Good job, Erin! That’s a lot of miles to cover in one day.
The real question is if you found your old key. 
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Haha no… I’m sure by now it has become part of the future geological record. A few million years from now, an archeologist may discover this artifact in a paleosol and realize it came from a kind of vehicle ancient hominids used to drive… 
Erin is now in the home stretch for the 100 Mile Club, starting these last remaining days with 96.28 miles. Fingers crossed about weather but I have another contingency run planned, just in case! 
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We had a great time running this beautiful hidden gem. No better way to spend your day than with great friends!! Thank you Monika and Carrie for the company!!
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I love that you took the time to explore the teepees.
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@lynsayayer and I did this yesterday but I forgot to post then, so no community stars for me, but I’ll still share a story & pic.
This feels like my “home turf” course of this year’s batch. I love the single track trails out here and was excited to see them in the Challenge! We even went to one trail I’ve never explored before— the second loop off the Rec way— but did not love having to run through all the tall grasses that have overgrown the path. All I could think was “ticks, ticks ticks!” Thankfully, we did not appear to catch any hitchhikers, but I definitely hustled out of that portion of the woods!
The stream was a beautiful vignette and the fresh, cool air a welcome change from last week!
I think if I run this again, I may start at Coddington Rd, then turn left at the playground and run it as listed, finishing with one straight (downhill) stretch from Burns Rd back to the Coddington Rd gate. I, like @heathercobb3, remember what a slog it is to run back up the rec way to the finish.
I really enjoyed the mix of trails here (actually, would do more trails, as the gravel path always ends up in my socks).
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I wasn’t sure how this one would go with Simon. The closest he’s done to jogging this distance was last year’s Inlet Shore 10K (but that one’s all flat), and Hammond Hill (but that was less than 6 miles). Luckily his pure enthusiasm for doing these courses carries him a long way. He loves looking at the map ahead of time and anticipating each RunGo instruction, and celebrating every little milestone (“in a quarter of a mile, you’re halfway there!”). And he has lots of hiking experience so his little feet are pretty nimble on the trails.
We walked a little bit on the steepest parts, but for the most part, it was a slow and steady jog. (Note- if you haven’t run this course yet, I’d suggest running it soon before the overgrown spots get more overgrown! Thankfully, those spots are pretty short.)
He was definitely tired on the last half mile, but there was no stopping him at that point. We talked about how the Challenge was supposed to be challenging, and this was the perfect challenge for him.
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I picked a drizzly, humid morning to tick this course off! The trail was beautiful, as always, despite the weather. I ran past @dianahackett twice and we waved and laughed. I didn’t get a photo due to the wet conditions. My feet were squelchy by the end, thinking of all the FL50 runners out in this today!
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it was muggy this morning, making me feel kind of sluggish -then when I finished the run and made it back to my car this slug was there waiting for me
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So much detail…that’s a great shot!
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Another bright & early run on what I’m considering my home course. The singletrack was wet and wild after last night’s storm. Several small streams were flowing hard with mud and standing water abound. I spotted several deer chillin’ trailside and careened down small mudslide only to be greeted by a wild turkey who appeared to be having a good time. The trail back up to the Rec Way (at about mile 3) is becoming a little overgrown, and the heavy, wet briar vines tore my legs up pretty good. (No ticks though so all is well!) I finished at the gate on Coddington and was greeted by a yellow snail creeping along the rail.
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The South Hill gorge was calling my name
Slick rocks did their damnedest to maim
Big briars drew blood
And there was myriad mud
Tomorrow morning it’s more of the same
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Now that I understand that the real thing to whine about as a runner is not the heat but instead the AQI, I was grateful to be out on the trails on a steamy afternoon with @gumbywhale. I think I sweated out over a liter of water.
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Another bright and early run through the gorge before the kids are awake. Recent rain added a decent amount of mud to the singletrack portions went of the Big Curve, but it’s still all runnable.
I got tired of tearing up my skin and getting soaked near the end of the mini blue loop (about 4 miles into the course of you run it the way the Web site says.) I went back in the evening with a weed whacker and hiked in from Burns to clean up the overgrown section. It’s much more passable now. Hopefully a few more people will run this course now that it’s a little easier!
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That’s so awesome of you, Pete! Thank you!
Appreciate you doing this!
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I loved this run! I always thought the South Hill Rec Trail was boring, but apparently that’s because I only ran the boring parts of it… I did get lost a few times–it was my first time using the RunGo app, and I liked it a lot but every time the app said ‘you are at the top of the climb’ or anything about elevation, it seemed to be wrong and threw me off. But now I know where to go! Great route.
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Glad to hear it, @Wendy! There are actually even more trails back there if you want to explore, but I couldn’t put them together in a coherent way that everyone could follow. (There was one cliff in particular that was going to be hard for most people to navigate.)
And yeah, ignore the “top of the climb” comments from RunGo. They’re automatic—I didn’t add them—and they’re often wrong.
PS: I added a “## Story” tag to the top of your post so you get a community star for posting it too. The system needs that to differentiate between someone doing a run post and replies this this that are independent.
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Today is my wedding anniversary. I tried to convince my husband to do a @scottpdawson and @amy-dawson -esque anniversary celebration of walking 23 laps together on a track. He wasn’t on board, so I had to go with Plan B.
Time is running out, and I still have 3 courses to go. I was debating between this or the Lime Hollow Course, and Six Mile Creek won.
I’m still restricted to hiking/walking. As soon as I started, I wanted to run so badly, but I also want my foot to heal. For the first bit, I listened to a mocha slosh in my stomach.
I really enjoyed the single track portion of this course. It was muddy in a few places. I had my new trail shoes on and was hesitant to embrace the mud. How do others like to break in new shoes? Would you prefer they stayed looking spic and span or do you want them to look like you’ve put mileage on them right away?
Thanks @Petorius for bushwhacking the overgrown part of the trail!
Sometime during mile 4, my foot started to feel irritated, so I backed off a little. I was surprised how long 6.4 miles felt. It wasn’t too long ago when it was no problem for me to decide mid run to complete a 10K.
Sometimes in a marriage, you have to divide and conquer. This morning I dropped our kid at camp and was able to complete a course while my husband ran an errand for our hobby farm. Now we are off to spend time together and celebrate our marriage.
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Congratulations on ticking off another course, dividing and conquering, and a very happy anniversary to you!
Happy Anniversary to you two!! Congrats on doing another course, listening to your foot so it will heal, and most of all I hope you had fun celebrating 23 years!