M.O.R.E.: Finally Friday!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Finally Friday!

I think all three of us (Patty, Karen, and I) were very glad it was finally Friday. As we started our run from VHS, we all seemed to be feeling pretty good and energetic. Since the bathrooms were closed at the school, we decided to head towards Cheese Park and get a water/bathroom break there. This was Karen's first time on that trail so I wasn't sure how she would handle the hills with her knees, but she surprised us all by tackling those hills out and back like she had been doing them all along! I think it's amazing how we all have different strengths and weaknesses. I don't think hills are my strengths, but Patty is positive that they are her weaknesses. Generally those with shorter legs do better on the uphill and those with longs legs tend to do better down hill. I think I just do better on the flats. I will not be able to run with the girls again this weekend so I'm hoping that I will be good and run long on my own tomorrow. Eleven miles is not fun even with a bunch of friends so running on my own will be torture.

3 comments:

Patty said...: Today's run was very nice, easy pace and it went by really fast. I know the hills are not my strength, I just don't seem to know what mine is. K amazed me today, as her natural running ability is really starting to show through, she looked good! I think we need to make a rule not to mention on our blog how we schedule our runs around where the bathrooms are, it makes us look like little old ladies, are we?; July 17, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Patty said...: I was thinking earlier, that if you are going to run tomorrow morning anyway, why aren't we all just running our 11 then? I don't have a problem with it, so think about it. I don't know how far you planned on going tomorrow morning but I could do 11 tomorrow if you like.; July 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM
marathon mom said...: Hey it's either stopping for restroom breaks or we start wearing depends! And, the more we run as we age, it's not going to get any better unless we start doing some heavy duty Kegal exercises. Even then with having kids, it might be a losing battle. I think we should just age gracefully and run around bathroom breaks.; July 17, 2009 at 10:27 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.