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TRAIL TUESDAY@ REDLAND!

Hey Trail Doggies,

Guess what?! That’s right! It’s TRAIL TUESDAY. Just like last week…and the week before…wonderful, glorious TRAIL TUESDAY is back upon us. This is where we get to strap on our trail shoes, tie on our headlamps (or wherever you tie them!) and hit the trails of Redland for a romp in the dark. Ah, such a guilty pleasure! The weather person has assured me that the weather will be fine but a tad chilly. Don’t worry, you’ll work up a sweat in n o time!

OK, we’ve been getting quite a few Winter Trail folks joining us and they have been loving it. The more the merrier! There is plenty of room on the trails!

So, here are the details:

When: Tuesday 31 January

Time: Warm up – 6:00 Run – 6:15 (If you get there after 6 but before 6:15 just wait. We’ll be back!)

Place: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 – go around back to the right

Course: We will alternate each week, clockwise and counterclockwise. This week COUNTER-CLOCKWISE (Lower Trail first)

Headlamp: Indeed!

Pets: Dogs OK. Small children – not recommended!

Distance – 5-ish with the warm-up

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,

Coach Phil

Hey Trail Toads,

Looks like a dry and mild (for January!) evening. We’ve been pretty darn lucky weather-wise this Winter so let’s keep taking advantage of it and get some single-track miles in while we can. Especially for those of you who have any trail event in the near future. The more trail miles the better.

It’s been great having Winter Trail peeps joining us as well. Keep on coming! We love everybody (from a trail perspective, of course)!

For tonight:

When: Tuesday 24 January

Time: Warm up – 6:00 Run – 6:15 (If you get there after 6 but before 6:15 just wait. We’ll be back!)

Place: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 – go around back to the right

Course: We will alternate each week, clockwise and counterclockwise. This week CLOCKWISE (Upper Trail first)

Headlamp: Indeed!

Pets: Dogs OK.

Distance – 5-ish with the warm-up

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,

Coach Phil

Trail Dogs!

This morning’s rain will be out of here and the temps will be nice. What more could you ask for? Um, that’s a rhetorical question. So, take advantage of this mid-January mildness and join us in the Forests of Redland to commune with nature while you get in some miles.

Winter Trail peeps are more than welcome and we’ve had a few of you come out!

OK.

You want details? I got the details for ya:

When: Tuesday 16 January

Time: Warm up – 6:00 Run – 6:15

Place: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 – go around back to the right

Course: We will alternate each week, clockwise and counterclockwise. This week COUNTER-CLOCKWISE (Lower Trail first)

Headlamp: Indeed!

Pets: Dogs OK.

Distance – 5-ish with the warm-up

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,

Coach Phil

Hey Trail Dogs,

Looks like we are on tap for a great evening run through the Forests of Redland. Weather will be cooperating again, so we (meaning YOU) need to take advantage of it and get out there and run your tails off! The best part is that after you burn off those calories and it being the 2nd Tuesday of the month, we are slated to go refill our bellies and slake our thirst after the run at the Outta the Way Café. Ya gotta love that post-run mingle!

BTW, it’s been great seeing new folks join us from the Winter Trail Program. The more the merrier!

You want details? I got the details for ya:

When: Tuesday 10 January

Time: Warm up – 6:00 Run – 6:15

Place: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 – go around back to the right

Course: We will alternate each week, clockwise and counterclockwise. This week CLOCKWISE (Upper Trail first)

Headlamp: Indeed!

Pets: Dogs OK.

Distance – 5-ish with the warm-up

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,

Coach Phil

Happy New Year, Trailies!

I’m thinking we should start 2023 off on the right foot, as the saying goes. Then again, starting the year off on your left foot would equally serve the same purpose – getting out onto the trails of MoCo with some of your muddy friends to slap your feet – right and left – on some single track! Weather will be cooperating. In fact, be careful not to over dress. We are looking at a run time temp of 64 degrees! I’ll take that for early January!

Love seeing Winter Trail Program Peeps out there with us showing off their new trail skills!

Details:

OK, details for tonight:

When: Tuesday 03 January

Time: Warm up – 6:00 Run – 6:15

Place: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 – go around back to the right

Course: We will alternate each week, clockwise and counterclockwise. This week COUNTER-CLOCKWISE (Lower Trail first)

Headlamp: Indeed!

Pets: Dogs OK.

Distance – 5-ish with the warm-up

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,

Coach Phil

Ho, Ho, Ho Trail Elves!

One more Tuesday romp in the woods before we break for the holidays! We are lucking out with the weather. Santa is sending us and early gift for being so good (aka Bad-Ass)! It will be cold, 35-ish, but more important no wind and no precip! Put that in your stocking!

