JR Commons, Saturday, 1 November, 7:00 am, Downtown Short Pump, 13 Miles

Hey gang,

Our faithful leader Kathy is taking the week off. Once again thanks
to her for making this group happen!!!

Both the Novice & Intermediate groups are scheduled for 13 miles on
Saturday. The route is attached.

As always we will attempt to leave sharply at 7:00 a.m. from the
Rolfe. Im still attempting to line up a sag person for us so if you
of know anyone that would like to help out then please send them my
way. Thanks

Saturday is a wonderful opportunity to run a "test version" of your
race day. Try to keep everything the same, hydrate well going into
the weekend, enjoy the cool weather and most importantly have fun!!!!
:-)

Hope to see many of you Saturday

Todd Crider

11/01 Downtown Short Pump Route (13 miles) (Click for map)

* Go out of shopping center down John Rolfe Pkwy
* LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy (stay on sidewalk!!!)
* LEFT on Glen Eagles DR (1 mile @ Eagles View Dr)
* LEFT on Doverton RD
* RIGHT on Blandfield ST
* LEFT on Church RD
* First RIGHT on Clary Preston DR (2 miles)
* LEFT on Sunrise RD
* RIGHT on East Waterford Way
* RIGHT on Rutgers LN
* LEFT on Rutgers DR (3 miles at Ormond)
* RIGHT on Glen Gary DR
* RIGHT on Park Terrace DR
* LEFT on Three Chopt Road (4 miles at Waycross)
* RIGHT on Lauderdale Drive
* LEFT on West Broad Street
* LEFT on N Gayton Road
* RIGHT on Causeway Dr (6 miles)
* RIGHT on Church Road
* LEFT on Willde Lake Drive (8 miles at Northwind)
* RIGHT on Causeway Drive
* CROSS OVER LAUDERDALE turns into Gayton Road
* LEFT on Fox Meadow Drive
* LEFT on Poplar Forest Drive
* RIGHT on Laclede Ave
* LEFT on Fox Meadow Drive (10 miles at Bothwell)
* LEFT on Cutler Ridge Drive
* LEFT on Ridgefield Parkway
* RIGHT on John Rolfe Parkway
* RIGHT on Gayton Road
* RIGHT on Quail Covery Road (12 miles at Robins Nest Ct)
* RIGHT on Cambridge Drive
* RIGHT on Ridgefield Parkway
* LEFT on John Rolfe Parkway
* back in the way we came out.

John Rolfe Commons, Wednesday, 29 October, 5:20 am, Westshire Run, 7/6 Miles

Bundle up again get ready to run fast. We have a 7 mile route w/ a 6 mile option as well. The faster you run, the warmer it will feel!! Lookout for polar bears when you get to Wilde Lake!!

The marathon men may be joining us again, so it should be a nice crowd.

A few new sites on this route, but should be easy to follow and the end of it is regular territory.

See you in the AM for a 5:20 sharp departure.

Todd Callis

CAUTION: Watch traffic carefully on Lauderdale -- there are no
sidewalks or any easy way to get off the road.

7 mile Westshire Run (Click for map)
* Cross Lauderdale and stay on John Rolfe
* Right on Lauderdale
* First Left on Lochwood
* Dead End and Right on Westshire
* Left on Lauderdale
* 2nd Left on Old Coach Lane
* Next Right on Lashley Lane
* Dead End and Left on Pleasant Run Dr
* Dead End and Left on Lauderdale
* At light, Left on Causeway
* Right on Cottage Cove Dr
* Right on Church
* Right on Copperas
* Left on Ridgefield Pkwy
* Left on John Rolfe
* Back into ABC store

For 6 miles
* Don't turn Left on Causeway, stay straight on Lauderdale
* Right on Church
* Left on Abbey Lane
* Next Right on Waterford Way West
* Next Right on Waterford Way East
* Left on Church
* Immediate Right on Copperas
* Left on Ridgefield
* Left on John Rolfe
* Back into ABC store

10/25 8.2 mile Run

10/25 - School/Pine Run Route (8.2 miles)


