1. Start by running toward the north end of the parking lot (toward Fellowship House), picking up the downhill path to the Hunter Woods trail system
2. Follow the trail to the left and under Colts Neck Rd. and Reston Parkway.
3. At the Pinecrest Recreation Center, leave the path and turn left on Pinecrest Rd.
4. Turn right on Glade Drive (next intersection)
5. Follow Glade to "T" intersection, turning left onto Sunrise Valley Drive
6. Left on Fairfax County Parkway (the next intersection) [Hot weather water stop may be located here]
7. Continue on Fairfax County Parkway (south) crossing Fox Mill Rd and continuing another 1/4 mile or so to the sound-wall-sheltered neighborhood cul de sac
8. Make a wide "U" turn by running around the circle in the cul de sac and retrace your steps back to the intersection with Sunrise Valley Drive, passing the water stop
9. Continue north on the FC Parkway, crossing the ramps to and from the Dulles Toll Road and Sunset Hills Road, to the W&OD Trail
10. 12-mile runners only: After running under the W&OD and up the long ramp to the W&OD itself, turn right and run 1   mile west to Van Buren St. (the first cross street), make a U-turn and return to the junction with   the FC Parkway. Continue east along the W&OD following the course   description below.
11. For those wanting to run only 10 miles: Turn left (east) from the ramp leading up to the W&OD Trail, passing under Reston Parkway and crossing Old Reston Avenue [Cold weather water stop may be located here], to the Trail's intersection with Wiehle Avenue (mile marker 17 can be seen on the far side of Wiehle) [Hot weather water stop may be located here]
12. Right on Wiehle, crossing Sunset Hills Road and the Dulles Toll Road again
13. Right on Sunrise Valley Drive
14. Left on Soapstone Drive, crossing South Lakes, to Glade Drive
15. Right on Glade
16. Right into service road at gasoline station just before intersection with Colts Neck Road
17. Continue into the HWVC parking lot to finish

This course was revised in January 2002 to eliminate the dangerous crossing of Reston Parkway at the start of the run. This revised start rejoins the original course description at the intersection of Pinecrest with Glade (step 4). Joe Stowers estimates that the revised course is about 0.03 mi. shorter than the original. The call for a "wide U" turn (Step 8)--achieved by running around the cul de sac circle--is Joe's suggestion for restoring the length integrity of the course.

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