DCRRC SUNDAY HILL WORKOUT ROUTES
Vienna Hill
workout
Hill location: The hill is McNeil Street, Vienna, Virginia, 22180 in the Stonewall Manor neighborhood. To Yahoo-Map or Mapquest-Map it, submit this intersection: Drexel Street at McNeil Street, Vienna, VA, 22180.
Hill description:
The McNeil Street hill is about 0.25 mile; the grade averages 4%, although
it's steeper (6%) at the top. Runners can go up and down McNeil Street or
make a circuit of about 0.6 mile by going around the block down Stonewall
Drive, which has a gentler grade. Still another option is to make a figure-8
going uphill on McNeil, downhill on Stonewall, uphill on Winder (about 0.2
mile and 5% grade), and downhill on Stonewall, a distance of approximately
1.2 miles. I will either have printouts or put chalk marks on the ground.
Directions:
From Beltway (495):
Take Route 50 West (toward Fairfax), which is Exit 50 in Virginia (not the
Maryland side of Rt 50 clear on the other side of the Beltway) Stay to the
right to exit onto Gallows Road toward Merrifield. Go 1.7 miles
Turn left on Cottage Street (stoplight)Turn right on Drexel Street (second
right turn street) Continue past the stop sign at Stonewall Drive to McNeil
Street on right.
From Rt 66:
Nutley Street exit (exit 62) toward Fairfax (south) Turn left on Lee Hwy(about
third light, across from Pan Am shopping center) Left on Cedar Lane at stoplight)
after about 1-1.5 miles Go thru two lights, pass Thoreau Middle School (on
right) Right on Stonewall Drive Left on Drexel (fourth left turn street) to
McNeil on the right
On foot from the WOD (west bound, toward Purcellville):
About 25 yards past mile marker 9.5, turn left on a paved path. At the street
(Jackson Parkway, but there's no sign right there), turn right. At first corner
turn left onto Drexel Street. McNeil Street is next street on left. (Distance
from WOD marker 9.5: less than 1/2 mile.) Parking This is in a residential
neighborhood, so park legally on any street (Drexel, McNeil, or Stonewall).
It will be Sunday morning, so run quietly and politely let the neighbors sleep
in.
Parking: All along McNeil and Drexel
From metro:
Dunn Loring Metro:
Turn left on Gallows Road. Cross over Rt 66 and turn left at first stoplight
onto Cottage Street. Turn right at second street onto Drexel Street. When
you come to the stop sign at Stonewall Drive, go straight one more block to
McNeil Street on your right. (Distance from Metro: about 1 mile.)
Warmup loop:
There's always the WOD for as many miles as you'd like or a 2-mile course
around the Stonewall Manor neighborhood perimeter (never more than 1/2 mile
from the hill). Plenty of places to run on low-traffic streets.
Places to eat:
Vienna has Starbucks or the venerable Virginian diner/restaurant on same block
on Rt 123. From McNeil/Drexel hill starting point: Turn right on Stonewall.
Turn left on Cedar. Turn right on Park Street.
Go 1.6 miles to Maple Avenue (Rt 123). Starbucks is in shopping center on
right. Turn right into driveway before Maple Avenue. The Virginian is in second
shopping center to the right. Turn right on Maple Ave/123. Turn right into
shopping center driveway before Glyndon Street (first stoplight).
STARBUCKS : 207 Maple Ave (Rt 123), Vienna, VA 22180, P: 703-242-0890, Su 6:30 am-8:30 pm
VIRGINIAN RESTAURANT: 169 Glyndon St, Vienna, VA 22810, P: 703-938-9461,
Su 7 am-2 pm breakfast only
Premier Breakfast Place since 1964