Anyway, from the management team here at Muddy Shoes ‘Happy Holidays to all no matter which one(s) you celebrate!’ FA-LA-LA and all that!

OK, details for tonight:

When: Tuesday 20 December

Time: Warm up – 6:00 Run – 6:15

Place: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 – go around back to the right

Course: We will alternate each week, clockwise and counterclockwise. This week CLOCKWISE (Upper Trail first)

Headlamp: Indeed!

Pets: Dogs OK. Reindeer? OK if attached to sled!

Distance – 5-ish with the warm-up

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,

Coach Phil

Hey Ho, Trail Doggies!

Time to head into the Forests of Derwood for some pre-holiday caloric combustion. Stop the flab before it happens! You know the drill. Here are the details for this evening:

When: Tuesday 6 December

Time: Warm up – 6:00 Run – 6:15

Place: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 – go around back to the right

Course: We will alternate each week, clockwise and counterclockwise. This week CLOCKWISE (Upper Trail first)

Headlamp: Yup

Pets: Dogs OK. Ferrets? Eh, not so much.

Distance – 5-ish with the warm-up

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,

Coach Phil

Hey Root Kickers and Tree Slappers,

Come join us this weekend for the final Muddy Shoes Saturday Trail Run of the year. That’s right! The Grand Finale! After this we transition to the MCRRC Winter Trail Program until the Spring of 2023 when we’ll return. We still do our Tuesday and Thursday evening runs though. They are year-round.

Anyway, I digress. So, for this weekend I thought it would be fun to return to the venue where we kick off our Saturday runs each Spring – Meadowside Nature Center. We’ll start out visiting some of the historic and natural sites around the park together as a group before taking off on your own at your pace for the rest of the run. These cool sites include the Pioneer Village, the Fire Tower, the Valient Covered Bridge, the Lost Cemetery and, finally, the Bald Eagle aerie. Then folks continue at their own pace for the rest of the run which will take you out under Muncaster Mill Road and on to the Kengla and Upper Rock Creek Trails to a turn around at Bowie Mill Rd. BTW you’ll also pass the famous ‘race car in the woods’ on the Kengla Trail. Great place to take a quick photo with your odiferous trail friends. No one knows how it got there but it must’ve been one hella party!

All together the mileage should top out around 11 or so miles but folks can feel free to go shorter.

We’ll have snacks and fluids back at the cars as usual.

OK, details:

Location: Meadowside Nature Center

Address: 5100 Meadowside Ln, Rockville, MD 20855 (Go all the way to back parking lot)

Coords: 39.113694, -77.106480

Date: Saturday 3 December

Time: 0730

Course: Meadowside Sites then out-n-back on Kengla/Upper Rock Creek Trails

Distance: 11-ish miles

Vibe: Chill

Alrighty, C U there cuz THESE TRAILS AIN’T GONNA RUN THEMSELVES!

Cheers,

Coach Phil

Hey Trail Dogs,

Welcome back from a week of culinary and caloric decadence! If you are like me you are probably suffering from a touch of Dunlop’s Disease. What’s that, you say? Well, Dunlop’s affects those people who lack the willpower, strength and mental fortitude to push themselves beyond reach of the Thanksgiving table when the Pecan Pie or mashed potatoes come around for a second time. In clinical terms it’s when you’ve consumed so much food that your belly done lops (Dunlop’s – get it?) over your belt preventing a direct line of sight between your eyes and your wiggly toes. Yes, we all can suffer from it to a degree, and with the advent of the holiday season more and more people will become afflicted, sad to say. But good news! I have a cure! A remedy! A tonic to get you back on track! It’s simple: drag your newly acquired pudge and flab out to Redland Middle School this evening for a trail run/calorie burn off in the Forests of Derwood! Sounds like a plan? Good! I’ll C U there…even if U can’t see your toes anymore.

***Announcements***

· Join us this Saturday 3 December for the final Muddy Shoes Saturday run of the year! Lets get in one more run before the start of the MCRRC Winter Trail Program with Coach Audrey and crew! Details coming later this week. We’ll pick up where we left off in Spring 2023!

· Speaking of the Winter Trail Program, only 28 spots left as of this morning! What are U waiting for? Sign up, dag-nab-it! https://runsignup.com/…/Rockville/MCRRCWinterTrailProgram

OK, details for this evening:
When: Tuesday 29 November
Time: Warm up – 6:00 Run – 6:15
Place: Redland Middle School, 6505 Muncaster Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 – go around back to the right
Course: We will alternate each week, clockwise and counterclockwise. This week COUNTER-CLOCKWISE (Lower Trail first)
Headlamp: Yup
Pets: Dogs OK. Turkeys – at your own risk!
Distance – 5-ish with the warm-up
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,
Coach Phil