Some impressions of our rendezvous…
Run Around the Gorge: One Skinny B in Double-U Vee
Photo credit: Matthew Eluk (thanks Matt!) My wife and I headed over several mountains and deep into the heart of (former) coal country this weekend to celebrate our anniversary by doing the second annual Run Around the Gorge. I’ll put…
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…
Sophie’s Summer Death March (SSDM)
This past Saturday Sophie Speidel hosted a group run at White Oak Canyon in the Shenandoah National Park. The course was a slightly changed version of the popular VHTRC event Vicki’s Death March that takes places in the winter. Of…
Harry Landers Memorial Trail Run
The gang before the run Report from David and Christian(see links to other reports from the day below. All pictures are by Sophie Speidel). Last Saturday was Sophie’s “Harry Landers Special/Wildcat-Rip Rap run 2011.” This 21+ mile loop begins and…
Monalto Saturday, Three Ridges Sunday: good climbs, good times
I posted a report of our adventure at Three Ridges, as well as the Montalto Challenge 5K, on my blog here. We had a great time and hope to get back to Three Ridges in June or July—it is a…
Western Albemarle Gravel Roads Run
While Sophie and other were climbing up Montalto on Saturday, Kendall and I took a nice tour some gravel roads in western Albemarle County. Smaller loops on these roads would make for a nice weeknight training run. Kendall and I…
Sunday Training Run This Week (May 8th)
In addition to Sophie’s mountain run — meant only for runners with extensive mountain mileage and races under their belts — Christian and David will be back at the Park for a more “traditional” RT run that starts at 8…
Rip Rap/Wildcat Loop 1.5 times
Yesterday, Rebecca and I got to enjoy the extremely nice weather on a tour of the Riprap/Wildcat trail loop that branches off the AT inside the Shenandoah National Park. The loop was Rebecca’s idea. I had never done it before…
Rockfish Gap to Turk Branch Gap Out and Back- Sunday Run
For this week’s edition of the CAT Sunday run, Joey and I met at Rockfish Gap at 8a.m. We were looking at blue bird skies, and hopefully a morning of great running…or, at least great running weather. Joey was coming…