Leave Shopping Center down John Rolfe Pkwy
CROSS Ridgefield Pkwy (be careful!!!!)
LEFT on Stanton Way
Immediate LEFT on Timberly Way
Go thru Townhouse Complex (1 mile right before you leave complex)
RIGHT on Ryandale RD
LEFT on Cloisters Dr
RIGHT on Forestway Dr (will turn into Hibingdon Rd)
RIGHT on Lindenshire Ln
LEFT on Cloister Dr
Cross over Ryandale Rd (just over 2 miles)
LEFT on Baypines Ln
RIGHT on Ryandale Rd
Cross Gayton Rd (be careful!!!)
LEFT on Brendonridge Ln (3 miles )
RIGHT on Cloister Dr
LEFT on Blendon Ln
RIGHT on Stoneycreek Dr
RIGHT on Careybrook Dr (4 miles)
LEFT on Cloister Dr – cross Lauderdale
RIGHT Hollandale Rd.
RIGHT Gately Dr.
RIGHT Havenwood Dr. (5 miles)
LEFT on Lauderdale Dr
RIGHT on John Rolfe Pkwy
LEFT Gayton Rd (be careful!!!)
Immediate RIGHT Quail Covey Rd. (6 miles after Random Winds Ct.)
LEFT Cambridge Dr.
RIGHT Poplar Forest Dr.
RIGHT Warren View Rd (7 miles)
RIGHT Cutler Ridge Dr.
LEFT Ridgefield Pkwy
LEFT John Rolfe (8 miles)

10-15 Runs - 7am sharp

HMT –10/15 River Road Route (14 miles)

Go out of shopping center down John Rolfe Pkwy
LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy
RIGHT on Glen Eagles Dr
LEFT on Old Prescott Rd (1 mile at Old Prescott Ct)
RIGHT on Pump Rd (Get to left side, to run on Sidewalk)
RIGHT on Gayton Rd (2 miles)
Immediate LEFT on Westcastle Dr (Turns into W. Monmouth)
RIGHT on Pump Rd (be careful, narrow shoulders!!)
1st LEFT on Waltham Dr
1st RIGHT on Alsatia Dr
RIGHT on Walbrook Dr (3 miles)
LEFT on Pump Rd
Cross Patterson Ave (Gas stations on Left and Right on Patterson for bathrooms)
LEFT on Castile Rd
RIGHT on Gaskins Rd (Get to left side and run on sidewalk!!)
1st LEFT on Derbyshire Rd (4 miles, be careful, narrow shoulders!!)
3rd Right on Heathfield RD
Once thru entry gate to pool, TAKE DIRT PATH TO LEFT and thru fence on to BELFORT RD
RIGHT on Gunby DR
2nd LEFT on Bramall Rd
LEFT on Tarrytown Dr (5 miles)
RIGHT on N Mooreland Rd
Cross River Rd, turns to S. Mooreland Rd (6miles – Tolman Rd)
RIGHT on Welwyn Rd
LEFT on Walsing Dr (7 miles)
LEFT on Cragmont Dr
2nd LEFT on S. Gaskins Rd (NO S. Gaskins sign, so don’t miss it!!!)
Turnaround at Old Club Terrace (8 miles)
RIGHT on Cragmont Dr
LEFT on Walsing Dr
Cross River Rd turns in to Arrowdel Rd (9 miles)
1st LEFT on Carterwood Rd
RIGHT on Burgoyne Rd
LEFT on Georges Bluff Rd
RIGHT on N. Gaskins Rd - BE CAREFUL!! Stay Left (10 miles at Weston Lane)
LEFT on Castile Rd
RIGHT on Pump Rd
Cross Patterson Ave (Gas stations on both sides for bathrooms)
RIGHT on Walbrook Dr (11 miles)
LEFT on Alsatia Dr
LEFT on Walthan Dr
RIGHT on Pump Rd
LEFT on W. Monmouth Dr (turns into Westcastle Dr)
RIGHT on Gayton Rd (12 miles)
Immediate LEFT on Pump Rd (stay to left and use sidewalks!!)
LEFT on Old Prescott Rd (across from entrance to Godwin) (13 miles)
RIGHT on Glen Eagles Dr
LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy
RIGHT on John Rolfe Pkwy
back in the way we came out. (14 miles… Congratulations!!!)


