M.O.R.E.: Night Out

Friday, February 20, 2009

Night Out

It was such a welcome change to go out with my friends and enjoy a glass, or two, or three of wine and some conversation. While we do actually talk when running, it's not the same as when we can sit down and converse without struggling for air. During the week we are usually so busy just trying to get our runs in and then running home to make dinner or shuttle our kids to the next practice, that it leaves little time to find out what's happening in each other's lives. We will certainly have to do this more often and invite others to join us. We are also thankful for the men in our lives for driving us back and forth so we don't have to. (If there are typos or other errors, I'm going to blame it on the wine.)

3 comments:

Picture Lady said...: Yes! I had a great time. Thanks for inviting me. We must do it again :-)
I worked harder this morning on my 3 mile: walk + run... I walked my absolute fastest and started running sooner so as to train myself to just run... with you all. I don't want to join your group too soon and become discouraged. But I did my 3 miles in 35 minutes... which includes hills... at the end I imaged K pushing ahead... so I tried also to push myself at the end... I pretended I was a Pittsburgh Steelers football player chasing one of those Cardinals with the ball as I weaved around cars on the curb! ( hey, when you're alone ya gotta improvise!)

"Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded." ~Sandra Day O'Connor; February 21, 2009 at 5:34 PM
marathon mom said...: We've been talking about how we can make it work so that others like you who are starting out can still join us for the runs and the coffee afterwards. Some of our other followers on this blog run shorter distances too. Perhaps we can stagger a start time so that we can all be done around the same time. Something to think about.; February 21, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Patty said...: Your time looks pretty good to me, I think you would be fine. As long as we all end up in the same place for coffee afterwards, it is all good.; February 21, 2009 at 8:27 PM

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Favorite Trails

South Fork 3.1: Start from dirt parking lot on Magic Mtn Pkway and run to the loop at Wiley Bridge and return the same way.

Tesoro 3.25: Start in Albertson parking lot and take sidewalk/trail until it ends and then enter the water tower road to the top two towers where the ends. Return the same way.

Chesebrough 3.25/4.60: From Chesebrough Park, N. to Copperhill, So. on Bike Trail, turn around at Decoro, back up trail to power lines to bridge at park. Turn around at Heritage will give you 4.6 miles.

Chesebrough 3.5: Chesebrough Park down to McBean, south to Northpark Dr., the paseo trailhead. Take the paseo to Helmers and back. Very hilly.

Bridgeport 4.0: Fairly flat, run toward Lowes and under Bouquet bridge to RiverPark community until you reach the closed gates and return. For a hilly run, go north into Helmers and run up the paseo switchbacks into Northpark where the paseo ends and return the same way.

Chesebrough 4.0: N. to Copperhill to west side of river trail, run S. on Bike Trail past Decoro bridge, across Decoro to the east side of river trail, up back to power lines trail, back to park.

Chesebrough 4.0: From park down power line trail to Heritage Park and back same way.

Bridgeport 4.0: From School, cross McBean via bridge or street and head into industrial center on Ave. Scott Bridge and enter bike trail going south toward the train bridge. Turn around at train bridge and return same way or cross the bridge and head toward Peet's after crossing train bridge and back onto the Lowes Trail.

Heritage 4.0: From park, run up bike trail to Decoro, over McBean Bridge into Helmers, and into Bridgeport through lake trail back to park. Can be done in reverse. Moderately hilly.

Chesebrough 4.25: Chesebrough north to Copperhill, left to Albertson side of bike trail. Run south on trail to Decoro and cross over bridge and head north all the way to Copperhill on east side of river trail and back to the park the same way as started.

Cheese/Decoro/Helmers 4.25: From the park, down dirt trail to bike path, south to Decoro. Leave bike path at Decoro and cross paseo bridge at McBean. Stay on paseo up hill towards Helmers. Run up water tower trail once then continue on to switchbacks and paseos back to park.

Heritage/Bridgeport 3.3: Heritage Park south to McBean Bridge @ Panera. Cross and head toward Lowes bike trail and head east toward Bridgeport Park. Halfway mark is at park bathroom, head back by entering trail along the lake and back onto the bridge.

Lowes 4.25: Lowe's parking lot to McBean, cross the bridge and to South Fork. At Valencia Bridge, enter trail behind Hart Baseball diamonds. Continue on trail to Bouquet and across the bridge on the east side and back under the bridge again towards Lowes.

Peet's & Decoro 5.2: Peet's Coffee to train bridge path; to Decoro and across bridge; back down McBean side of bike trail back to Peete's.

Peet's & Wiley 6.0: Start at Peet's Coffee and head east toward South Fork trail and past the Wiley Bridge. Keep running another 200 yards to where the trail forks left and right. Turn back same way.

Peet's & Copperhill 6.0: From Peet's to bike trail heading north to Copperhill and back.

Albertson 7.0: From the Albertson parking lot on Copperhill, enter the westside bike trail and head south until the train bridge. Return the same way.

Peet's 8.5: Run to Copperhill on east side of river trail and return via train bridge on other side.

Lowes 10: Start in the Lowes parking lot. Enter the bike trail heading west. At McBean, cross the bridge and head east toward SouthFork trail. Continue on trail until you come to the Wiley bridge and head back the same way.

McBean 14: This route can be done from anywhere along the trail route. Starting from McDonald's across the post office, run to the end of the South Fork trail and return the same way, cross the McBean bridge and run on the Lowes trail until you hit Bridgeport Elementary and then cross Newhall Ranch via the bridge or street and run back towards McBean. Continue north on McBean until you hit Copperhill. At Copperhill, cross McBean and enter San Francisquito bike trail and run south on the trail until you are back at McDonalds.