Given the warm weather predicted for Saturday, this week’s FLRC Challenge group run will introduce you to the new Ellis Hollow Creek Crossings course, with post-run bagels and cream cheese and chocolate milk at Tonya’s and my house at 50 Hickory Road around the corner. Feel free to bring a towel and jump in our pond afterward—we’ve been in a few times already. Please vote in the pace poll early so we can get enough bagels.
You can park at the start, on the west (Ithaca) side of Hickory Road by our house, or at the Ellis Hollow Community Center, as shown below. Leave enough time to run (downhill) the start if you’re parking elsewhere.
We’ll meet in the Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve parking lot at 8:30 AM to run the 2.2-mile course (check the course page for a Google Map pin and RunGo directions, which I strongly recommend). Since it’s quite short (but technical!), some groups may want to run it again backwards or add more miles on the roads.
After the usual milling, introductions, and recap on Challenge timing (download the Webscorer app if you haven’t already!), we’ll aim to start running the course around 8:45 AM.
Please vote in the pace poll below so others can get a sense of who else will be running their pace. We always have a wide range of runners, so you’ll generally find someone to run with. The paces below are for flat roads—everyone will be running quite a bit more slowly on these trails.
- Sub-8:00-minute pace
- 8:00-9:00-minute pace
- 9:00-10:00-minute pace
- 10:00-11:00-minute pace
- 11:00-12:00-minute pace
- 12:00-13:00-minute pace
- 13:00-minute+ pace
- I plan on hiking
0 voters
Everyone is welcome, regardless of age, ability, pace, or anything else. This is a free activity, and while FLRC membership and FLRC Challenge participation are encouraged, neither is required. If you’re not running the Challenge, please sign the FLRC Training Programs waiver. You only need to sign once for all 2023 group runs, so if you’ve already done so, you’re all set—check here.)
- I can give a ride
- I need a ride
0 voters
If you have questions or are interested in volunteering as a greeter/host for similar group runs—you don’t need to run at the front!—contact FLRC Group Run director Heather Cobb (cobb.heather.m@gmail.com). See you Saturday!
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