HMT – 10/15 River Road Out-N-Back (10 miles)

Go out of shopping center down John Rolfe Pkwy
LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy
RIGHT on Glen Eagles Dr
LEFT on Old Prescott Rd (1 mile at Old Prescott Ct)
RIGHT on Pump Rd (Get to left side, to run on Sidewalk)
RIGHT on Gayton Rd (2 miles)
Immediate LEFT on Westcastle Dr (Turns into W. Monmouth)
RIGHT on Pump Rd (be careful, narrow shoulders!!)
1st LEFT on Waltham Dr
1st RIGHT on Alsatia Dr
RIGHT on Walbrook Dr (3 miles)
LEFT on Pump Rd
Cross Patterson Ave (Gas stations on Left and Right on Patterson for bathrooms)
LEFT on Castile Rd
RIGHT on Gaskins Rd (Get to left side and run on sidewalk!!)
1st LEFT on Derbyshire Rd (4 miles, be careful, narrow shoulders!!)
3rd Right on Heathfield RD
Once thru entry gate to pool, TAKE DIRT PATH TO LEFT and thru fence on to BELFORT RD
RIGHT on Gunby DR
2nd LEFT on Bramall Rd
TURN AROUND at Tarrytown Dr (5 miles – going to return the way you ran out)
RIGHT on Gunby Dr
LEFT on Belfort RD
Thru fence on to dirt path and onto Heathfield RD
LEFT on Derbyshire Rd
RIGHT on N. Gaskins Rd - BE CAREFUL!! (6 miles)
LEFT on Castile Rd
RIGHT on Pump Rd
Cross Patterson Ave (Gas stations on both sides for bathrooms)
RIGHT on Walbrook Dr (7 miles)
LEFT on Alsatia Dr
LEFT on Walthan Dr
RIGHT on Pump Rd
LEFT on W. Monmouth Dr (turns into Westcastle Dr)
RIGHT on Gayton Rd (8 miles)
Immediate LEFT on Pump Rd (stay to left and use sidewalks!!)
LEFT on Old Prescott Rd (across from entrance to Godwin) (9 miles)
RIGHT on Glen Eagles Dr
LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy
RIGHT on John Rolfe Pkwy
back in the way we came out. (10 miles… Congratulations!!!)

Army Ten-Miler and Fleet Week Half

So this is my first ever blog.

Had hoped to make it to at least one Saturday John Rolfe training run, but trying to keep up with the Marathon Training Team schedule has been a challenge. Running the first 20-miler on September 27 with running buddy Bob Kees by my side for most of it was tough. Chris Schmidt, Drew Fratrick and Hank Cosby passed us looking pretty fresh and making relatively quick work of it. As for me, I finished the last few miles on empty, went home and puked.

Sunday, October 5th went much better. Ran the Army Ten-Miler on a comfortably cool morning alongside about 20,000 other pavement pounders. For those of you that may not know, the route starts and ends at the Pentagon and takes you past the Lincoln/Jefferson/Washington Memorials, Watergate Hotel, Federal Reserve, Smithsonian, The Capitol and numerous other famous places. Unfortunately I haven't mastered the art of maintaining my focus while running and enjoying my surroundings. Another significant and necessary attention-sapper was constantly planning my maneuvers through the mass of people - and I mean constantly - from beginning to end. But the result was a good one. Put in my first official 10 miler in under 90 minutes (1:29:44). Okay, so I only did it by 16 seconds, but I did it!

Now on to the next challenge, the Fleet Week Half Marathon in Norfolk this Sunday. I understand there will be several HMTers there. So far I know of Tiffani, Andrea, Mary Beth and Mike. Hopefully there will be others as well. Weather forecast is looking good, with lows in the 50's and highs in the mid 70's, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for another good race. Breaking 2 hours for the first time since the beginning of my 3rd running life (Jan, 2006) would be nice. But that's probably too much to hope for.

