MMM: Market Station Edition (~24 mi.)

 

Note: Like most of the long run routes, this one involves some road running, so remember that single-file, facing traffic is safest when vehicles are around. (Also, cars have the right of way according to the Law of Gross Tonnage, so plot your course accordingly.)

Directions to the Start:

This run normally starts from Market Station in Leesburg at the corner of Loudoun and Harrison Streets.

Directions for the Run:

  • Turn right onto Harrison St. and follow it to Catoctin Cir.
  • Make a right on Cactoctin Cir. and follow it to King St. (15)
  • Make a left on King St. and follow it to 1st St.
  • Make a right on 1st. St. and follow it around to the left where it becomes Wirt St., and follow it to Davis Ave.
  • Make a right on Davis and follow it around to the right where it becomes Lee Ave., and follow it to Dry Mill Rd.
  • Make a left on Dry Mill Rd.
  • [Optional: Make a right on Wage Dr., follow it around to where it becomes Anne St., and follow Anne St. back to Dry Mill; make a right back onto Dry Mill.]
  • Follow Dry Mill Rd. to Thomas Mill Road.
  • Make a left onto Thomas Mill Road and follow it to Canby Rd. at the top of the hill.
  • Make a right onto Canby Road and follow it to Business Route 7.
  • Make a right onto Business Route 7 and follow it to Rt. 9.
  • Make a left onto Rt. 9 and pick up the westbound W & OD Trail on the other side of Highway 7 and follow the trail towards Paeonian Springs and through to Ivandale Road, which is just before W & OD Trail mile marker 42.
  • Make a right onto Ivandale Road and follow it to Piggott Bottom Road.
  • Make a right onto Piggott Bottom Road and follow it to Hamilton Station Road.
  • Make a right onto Hamilton Station Road and follow it to Irene Road.
  • Make a left onto Irene Road and follow it to Meadowlark Drive.
  • Make a right onto Meadowlark Drive and follow it to Simpson Circle.
  • Make a left onto Simpson circle and follow it to Route 9.
  • Make a right onto Route 9 and follow it to Clarkes Gap Road.
  • Make a left onto Clarkes Gap road and follow it to Hurley Lane.
  • Make a right onto Hurley Lane and follow it to Old Waterford Road.
  • Make a right onto Old Waterford Road and follow it to North Street.
  • Make a left onto North Street and follow it to King Street.
  • Make a right onto King Street/Business 15 and follow it to Loudoun Street.
  • Make a left onto Loudoun Street and follow it down on Market Station on the corner of Harrison.

 Link to a gmap trace of the Mike Moye Marathon (Market Station Edition)

2010 Mule Run

Mule Run shirts have finally arrived! Jim Hodges was both the winner and the last man standing at the Fourth Annual Mule Run on July 17. Read more . . .

Motivation

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

LRR Mugs

LRR member Pat Miller makes these coffee mugs featuring the club logo especially for us.

The mugs are $20.00 each. To order, contact Pat Miller or catch up with her at a club run.