Handan and I had a long weekend's vacation in Fredericksburg, VA to visit with my online running club. On Saturday Handan went to the hotel gym while I drove out to Lee Drive to run. I'd heard about this road from the running club and wanted to see what it was all about. I parked at the first parking area I found and proceeded to run. I figured I could run 4 miles out and 4 miles back. The first mile was mostly downhill and I realized I would be hard-pressed to run the last mile all uphill on the return trip. But I still went out the 4 miles before turning around at the site of the Union Army's break through the Confederacy's ranks (go North!).
Lee Drive is a road with little shoulder, but it's freshly paved and there is VERY little vehicular traffic. Also there are long sight-lines so the cars can't really sneak up on you. I never felt in any danger and I really enjoyed the scenery. Plus the temperatures were spring-like... high 40s to start and peaking in the 60s later that afternoon!
I'd love to run this route again and complete the full loop. As you can see from the elevation chart (below) I did not run the hill in the last mile and stopped after 7.
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