Month: June 2018

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Election Day Trail Run @ Needwood

Well, Citizens. It’s election day! I am voting for running trails in the woods this afternoon. Either I can go home, sit on the couch, TV remote in hand, with a big ol’ jgreasy cheezburger and fries in front of me or I can slap my stinkin’ trailies on my gnarly feet and pound dirt. Hmmm, choice is obvious. Trails win!!! So perform your civic duty. Vote for Muddy Shoes and then come out and hit the trails with us at Needwood! Its the right cho…ice.

Here are the details:

Location: 15679 Needwood Lake Cir, Derwood, MD GPS Coordinates: 39.114637, -77.127564
Time: 6:30 (6:15 for warm-up)
Course: We will run around the lake counter-clockwise doing Blue Jay Loop and out’n’back on Troll Trail, then hill repeats on Adie’s Hill.

Announcements:

* Mark Calendars for our 3rd Annual Summer Bobwhite Fat Ass Trail Festival @ Seneca Lake on Saturday July 21st! We’ll have various distances and a whole bunch of great chow and bevs at the end. Don’t miss it!

* Check out our Muddy Shoes merch! We got Hats ($15), Buffs ($10) and magnets ($1). They are going fast! Get yours from Robin (Hats), Phil (Hats, Buffs, Magnets) or Mike Chau (Buffs). US Dollars only!

* Check out the new Run Location list in the Files section that Robin put together. Gets you where you wanna be for getting and off of trails in MoCo. Contact us if there are any you want to add.

OK, C U TMFs at the Lake!
Cheers,
Muddy Shoes

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Summer Trails Training Run #6 – Riley’s Lock – Greenway – Seneca Bluffs – Loop (14 miles)

Hey there MyMuddyShoes people!

Phil will not be at our run this weekend so I’ll be your leader (from the rear) again. We will do a loop from Riley’s Lock Northbound on the Seneca Greenway Trail to the Rt 28 Trailhead, turn Right on Rt 28 and run the 1500 ft along the side of Rt 28 itself over to the Seneca Bluffs Trailhead on the left southbound. AT the end of the Bluffs Trail, turn left, run past Poole’s store and back to the Greenway Trail across River Rd. It will be about 14 miles total. We will mark from the end of the Greenway Trail, out to the road and to the Seneca Bluffs Trail. The trails are well marked otherwise. I’ll have a cooler with water and some other fruits like last week as well as some other goodies available at the finish.

**Weather Note: The forecast is calling for scattered thunderstorms tomorrow morning. Our policy is that if there is any lighting, to please turn around and get back to your car. It is possible that you will be miles away from your car, and if it gets really bad, find the best cover you can and wait the storm out. We will discuss any weather that is in the area before we start the run.

Where: 13015 Rileys Lock Rd, Poolesville, MD 20837

When: 7:30AM

What: 14 miles (if you are doing more please sign out & let us know before)

See you all out there tomorrow morning

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Bikram Trail Run @ Lake Needwood

So ya’ll heard of that Bikram Yoga, right. Ya know, where they turn the heat way up and you do your yoga thing…in high heat…sweatin’ bullets! Well, lets give Bikram trail running a shot. Maybe it will become a ‘thing’. Either way, we don’t have much say in the weather (sorry to disappoint, Butch Britton) so we go with what we got. Today its heat and humidity. The old H&H. BUT, its all good heat training to get your body in shape and accli…matized for the long Summer ahead. So, suffering now will pay off later as you build up your tolerance to heat. Basically what I’m sayin’ is ‘Suck it up, Butter Cup’, and get your sorry ass out there tonight!

OK, details for tonight:

Location: 15679 Needwood Lake Cir, Derwood, MD GPS Coordinates: 39.114637, -77.127564
Time: 6:30 (6:15 for warm-up)
Course: We will run around the lake clockwise doing Parilla Path and out’n’back on Beaver Tale Trail, then hill repeats on Potty Hill.

Announcements:

* Mark Calendars for our 3rd Annual Summer Bobwhite Fat Ass Trail Festival @ Seneca Lake on Saturday July 21st! We’ll have various distances and a whole bunch of great chow and bevs at the end. Don’t miss it!

