[Cider Jim]

A buddy and I are running this in October, but I'm having touble finding Falwell Road. Has anyone run, hiked or walked this road? Here's a link to a map, but I still can't find it in person. Any help?

website: http://www.ultimatelu.com/index.cfm?PID=18161
map: http://www.ultimatelu.com/media/9936/De ... PDATED.jpg

[01LUGrad]

What, no half marathon? Come on, pansy!

Wish I could help. The trail system is completely different from when I was there.

[Cider Jim]

I'm an old guy, but I have run two 4-milers in my day (20s & 30s), but now that I'm on the wrong side of 40, a 5K is about my limit.

Rogers3, are you out there? I know you run on these new trails on campus. Where's Falwell Road?

[Rocketfan]

I'm an old guy, but I have run two 4-milers in my day (20s & 30s), but now that I'm on the wrong side of 40, a 5K is about my limit.

Man i really hope this isn't my attitude once i hit 40.

[Cider Jim]

For 48, I think it's a great attitude to have. How many guys pushing 50 can run 3 miles without having a heart attack? (Or, how many 18 to 20-something Flame Fans could do it?)

[TDDance234]

For 48, I think it's a great attitude to have. How many guys pushing 50 can run 3 miles without having a heart attack? (Or, how many 18 to 20-something Flame Fans could do it?)

Guilty.

[flamehunter]

A buddy and I are running this in October, but I'm having touble finding Falwell Road. Has anyone run, hiked or walked this road? Here's a link to a map, but I still can't find it in person. Any help?

It looks to me like it comes out at the Snow Flex center area. Have you looked for that end of it?

[Maximus]

For 48, I think it's a great attitude to have. How many guys pushing 50 can run 3 miles without having a heart attack? (Or, how many 18 to 20-something Flame Fans could do it?)

we'll see next summer when I do a triathlon.

[Cider Jim]

It looks to me like it comes out at the Snow Flex center area. Have you looked for that end of it?

That's actually the end I'm looking for, because I don't think Camp Hydaway is open to the public. I drove through the Snowflex parking lot looking for a sign for Falwell Road, but no luck. I think I'm going to run the Monogram trail this afternoon to see if Falwell Road shoots off of that.

[Cider Jim]

Many thanks to post office Bob, who called me from work and told me how to find Falwell Road. I ran it this afternoon in about 40 minutes, but the last part of that hill was killer. I thought my lungs were going to explode!

Running from Snowfex to the Hydaway Lake and back is a great run. All of you should try it sometime. Oh, and the road is right beside where the Snowflex intertubes are stored.

But you have to run close to a mile before you ever see a sign for Falwell Road. Come on, guys, we need a SIGN out there for our founder!

[01LUGrad]

There's an outside chance that I'll be in town that weekend. If so, I'm in for the race. I used to run back there all the time, and I'm pretty sure that Falwell Road is at least part of what was a trail back in the day (circa 2000). I can't simulate hills at 8 feet above sea level, so I would probably be relegated to middle of the pack status on a course like that, but it would be fun to give it a go in the old stomping grounds.

[Cider Jim]

It's literally a dirt road with some stone put down to prevent erosion. And it's wide enough to drive a Jeep down (though I kept mine in the parking lot). The road parallels a creek to the right for part of the way, and I saw some mountain bikers riding a trail on the other side of the creek. The trail ends on the opposite side of the lake, away from the house.

[Cider Jim]

Saturday was a great morning for a race, though it was 44 degrees. We had 120 people running the 5K and 80 running the half marathon (200 total). I saw 3 LU Honors alumni running the race (and passing me), but I still finished ahead of about 20 people, mostly girls who were half my age.

01LUGrad , did you run the race?