Sunrise Valley Elementary School

Cross School Road, off Sunrise Valley Drive at the W&OD Crossing

18 Mile Trail Run

Measured: 18 mile

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Directions:

1. LEFT on W&OD toward Town Center for ? mile
2. RIGHT on Michael Faraday Drive, take trail into woods, (follow white-blazed posts with horseshoes carved on them for the entire run), run one mile down hill, ford small stream
3. RIGHT uphill following white posts - you're now doing the Thanksgiving Day 5K course in reverse
4. Follow the trail up and down hills, alongside a soccer field and across a couple small streams. The trail will open up to an athletic field. Continue down a steep hill past a picnic pavilion
5. Bear RIGHT into woods, cross Hunter Mill Road and continue on the trail for another mile to Route 7 [Water may be located here, approximately 4.5-to-5 miles from the start]
6. Cross Route 7 and take the 1st road to the RIGHT
7. Follow the road a short distance until it turns into a trail and continues along the left side of Difficult Run
8. Cross Difficult Run on the fair-weather crossing, continue through muddy sections
9. Cross Leigh Mill Road (sometimes there's water there), continuing to follow white posts. More mud.
10. Continue on trail alongside Difficult Run another mile or so
11. Cross under Old Dominion Drive - trail is very tight, crawl over large tree across trail
12. When you reach a Difficult Run Crossing return home for an approximately 17-18 mile run. Cross the stream to continue on to Great Falls Park for a longer run

Notes:

For a 9-to-10 mile trail run, you can either turn around at Route 7 (step #5) and retrace your path back to the start, or you can cross Capper's Farm Way (where you first meet Route 7) and complete the 10-mile trail loop (probably closer to 9.6 mi).

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