M.O.R.E.: Glad It's Over

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Glad It's Over

Well we did it. We came, we raced, and we finished the C.O.C. summer series. I can't really say I'm happy I did it, just happy it is over and done with and I can say I ran one this year. However, no matter how miserable I feel during the race, it is a great gathering place to see old friends you've met throughout the years of running. It is a great community event and it's fun having all my friends suffer with me, especially since it was their idea to run it in the first place. I know I didn't break any of my own records, but I think C did and perhaps Patty did too? Patty's husband broke 25 minutes and met his personal goal. Sea-N-Sun came and ran her first summer series with us. She did great and just zipped up those evil hills. Just with a little more miles of conditioning and she is going to leave us all in the dust. The weather was perfect, it was the most coolest night of the summer series I can remember. I especially enjoyed the after-run dinner and beer with friends.

2 comments:

Patty said...: I am glad it is over, the nerves that lead up to it are to worst. I had wanted to run faster but it was so much fun to be out there with everyone, knowing we all felt the same way, nervous, tired, we wanted to walk, relived to finish, exhilarated that we did as well as we did. The feeling afterwards is worth everything that comes before, at least tonight it did!; July 30, 2009 at 11:33 PM
marathon mom said...: Here are some interesting results from previous years:

08/2007 (2 years ago)
Me 26:07.5, Patty 31:33.8, C 31:41.2

07/25/08 (last year)
me 25.08.1, Patty 27:37.3, C 28:16.4

So it seems that while my friends are getting faster, I'm getting slower. Hmmm. The only thing I can think of that I'm doing differently this year is running more miles, but no speed work. I need to get back to doing the interval workouts. It seems that even Patty and C may have plateaued based upon these figures. I thought we ran more races than the what I came across, but I was only able to find a few race results for us in the last two years. I thought I was imagining things when I kept thinking that I was trying to break 25 minutes last year. NOW I'm just trying to break 26. So depressing.; August 1, 2009 at 12:11 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.