Charlottesville 10-Miler

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Run 025, Sat March 28, 7:15am, my 14th Charlottesville 10 Miler (my 13th fastest), 1:43:55, 10:24 pace, 2nd of 6 in M75-79, 150th of 216 M50-99. Shown with FARC teammates Jeff Haber, Karen Hawkins, and LJ Darcy. Mostly clear, 37°F, 3°C, Humidity 54%, Wind NNW 4mph, UV 1, AT 39°F, Activity Feel 35°F, 2°C. Two other FARC members took age group 2nd place awards, Sarah Gilliam and Duane Williamson. Photo by Duane Williamson.

Big oak down

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It crushed a section of our back fence and blocked the back path. I got my chain saw stuck within seconds of starting work, but our neighbor Jack came with his big boy chain saw and saved the day, even giving me a fresh bit of wire fence.

How big? Inspection, two weeks later:

Sunrise running

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Sunrises on Pre-Hyperion Run (run before FARC Saturday group run):

7:03am Sept 12th, Ingleside: Edwin, John A, Emma, Rachel, LaTonya
6:45am Sept 5th, Chatham Manor, we face the sunrise: Edwin, LaTonya, Jeff H, Emma, Cat, Karen.
6:12am Sat Aug 29th, we took our sunrise pic a bit too early: Edwin, Cat Norvell, LJ Darcy, John Ashburn, on the UMW shell path.
8/22/2026 6:27am, the VCR Trail at dawn: Edwin, LJ Darcy, LaTonya Turner, Emma Bathkeel, Rachel Gredler, Victoria Ladd. (Jeff Haber just missed the photo.) Serving as our sunrise photo, but the morning was overcast and drizzly and the camera was facing west.
Edwin, Karen Hawkins, Cat Norvell, at the National Cemetery August 15.
Sat Aug 1st, 6:15am at National Cemetery. Hyperion Run extended, 9.57 miles, 1:44:29, 10:55 pace, 1st 5 with LJ Darcy, Emma Bathkeej, LaTonya Turner, Craig Crenshaw, Cat Norvell, Victoria Ladd, then 4 mostly alone on the 5k loop, extended.
Overcast, no sign of a sunrise Sat July 25th, 6:30am at Howison Hill, with Rachel Gredler, Kaitlin Mulder, Emma Bathkeej (?), Cat Norvell, LaTonya Turner.
Made it to Pickett Circle in time for the sun. Solo this time.
Ingleside, about 6/15am 6/6/2026, Jeff, Edwin, Cat, LaTonya
Edwin, Cat, LaTonya, 6am 5/30/26 sunrise, U of Mary Washington
Megan’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.

Snow Day

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Big snow (for us) was 4½”, falling much of the day Sunday 1/25/2026, ending with another 1″ of sleet after I’d snow-blown the driveway.

Then that white ice lasted almost three weeks. We found we could drive over it, but walking was very difficult. Eventually I levered-up a shovelfull at a time to make a single path the length of the driveway. And on a friend’s advice, I spread pelletized limestone hoping to add traction. After the ice melted this week, the lime remained on the asphalt. Photo Feb 14th 2026.

Cold morning run

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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.