Sunrises on Pre-Hyperion Run (run before FARC Saturday group run):
Made it to Pickett Circle in time for the sun. Solo this time.Ingleside, about 6/15am 6/6/2026, Jeff, Edwin, Cat, LaTonyaEdwin, Cat, LaTonya, 6am 5/30/26 sunrise, U of Mary WashingtonMegan’s Loop by Karen: Karen, Cat, Edwin, May 16th, 6:21am, at UMW bridge.
Megan’s Loop: 6:27am, May 9th, top of Hospital Hill: Cat N, me, LaTonya M.
Megan’s Loop: 4/25/26, 6:45am, the notorious Gordon Shelton Blvd. The spire is actually Wegman’s grocery store.Megan’s Loop atop Hospital Hill, 6:35am April 18th: LJ Darcy, Edwin Ridout, Karen Hawkins, John Ashburn, LaTonya Miller, Cat Norvell. Joining us a mile later: Nancy Pcsolyar.
On the Higgins Bridge, 4/4/26 7:30am
About 7:15am daylight savings time (said to be sunrise time), at about mile 5 on the group run course, clockwise: me, John Ashburn, Karen Hawkins, Cat Norvell.Edwin, Jeff H, Cat N at Howison Hill, 6:57am 2/28/2026. Just a hint of a snowbank left over from early January.
Above, sunrise on Howison Hill, mile 4, 7:30am Sat Feb 14th: Edwin, John Ashburn, Cat Norvell.
Looking into the sunrise this time, mile 5, Feb 14th 2026, 7:40am, with the terraced National Cemetery behind us (Civil War, 15,000 Federal soldiers). Me, LJ, Cat, Jeff, John.
John A, Cat N, LJ D, LaTonya M, Edwin R, at Cossey Park 1/17/26. Photo by fisherman Steve (?).Dec 27th in Pratt Park about 7:40am: Edwin R, John A, LJ D, Cat N.Departing Lee Drive about 7:15am, Dec 20th: Edwin R, John A, Jeff H, LJ D.Photo by Karen on the UMW Shell Path about 7am, 10/18/2025: Karen H, LJ D, Edwin R, Brian M.
Below, from Ingleside Drive, 7:15am, October 4th. Running with tall people: LJ Darcy, Jeff Haber, and me, with Falmouth Bridge in the distance.
Below, from Ingleside Drive, 7:05am, Sept 13th, also showing Falmouth Bridge.
Below, Sept 13th, Ingleside Drive
Below, Sept 6th, Fredericksburg National Cemetery:
Below, August 30, UMW athletic fields:
Below, Aug 23rd on the Chatham Bridge:
Below, with Megan McDonald, July 4th on the Chatham Bridge before we went over to JMHS for the race.
Almost 7am, Saturday 1/24/2026, St Clair Brooks Park, at about our third mile. Edwin, Cat, John, LJ, Josh. Only the camera noticed the first signs of a sunrise. I was trying to catch the sparkle of Fredericksburg city lights, here barely seen through the trees. It was cold — the app said “12°F, -11°C, Humidity 31%, Wind N 10mph…” It was cold when the wind was blowing, but mostly it wasn’t. Our first big winter snowfall didn’t start until later, at almost midnight. I finished 9 miles at about an 11:30 pace.
Fredericksburg, Saturday 1/17/2026 at 7:31am. Sunrise arrived conveniently on schedule at about mile 5 of our 6:30am run. A moment later a friendly fisherman got out of his truck and snapped our group photo.
I had to repair the cross wire, then hung the big feeder a bit higher than before (but probably still not high enough.) And considering the feeders now need to be taken down every night, I’m using a forked stick instead of the step ladder.
