M.O.R.E.: Friendly Little Run

Friday, April 10, 2009

Friendly Little Run

This morning with Marathon Mom out of town, C and I were joined by my teacher friend from work, and picture lady. We started at Lowe's and ran the 4 mile loop that takes us behind the Hart baseball fields and the car dealerships on Valencia Blvd. My friend from work has been telling me since we met, that she admires us ladies for running regularly and would like to join us at some point. She worried however that she would not be able to keep up with us, and might embarrass herself. Well knowing that she is 15 yrs. younger than I am, and as far as I could tell in good phyical shape, I thought she would at least be able to finish the 4 miles. Well, she forgot to mention to me, (I am sure she forgot!) that she ran track and cross-country in high school, and has continued to run on her own since then! Needless to say, she had no problem keeping up and I am not even sure she broke a sweat. It was really nice to have her out there with us, and the coffee and conversation afterward were the perfect start to our day. It is nice to have new faces to run with, and I hope that it will work out so that we can do it again. My friend and I were discussing a couple of people from work that are runners that could join us, let's see how that goes! Catalina sounds great, we didn't get any rain yet.

4 comments:

justme said...: i think she was not be very upfront !!! i am not good at running with other people b/c i feel like every one is faster than me. plus there is something about running that is solitary to me.; April 10, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Marisol said...: What a fun blog you ladies have! Thank you for inviting me to run with all of you. I had a fun time and it made me miss running with people. I hope I can make it out again. You all inspire me... Happy Easter!; April 10, 2009 at 6:19 PM
marathon mom said...: I'm sorry I missed the run. It sounds like you all had fun. I had my own workout with the family today. My glutes were already sore from yesterday's hike, but I wanted to get something in today sinced I knew you all were running without me today. We rented bikes from Newport Beach and rode all the way to Huntington Beach and back. Now I'm really sore and will probably not make tomorrow's run. Run without me and I will join you on Monday.; April 10, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Picture Lady said...: Sounds like everyone had FUN ~ biking, hiking and running! I sure enjoyed the run with C, we commiserated on young-adult daughters while we ran. I too usually enjoy my solitary running, but it was a welcome reward running with the group today. Hope we can do it again next week. Love the blog lately :-); April 10, 2009 at 8:36 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.