* Check out our Muddy Shoes merch! We got Hats ($15), Buffs ($10) and magnets ($1). They are going fast! Get yours from Robin (Hats), Phil (Hats, Buffs, Magnets) or Mike Chau (Buffs). US Dollars only!

* Check out the new Run Location list in the Files section that Robin put together. Gets you where you wanna be for getting and off of trails in MoCo. Contact us if there are any you want to add.

OK, C U TMFs at the Lake!
Cheers,
Muddy Shoes

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Summer Trails Training Run #5 – Seneca Ridge Trail (12 miles)

Hey muddy summer trails people!

 

Since Phil is off enjoying his Father’s Day weekend 50k experience I’ll be your guide for one of our more “swtichy” trails.  The Seneca Ridge.  We’ll start at our normal spot on Rifleford Rd and head out on the trail  all the way to Black Rock Mill and back.  I’ll put a few gallons of water a the turn around as well as at the start/finish area along with the normal goodies for post run refueling.  See everyone in the morning!

 
WHEN: June 16, 2018 @ 7:30 am – 11:30 am

WHERE: Seneca Ridge Trailhead @ Riffleford Rd
16899 Riffle Ford Darnestown MD 20878

WHAT:  12 glorious trail miles!

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Outta The Way Tuesday Trails @ Needwood

Time to get some miles on our legs and the food in our belly. Great weather tonight! Come out and clock off some trail miles and then saunter over to the Outta the Way Cafe for some replenishment.

Details:

Location: 15679 Needwood Lake Cir, Derwood, MD GPS Coordinates: 39.114637, -77.127564
Time: 6:30 (6:15 for warm-up)
Course: We will run around the lake counter-clockwise doing Blue Jay Loop and out’n’back on Troll Trail, then hill repeats on Adie’s Hill.

Announcements:

* Check out our Muddy Shoes merch! We got Hats ($15), Buffs ($10) and magnets ($1). They are going fast! Get yours from Robin (Hats), Phil (Hats, Buffs, Magnets) or Mike Chau (Buffs). US Dollars only!

* Check out the new Run Location list in the Files section that Robin put together. Gets you where you wanna be for getting and off of trails in MoCo. Contact us if there are any you want to add.

* Mark Calendars for our 3rd Annual Summer Bobwhite Fat Ass Trail Festival @ Seneca Lake on Saturday July 21st! We’ll have various distances and a whole bunch of great chow and bevs at the end. Don’t miss it!

OK, C U TMFs at the Lake!
Cheers,
Muddy Shoes

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12 Mile Run at 10 Mile Creek – Saturday 0730

Hey Tree Slappers, how ’bout them Caps? And how ’bout those Muddy Shoes Trail Dogs. True champions as well! OK, lets focus…dur, dur, dur….we got some work to do on Saturday. Nothing too bad. Our ‘goal’, no pun intended, is to crank out an easy 12 miles on the 10 Mile Creek Trail. Wait, I know what yer thinking. 12 miles on a 10 mile trail?!? Nah, the trail is actually 12 miles of single track bliss. Beautiful trail for those th…at have never been on it. Rolling hills, deep forests, awesome lake views. might be a tad bit warm and humid so hydrate today.

Here are the details:

Location: 21614 Clarksburg Rd, Boyds, MD 20841 39.187816,-77.3109983 (Park on shoulder opposite lake. DO NOT PARK IN THE BOAT RAMP PARKING!)
Time: 0730
Course: Out’n’Back on Ten Mile Creek and Cool Springs Trails
Distance: 12 miles

Announcements:

* Another opportunity to do a workday this Sunday, on behalf of all of us mud runners. We need to volunteer to support our awesome trail system. Sign up on the Montgomery County Parks volunteers page www.mcp.samaritan.com. I understand Bonnie Bell will be crew leader, meeting at Wightman and Brink Roads intersection in the upper County to complete work on a new part of the Seneca Creek Greenway Trail. Time 9am to 1pm. They supply tools, workgloves, etc. At moment I’m planning to be there.

* Check out our Muddy Shoes merch! We got Hats ($15), Buffs ($10) and magnets ($1). They are going fast! Get yours from Robin (Hats), Phil (Hats, Buffs, Magnets) or Mike Chau (Buffs). US Dollars only!