Shilingi-Moja, thanks for creating this blog spot. Hope to see many of you soon.

Good running to all!

Wednesday, 8 October, 6.5 miles

Wednesday morning, 8 October, 5:20 start, John Rolfe Commons ABC Store:

Wilde Lake 6.5

* Go out of shopping center down John Rolfe Pkwy
* RIGHT on Ridgefield Pkwy (get to left side on sidewalk)
* RIGHT on Poplar Forest Dr (will have to cross Ridgefield)
* LEFT on Kleindale Dr
* Cross Lauderdale (BE CAREFUL!!!)
* Go into Apartment complex and take immediate RIGHT
* Follow thru complex until it dead ends on Church Rd
* LEFT on Church RD
* Follow Church until it dead ends at Wilde Lake Dr
* LEFT on Wilde Lake Dr
* RIGHT on Causeway Dr
* Cross Lauderdale on to Gayton Rd(BE CAREFUL!!!)
* Stay to right side of Gayton Rd in turn lanes
* LEFT on Fox Meadow Dr
* LEFT on Poplar Forest Dr
* RIGHT on Bothwell St
* RIGHT on Fox Meadow Dr
* LEFT on Cutler Ridge Dr
* LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy
* LEFT on John Rolfe Pkwy back in the way we came out.

Saturday 10/4 Runs

HMT – 10/4 Deep Run/Raintree Route (8 miles)

Go out of shopping center down John Rolfe Pkwy
LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy (stay on sidewalk!!!)
LEFT on Glen Eagles DR (1 mile @ Eagles View Dr)
RIGHT on Summerwood DR
LEFT on Burnside LN
CROSS Pump RD and get to opposite sidewalk and run RIGHT
Next LEFT on Buffapple DR (2 miles)
LEFT on Singingwoods LN
RIGHT on Brookmont DR (3 miles at Stonemill RD)
LEFT on Cox RD
RIGHT on Cedar Knoll LN
RIGHT on Cedar Cone DR
RIGHT on Stonemill RD
LEFT on Cox RD (4 miles at Spinning Wheel Way)
LEFT on Turtle Creek DR – entrance Turtle Creek Apts (right before Ridgefield Pkwy)
Continue thru the apartments and CROSS Ridgefield Pkwy
Now on Flintwood DR
LEFT on Dawndeer LN
RIGHT on Sorrento PL
RIGHT on Falconbridge DR (5 miles)
RIGHT on Hickoryridge RD
Hickoryridge bends hard Left (6 miles)
Turns into Windingridge DR
RIGHT on Falconbridge DR
RIGHT on Pump RD
Run on sidewalk on right side of road, when u cross be very careful!!
LEFT on Old Prescott RD (this road is across from the entrance to Godwin HS) (7 miles)
RIGHT on Glen Eagles DR
Immediate LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy
RIGHT on John Rolfe Pkwy
back in the way we came out.

HMT – 10/4 Raintree Route (6.5 miles)

Go out of shopping center down John Rolfe Pkwy
LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy (stay on sidewalk!!!)
LEFT on Glen Eagles DR (1 mile @ Eagles View Dr)
RIGHT on Summerwood DR
LEFT on Burnside LN
CROSS Pump RD and get to opposite sidewalk and run RIGHT
Next LEFT on Buffapple DR (2 miles)
LEFT on Singingwoods LN
RIGHT on Brookmont DR
RIGHT on Cox RD
LEFT on Turtle Creek DR – Turtle Creek Apts (3 miles)
Continue thru the apartments and CROSS Ridgefield Pkwy
Now on Flintwood DR
RIGHT on Idlebrook Drive – follow around curve
RIGHT on Falconbridge DR (4 miles at Pepperhill Lane)
RIGHT on Pump RD (5 miles)
LEFT on Old Prescott RD (this road is across from the entrance to Godwin HS)
RIGHT on Glen Eagles DR
Immediate LEFT on Ridgefield Pkwy (6 miles)
RIGHT on John Rolfe Pkwy
back in the way we came out.