M.O.R.E.: More the Mary-er

Monday, June 15, 2009

More the Mary-er

This morning we were joined by our friend Mary. We haven't seen in her in a while and it was nice to have her join us once again. Me, Patty, C, and Mary struck out from Cheese Park on the paseos toward Helmers and down toward the bridge crossing McBean. From there we entered the river trail back up towards Cheese Park. The entire loop was 4.0 miles and we ran it under 10 minute miles, which is respectable considering the hilly terrain. I did panic a bit when we were almost back at the park and saw construction workers along our dirt trail by the power lines. I was afraid that this road was also closed and we would have to turn and go back another way like we did the other day. It seems we all had a rather busy weekend so it was good to be able to get this run in.

4 comments:

Patty said...: The weather was nicer this morning when we ran than it has been the rest of the day, I am glad we were able to get out when we did. I was so exhausted yesterday coming home from graduation that I considered flaking out on you guys this morning. I wanted to post about my son's graduation but need the hubby to get me the pictures. It was an exciting, proud, sad, and very emotional day, very bittersweet. My son is happy though and did great job, in a very fast 4 yrs.; June 15, 2009 at 3:23 PM
marathon mom said...: "Exciting, proud, sad, and very emotional day, very bittersweet". That pretty much sums up the life of a mom. I am now ready for a nap because this weather has turned ugly again. Atleast I saw some sunshine this morning.; June 15, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Picture Lady said...: Sounds fun... I always enjoy Mary, she always sees the bright side of things, the glass half full. I exercised also this morning and thought the the day would be warmer. The weather has been kind to runners.
:-); June 15, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Patty said...: The weather will be warming up, we will be remembering these gloomy days fondly by this time next week. Who will be up for running in the evening once I start work? So much to do so little motivation!; June 15, 2009 at 6:53 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.