Bull Run Run 50 Mile

Virginia Happy Trails Running Club

Crew Instructions

NOT Yet Updated for 2012 Event

AID STATIONS WITH CREW ACCESS: A crew may meet runners only at these aid stations: Start/Finish (0, 16.6, 50.4 miles), Centreville Road (7.2/11.6), Bull Run Marina (21.1, 44.9), and Fountainhead Regional Park (28.1, 37.9). Runners will be disqualified if met on the course at locations other than these.

CREW INSTRUCTIONS: PLEASE NOTE: Do not meet runners at locations other than those approved for crews. Failure to heed this instruction will cause disqualification of the runner as well as jeopardize participation in future Bull Run Runs. Note also that most of these roads are very curvy, slow, and dangerous. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY!!!!

1. Hemlock to Centreville Road: (This aid station is difficult to get into and out of and is very congested. The runners won't be spending much time here. Crews might want to go have breakfast and avoid this aid station.)
   
   Leave Hemlock on Yates Ford to the 4 Way Stop; left 0.8 miles to town of Clifton; drive straight through Clifton; just out of town left onto Clifton Road (Newman Road goes straight) 0.7 miles; left onto Compton Road; about two miles, 3 Way intersection, jog right and left back onto Compton Road 1.8 miles to light at Centreville Road; left 1/3 mile to large parking lot on right, just before Centreville Road crosses Bull Run. Look for the sign that says, "Civil War Trails." (If you cross the river, you have gone too far.) Runners will pass under bridge along Bull Run. When exiting the parking lot, it is SAFER to turn right then U-turn after crossing the bridge.
2. Centreville Road to Hemlock: You want to turn left out of the aid station parking lot on to Centreville Road (Route 28), but as mentioned above, it is far easier and usually safer to turn right, cross the bridge, and turn around there. After you get going the correct direction on Centreville Road, you just go back the way you came to Hemlock.
3. Hemlock to Bull Run Marina: Take Yates Ford out of Hemlock to the 4 way stop. Go straight at the 4 way stop for 1.9 miles to Clifton Road (Do Not Turn Right at the first 4 way stop at Kinchloe! Youth Soccer has begun by April, and our contribution to congestion along this road can jeopardize our use of the trail); right, then next right onto Henderson Road; 1.6 miles till the road "Y's"; right onto Old Yates Ford Road (Henderson continues to the left); 0.8 miles down hill, turning left into Bull Run Marina parking lot. If you've crossed the Occoquan River, you've gone too far. The aid station is on the other side of the road from the parking. Be very careful crossing the road. The runner's trail comes towards the snack bar from the treeline, and continues through the Marina boat launch and under Old Yates Ford.
4. Bull Run Marina to Fountainhead: Return up the hill to "Y"; right onto Henderson Road 2.3 miles till Wolf Run Shoals Road merges from the right, then 1/4 mile to another "Y"; right onto Henderson (Wolf Run Shoals continues left) 0.7 miles; right onto Hampton Road 1.4 miles; right into Fountainhead Regional Park about 0.7 miles into parking lot on right. Be careful of runners crossing the road as you enter the park.

"REI" Map from the PATC site
Directions to Hemlock Overlook

Google Map with four crew access points marked

Note on printing this map: If you just print this page, the map may not be that useful to you. If you will use this map for navigation, you should probably open it in its own window (click on the "View Larger Map" link) and then size it so it is useful. You may want to print the map on more than one sheet.

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