When : 8AM
Where : Brueggers
How Much : $1 short, $2 for long for water and candy. Note this gives you access to 1 Gu, if you want more please contribute $1 per Gu.
Theme: W. P. Kinsella died this week. He was the author of Shoeless Joe, the book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams. I’m a sucker for baseball movies so in honor of Kinsella this week’s run will be Black Sox Sunday. If you have black athletic socks, where them, or you could always go shoeless.
Where (Start) : Start by crossing Main Street. Run up East Foster to Melrose Common. Take a right onto Sixth Street, continue straight onto Swain’s Pond Ave. This will bring you up to the ponds where you’ll turn right at a stop sign to stay on Swains Pond Ave. Turn right at the end of Swains Pond onto Lebanon Street, then left at a set of lights onto Forest Street over to Main Street in Malden. Cross Main and find the water stop in the Citizens Bank parking lot. From the water stop everyone will head out Winter Street, past Oak Grove, and straight through a big intersection onto Glenwood Street. This windy, hilly road will take you over to Highland Ave, where you’ll turn right and quick right again onto the Fellsway East. Follow that through the hills and past Grimsby’s onto the LynnFells Parkway. This will bring you to Melrose High School where you’ll find the second water stop on the right at the knoll.
Where (Short) : The short route will continue on the LynnFells past Main Street in Melrose to Main Street in Saugus. Turn left at the lights there and a quick left onto Howard. Follow that back to Green Street, a left there will bring you over to Main Street and back to Brueggers for just over 11 miles.
Where (Long) : Follow the LynnFells Parkway out to the Saugus entrance to Breakheart. You’ll find a water stop there, before you run in and loop Breakheart. When you come out you’ll find the same water stop waiting for you. Head back along the LynnFells Parkway back to the Melrose High water stop. Keep heading back on the LynnFells, turning on to West Wyoming at Grimsby’s. This will take you back to Main and back to Brueggers for just shy of 18 miles.
Water Stops : Regina has volunteered to do the first stop. I’ll do the second/fifth stop at the knoll. I need someone to handle the third/fourth stop at Breakheart.
Roll Call: Who’s up?
Ill see you at Bruggers Jim for supplies.
Julie and I are in for the half. Thanks!
I am in for the short
Jess and I are in for the short. Thank you.
My first one of the SLR season. Better late than never? Half for me! 🙂
Doing the full but skipping breakheart. Thanks
In for short run.
In for the full. Thanks!
Finally making it to a SLR, thanks for the water stops! I am running but turning around at the Breakheart entrance since I will be getting some miles in before 8 am.
In for the half
In for the half. If someone can give me a ride from Breakheart to Bruggers in the morning, I can leave my car there and finish my run at Breakheart.
In for the full, please. I was going to volunteer my car for the Breakheart stop. If you want my car somewhere else, just let me know. I can run from there to Brueggers.
In for 1st 7 miles, ending at knoll. Ty!
In for short. Thank you!,
IFTF…thanks Jim!
Running the 5k in Cambridge this week.
Iftf! Thank you!!
Ughhh…..in for the full thank you!
In for the full thank you!!
In for something. Probably 6 or 7 miles. Thank you!
In for the half. Thanks!
IFTH Thank You!!!!! Love the book & the movie but no black running socks 🙁
I can help with Breakheart
In for the full
Late post, but running 9.5 portion, thanks 🙂
I’m in for the short. Thanks!
Sorry I’m late, ifth!
Excited for the run! IFTF