Friend of the program Phil Riggan has his annual outdoors year in review up over at Richmond.com. He did a great job chronicling the year that was in RVA outdoor news.

Nathan Burrell. Credit: Phil Riggan

Highlights of 2013 included: Nathan Burrell taking over for Ralph White as superintendent of the James River Park System; the announcement of the Pocahontas Ride Center; the Sports Backers naming Max Hepp-Buchanan director of their Bike Walk RVA program (look for Max’s first monthly column in RichmondOutside.com in January); the ribbon cutting ceremony for the western trailhead of the Va. Capital Trail at Great Shiplock Park; and record numbers of participants for the Cap2Cap bike ride and the James River Association’s Splash and Dash.