Alrighty, Trail Hounds,
Get ready for a Dale-y Double on Saturday! We are headed up to the Northern reaches of MoCo by popular demand. And, no, a Dale-y Double doesn’t mean we are doing a memorial run for Bob Barker or guessing which Price Is Right. Actually, the Daily Double is from Jeopardy, isn’t it. Hmm. Got my game shows mixed up! Oh, well, sue me!
So, what we’re really doing is a run put together by our own Dale Morey up at Little Bennett Regional Park (so blame him when you get lost! Ha!). Thus, the play on words (Get it? Dale-y Double?). This run will require you to use all your trail brain skills to stay on course but no matter which turn you take on to which ever trail up there, the big positive is you’ll still be in the beautiful forests of MoCo on a beautiful late Summer day. We are looking at a run time temp of 57 degrees although there will be a touch of humidity.
There are lots of twists and turns on this 10 mile loop course so you’ll need to pay attention. I’ll bring printed handouts of the turn-by-turn instructions as well as provide a caltopo map link (below) to get you through without doing ‘extra miles’ (BTW, ‘extra miles’ is a trail runner’s code word for ‘getting your sorry-ass lost in the wilderness’). We also will provide our usual treats (liquid and solid) for the post-run mingle.
So, before I give you the details for Saturday, you have to suffer through the announcements (Hey! No scrolling through, Loser!)
Merch! Merch! Merch! – get it while it lasts! We got Muddy Shoes Baseball Hats ($15), Buffs ($10) and Reusable, collapsible cups ($5). Do your holiday shopping early…or just treat yourself! See Coach Phil or Coach Mike C.
Donations! – Yeah, I hate to ask but it does cost a bit to put on all of our activities and bring refreshments and stuff. Plus, we are saving up for a brush cutter attachment for the Muddy Shoes weed wacker we bought a couple of years ago. Any amount appreciated! We humbly thank you for all we receive!
Events – Aside from our three regularly scheduled weekly runs (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays) we have a big October/ November planned. In association with The Stone Mill 50 race, Muddy Shoes sponsors the ever-popular Stone Mill Course Preview runs. Each Saturday in October (7th, 14th, 21st, 28th) we will hold a run that will preview a part of the Stone Mill course. Each run is an out-and-back on a section of the course ranging in distance from ~18-22 miles. Do all four runs and you will have seen the entire course. You don’t have to be signed up for the race to join us. Come on out and just do a few miles. All are welcome. We ask folks to provide a donation to help with costs. All are welcome!
Phantastic Phall Phat Ass – Continuing the tradition started by Coach Robin we hold the Phall Phat Ass Trail Half Marathon and 10k the Saturday or Sunday (not sure which yet) before Stone Mill. Great taper run! More details to come!
OK, details, details!
Location: Little Bennett Regional Park
Address: 25900 Prescott Rd, Clarksburg, MD 20871 (This address is for the golf course. Go past that parking lot and straight down gravel road to the horse trailer parking lot)
Coords: 39.28137, -77.29531
Date: Saturday 2 September
Time: 0730
10 Mile Loop Caltopo: https://caltopo.com/m/EU0BP
10k Loop Caltopo: https://caltopo.com/m/QLKU1
Distance: 10 mile loop (feel free to do shorter or longer)
Pace: Slow, Fast and In-between; all are welcome!
Vibe: Chill!
Hope to C U there cuz these trails ain’t gonna run themselves!
Cheers,
Muddy Shoes