M.O.R.E.: It's Not about How We Look!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

It's Not about How We Look!

I am going to start this post by complaining about today's run, it was really hard! Not hard in the way that we ran a hard route, or ran up some tough hills, or even ran faster than usual which is always hard. It was just "hard" all the way around! We all felt like our legs were made of lead and the 4+ miles that we ran just seemed to go on forever. It was warmer than we thought it was going to be but I can't even say that the wind which had been blowing quit hard, really was a factor. It was just a bad day to run. I am going to be honest with those who read this blog and think that we blaze along on the trails and barely break a sweat, today we stopped twice for water breaks and had a hard time getting started again. All in all we were shocked to find out that we averaged 9.35 per mile, considering we were dragging along the last mile at over 10+. The good thing is that they are not all like today, and we have been running long enough to know that more than likely the next run will be better. I am a bit afraid though because our next run is the "Women's Only" 5K this Sat. morning, I mean, what were we thinking. I just hope my legs recover by Sat. and I don't have to stop for water during the race! I came home from this run to find out that a friend of my 16 yr. old son had seen us while we were running and felt compelled to text him and let him know. I don't know if she thought we looked good or not, but she did mention our matching "neon" water belts! Coming from a kid who could care less about how my runs go, he seemed awfully eager to let me know what she said! (hmm)

3 comments:

marathon mom said...: It sounds like you're holding back on us. What did your son's friend really say? We already know what your husband calls our matching water belts. Should we just quit now? It's a good thing there isn't a Starbucks or Peete's along our running routes, otherwise we would be seriously tempted to stop and take a break for a while. I agree, today I was not feeling it, but it's understandable with the workout we had on Monday. I'm sure our legs will recover by Saturday.; April 1, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Patty said...: I am not holding back, that is all I got out of him. He just seemed very amused at her observation, knowing how my husband feels about our water belts. We know what to do if any of them ever ask for a drink on a hot day!; April 1, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Claire said...: Now I am on the edge of my seat wanting to know what the water belts are called!

I am impressed that you can start running again after a break-I had to stop to tie my shoe a few days ago and could barely start up again after that. And once I stop to walk, I usually can't run again!

I sure hope it isn't about how we look because I'm pretty sure that I look horrible when I run. Between all the gasping, flopping around, and my bright red face, I'm sure I look like a real winner.; April 2, 2009 at 12:27 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.