Bull Run Run 50 Miler
Crew Instructions
(Updated for 2008)
AID STATIONS: Staffed stations at Start/Finish* (0, 16.6, 50.4 miles), Centreville Road* (7.2/11.6), Bull Run Marina* (21.1, 44.9), Wolf Run Shoals Road (26.1, 39.9), Fountainhead Regional Park* (28.1, 37.9), and the "Do Loop" (32.5, 35.5). Crew access only at starred (*) locations. Runners will be disqualified if met at locations other than these. Staffed stations will have, as a minimum, replenishment drink, water, sodas, salt, bananas, and other fruit, crackers, pretzels, cookies, and other consumable surprises; ibuprofen, aspirin, petroleum jelly, and other minor medical supplies.
CREW INSTRUCTIONS: PLEASE NOTE: Do not meet runners at locations other than those approved. 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 and hence dangerous. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY!!!!
- Hemlock to Centreville Road: Yates Ford to 4 Way Stop; left 0.8 miles to town of 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. (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.
- 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.
- Hemlock to Bull Run Marina: Yates Ford 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 right into Bull Run Marina parking lot. If you've crossed Bull Run, you've gone too far. The trail comes towards the snack bar from the treeline, and continues through the Marina boat launch and over Old Yates Ford.
- 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
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