* Check out the new Run Location list in the Files section that Robin put together. Gets you where you wanna be for getting and off of trails in MoCo. Contact us if there are any you want to add.

* Mark Calendars for our 3rd Annual Summer Bobwhite Fat Ass Trail Festival @ Seneca Lake on Saturday July 21st! We’ll have various distances and a whole bunch of great chow and bevs at the end. Don’t miss it!

That’s it for now!
C U on the trail!
Cheers,
Muddy Shoes

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Sun Worship Trail Run @ Needwood

 

That bright orb! That round yellow disc in the sky. What is it? Well, we haven’t seen much of the sun lately but it is here today and with it are fantastic temps (all week, in fact!). Its hard to find a reason not to join us tonight. Job, family, kids…all lower priority than hitting the trails. So see you out there on the shores of Lake Needwood tonight.

Here are the details:…
Location: 15679 Needwood Lake Cir, Derwood, MD GPS Coordinates: 39.114637, -77.127564
Time: 6:30 (6:15 for warm-up)
Course: We will run around the lake clockwise doing Parilla Path and out’n’back on Beaver TaleTrail, then hill repeats on Potty Hill.

Announcements:

* Check out our Muddy Shoes merch! We got Hats ($15), Buffs ($10) and magnets ($1). They are going fast! Get yours from Robin (Hats), Phil (Hats, Buffs, Magnets) or Mike Chau (Buffs). US Dollars only!

* Check out the new Run Location list in the Files section that Robin put together. Gets you where you wanna be for getting and off of trails in MoCo. Contact us if there are any you want to add.

* Mark Calendars for our 3rd Annual Summer Bobwhite Fat Ass Trail Festival @ Seneca Lake on Saturday July 21st! We’ll have various distances and a whole bunch of great chow and bevs at the end. Don’t miss it!

OK, C U TMFs at the Lake!
Cheers,
Muddy ‘SPF-65’ Shoes

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Summer Long Run #3 – Seneca Greenway

Okay, Trail Stooges. Remember these guys? Larry, Moe and Curly? WhoopWhoopWhoop! NyukNyukNyuk! What a comedic cast of characters they were. Much like your bad-ass funny selves. One difference I think we smell worse but, hey, its Summer and sweat happens. For some, much more than others and its only June! Either way we are doing 11 miles tomorrow. We’ll hit the Seneca Greenway for an out’n’back from Watkins Mill down to Clopper Road. No c…reek crossings this week (sadness) but there will be plenty of moisture around from the rain we have had and might get while we run. We’ll have water out on the course too. Fun times for all!

Here are the sweaty details:

Location: Watkins Mill H.S. 39.183741,-77.2181477 10301 Apple Ridge Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20886
Time: 0730
Course: Seneca Greenway South to Clopper Road and back
Distance: 11-ish

Announcements:

* Volunteering!!! Its always good to give back. As trail runners arepart of the larger trail user community its good to pitch in and help maintain our trails by volunteering. There are plenty of opportunities which we will post when we know of them. One is happening this weekend. Please come out and help out. Here is the info … Saturday June 2nd: Black Hill Regional Park – Hamilton Trail Connection, 9am -1pm

Join us in celebration of National Trail’s Day on a volunteer trail work project to finish a new section of trail that connects Hamilton Trail to Field Crest Spur Trail. All tools will be provided. Meeting location will be the Black Hill Regional Park’s maintenance yard parking area. To sign up visit: https://bit.ly/1sYJYlV

* Check out our Muddy Shoes merch! We got Hats ($15), Buffs ($10) and magnets ($1). They are going fast! Get yours from Robin (Hats), Phil (Hats, Buffs, Magnets) or Mike Chau (Buffs). US Dollars only!

* The Summer 25K Training plan and long run schedule is in the files section or on the web page. Enjoy! Cost is $10 for the Summer. That’s cheap! Target race is the MD HEAT 25/50k on August 18th. Join us on Saturdays even if you are not training for anything. Just come run trails!

* Mark Calendars for our 3rd Annual Summer Bobwhite Fat Ass Trail Festival @ Seneca Lake on Saturday July 21st! We’ll have various distances and a whole bunch of great chow and bevs at the end. Don’t miss it!!!

OK, Trail Stooges. Get a good nights rest and C U in the A.M.
Cheers,
Muddy Shoes