While it will reduce Loudoun Road Runner county coverage tomorrow, I'm going to be at Market Station at 6:30 and join the others to run the Canby to Hamilton loop per Mike Moye's post here. I'll save the MMM for another day.

Hey Steph and anyone else interested....  Keyes Gap directions - Rte. 7 W to Rte 9 West.  Follow Rte 9 through Hillsboro, past the light at Harper's Ferry Rd. (Rte 671).  Continue on Rte. 9, go past the Liberty Gas Station on your left, then past Shady Lane on your right.  in approx. 1/4 mile, you will see a sign for the App. Trail and Keyes Gap parking on your right.  Meet you there at 7:00.  For anyone joining, please carry your own water (and snacks if you want them.)  This is a self-supported run.

I plan to start with Mike and Phil once they've settled on a time. However, I'll being doing the Thomas Mill loop and depart their wonderful company  along the way and head back down the trail. I'll even drop water at the rock where Dry Mill crosses the trail.

All four of the comments were all over the place.  Mike's got 15 at 6am, jimmr's got 10k at ?,  Phil is MMM at 6:30 and Pat is lost at 7. 

I'll be at Market Station ready to go at 6:30.  15 sounds good and the original MM's 15 route looks good.

 I'm thinking of something a little long on Saturday, say http://www.loudounroadrunners.org/node/20, but maybe shorter (~15) a detour to Digges and then to the W&OD via Harmony Church and Harmony Station, something like that.  Starting at 6 a.m. or so. Slow and easy.  Just want the distance.

I will have printed directions and maps available Saturday morning for this new route. I would be interested to know if anyone else has run this route before.

Jimmr

Let's say that I start at 6:30 a.m. and head out for a reverse Mike Moye Marathon. I'll be up around Trotter lane "when the sun comes up. I'll be on top. You'll be way down there" at Market Station." Aftter about three hours, though, " I'll just cry, cry, I'll just cry. . . . cry, cry, cry . . . ." The MMM from Market Station can last about 24 miles. That's a long way, but the weather looks decent, I need the miles, and doing it in reverse will smooth out some of the hills. It will certainly give me a little appreciation for Tom's journey at Grindstone. (Good luck Long Runner!) With that in mind, 96 are "too many teardrops for one heart." Anyone else interested?

Anyone interested in doing a trail run on Saturday morning?  I was thinking of ~ 12 miles from Keys Gap to Blackburn Trail Center and back, starting at 7:00 a.m.