Supporting running in the metro Richmond area
Can anyone suggest a "clean", 12 miler in Richmond?
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Permalink Reply by Todor Radoulov on -
The trails of Pocahontas State Park.
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Permalink Reply by Run Happy on -
From the Downtown Y, you run up Grove to ThreeChopt and back = 10 miles. It should be easy to turn around at the Y and head back to Meadow and the back again to the Y to get the additional 2 miles. As for traffice, very little in the early mornings, and there is the parking lane to run in that keeps you out of on comming traffic and off the sidewalks. (I HATE sidewalks)
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Permalink Reply by Karen Talley on -
That sounds interesting, Thank you!
I'm not a fan of sidewalks either! :)
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Permalink Reply by Michael George on -
2 loops at West Creek! Not very exciting but on weekends you have more bike traffic than cars and there are no turns except for the turnarounds.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Talley on
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I considered that.
The only section I am familair with is the basic Patterson to Patterson. I have not ventured beyond that in to to the CAP ONE area.
I need to do that though, to pick up more territory out there.
Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Brian Maslyk on -
if your on the southside, there is no better neighborhood than Salisbury, Rockshire, and Powderham. You can park at the ACAC parking lot and do loops ranging anyware from 3-15 miles. Use Mapmyrun.com to plot the route.
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Permalink Reply by SanGirl on -
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/documents/pocahont.pdf
You can patch some of these trails together to make a 12 mile run or do the entire fendley outer loop for over 13 miles. All clean, no roads, just trails. Bright Hope trail run twice would be about 11 miles.
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Permalink Reply by SanGirl on
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When I don't want to think much on a run I always head to the 1.5 mile walking trail at Chesterfield Gov. Complex. Eight loops and you have done your 12. No traffic. Well policed.
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Permalink Reply by SanGirl on
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Oh, and with a 1.5 loop trail you can SAG with no problem. Park your car close to the trail and leave your water, etc. there for your refueling needs. Very helpful on a long run not to have to carry so much stuff.
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Permalink Reply by Joseph Ryan on -
Fendley Station Trail at Pocahontas State Park makes for a great 12 mile loop. You can run variations of it for anywhere from 8-15 miles. The good thing about it is that you only have to run the loop once. I hate running a course 8 times to get my miles in. That's why I don't run on a track. Its too boring. BTW That's a good map of Pocahontas Park with measured distances. You should come out with us on one of our weekend runs and run with Megan.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Talley on
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That sounds really good, thank you. I am not a looper either, worse than watching paint dry. I'll have to try to get out to join your w/end run sometime!
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