M.O.R.E.: Picture Perfect Day!

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Picture Perfect Day!

Today was a beautiful day for a run. We even had Picture Lady join us for the first time. She did great and hopefully she'll join us again. I'll have to remember to keep bringing those red ribbon markers. Starting at the trailhead from Peete's Coffee, Heidi ran/walked for 4 miles and C ran about 4.5 miles and had to turn back due to a leg cramp. Hopefully it's just from dehydration because it was warm out there. Patty and I went past the Wiley Bridge for six miles. When we were running back, we were talking about how much of what we do as runners is mental. Both of us agreed that running is probably 95% mental as you train yourself to ignore the pain or discomfort that you feel. We all go through so many cycles of different things bothering us, some bad enough to ground us for a while and some of which we ignore and run through. Today, Patty and I worked through the discomfort and ran a 9.18 pace for 6 miles. We even kicked it in a bit and ran the last mile at about 8.12 pace. It's very rewarding to see our overall time come down as we continue to add miles.

4 comments:

Patty said...: It was a perfect day to run, tank top weather, I hope it holds out for a bit. I agree with the running is mental idea, it is totally true, I have been through so many ups and downs with my running but I have been doing it long enough to know that it will get better and there really are no limits to what I can do. I don't think I can make the 6:15 on Monday, the husband is not off work like I thought, I will have to go out earlier ugh!; February 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Picture Lady said...: YES!A beautiful day. I was dressed a little too warm with a long sleeve shirt and yoga Capri's. But, I am immensely proud of myself for facing my fears... joining 3 veterans and confirming my mileage.
I told my Picture Lady side kick about what marathon mom did with the mile marker red ribbons to help me pace myself... and achieve my goal for today. she said, "You're so lucky to have such a good friend!" I smiled and agreed. My son said, "Runners are nice like that!" As if it was a fraternity that he was proud to be a part of in his young life.
Today was a good day and I will be back for more next weekend!

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another." ~Walter Elliott; February 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Patty said...: It was warm today, but we were glad to have you along "Picture Lady". We provided a little relief when we breezed by the older lady, and she felt the wind. I am sure that surge caused the cramp in C's leg. We'll have to hold back a bit from now on.; February 28, 2009 at 10:29 PM
marathon mom said...: On our last mile back, you have no idea how tempting it was to grab the leash from the old guy and hop on his Razor!; February 28, 2009 at 11:38 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.