lysiak, and I all proudly represented Crozet as we traveled to the northern reaches of Massanutten Mountain to run…
Mount Mitchell Challenge 2012
Mount Mitchell (Elev. 6,684 ft) is the highest peak east of the Mississippi and lies close to the Great Smoky Mountains of which many of them are over 6000ft. Imagine the Blue Ridge Mountains on steroids (including many more…
CAT in Red Rock Canyon, NV
This is the part of the season where my trail running takes a back seat to teaching, kid sports, and work-related travel. This is especially true for Spring 2012, which has seen a big fall off in my mileage. So…
Holiday Lake 50k++ 2012 – A first Ultra experience
I just wanted to share my experience of my first Ultra and get it into writing before I forget some parts! I decided to sign up for this event after watching Unbreakable a few months prior. My training went pretty…
Gap-to-Gap MMT Training Run
Sunday morning I picked Christian up a little after 5:30 in the morning. We drove up to Target where we met Stuart, who we carpooled with to Gap Creek, off Chrisman Hollow Road in the Massanuttens. There we met up…
Re:New Years Resolution Rendevous Run!
Some impressions of our rendezvous…
Recap of Beautiful Training Weekend: SMUT and 3 Ridges/Priest
Fall mountain splendor. Courtesy Jenny Nichols Last weekend saw several great training opportunities and for many of us it was the last long-run weekend before the upcoming Mountain Masochist 50 miler. It was also a spectacularly beautiful fall weekend to…
Bryom Park – First Impressions
Past Sunday a couple of us made it out to the newly constructed, and on Friday officially opened, Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park (Byrom Park). If you follow our blog and local news you probably already heard of it.…
Byrom Park Inaugural Run Sunday, August 21st
I’ve gotten final word that Byrom Park will officially open Friday, August 19th! If you are interested, I’ll be “hosting” an inaugural run out there Sunday, August 21st at 7a. There will be a map posted in the kiosk and…
Byrom Park
The Scoop: The Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park After a quick Blackrock Gap jaunt Saturday morning, I headed to Byrom Park to do some trail work and get the scoop on what is sure to be a great addition…