M.O.R.E.: Yes, We Are Hot!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Yes, We Are Hot!

I know what you are thinking, but it is not the matching pink shorts, or the matching neon water belts that I am referring to, but unfortunately the over 90 degree weather that kept us sweating today! We even postponed our run untill 6pm to give the temps a chance to go down a bit, but I still think it was over 90 when we started our run. We left from Cheesepark and entered the Heritage Trail from the dirt hill off of McBean (we didn't have the energy even at the start to go all the way to Copperhill). The good thing about running toward Heritage Park was the breeze that was blowing, not too strong, but it helped. We made it to the Heritage Park, and then back to Cheesepark via the dirt, hill trail, and managed to put in 4 miles at just under 10 min. pace. It was a hot, very low energy day, and we didn't try to push the pace at all, I think that was for the best. It was not the best run we have had, but it wasn't the worst either, and we got a chance to catch up on what has happened over the weekend. It has only been two days off running, but we never seem to run out of things to talk about! I do feel badly about complaining about the heat since all of our children were at track practice at 2pm in 100 plus heat. The weather man says it is supposed to start cooling down by Wed. and I am going to hold him to that!

3 comments:

marathon mom said...: Not only was it hot, there were tons of bugs which ended up in my mouth or on my skin. And to top it all off, all those cotton trees in the river gave me a severe allergy attack, which lasted for hours. I could barely drive home because I was sneezing every couple of seconds. Other than that, it was a great run (ha, ha). I think out of 365 days of the year, there are maybe only 5 days of perfect running weather in Santa Clarita.; April 20, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Patty said...: It was a great run, considering I did not feel like running even a little bit before we started. My allergies were really affected also during the run and I have been sneezing and sniffling since. I actually think we are pretty lucky in Santa Clarita with the weather, but we are who we are and we will complain! I was thinking about "killer hill" today and how I would like to be able to run all the way up during a COC race but it would even be hotter than it was today. I am deluding myself.; April 20, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Claire said...: 100 degrees in April is just insane. It looks like I finally got my wish here as it is warming up quickly. We always seem to skip Spring and go straight to summer, but we've had about a week or so of lowish humidity, which is just lovely!

Just remember, "it's a dry heat"!

I feel you on the allergies-my biggest problem is running past someone's house with recently cut grass. Yuck.; April 21, 2009 at 9:00 AM

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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.