M.O.R.E.: Hello Hills!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Hello Hills!

Tonight Marathon Mom and her hubby met me at COC to see how we fared on the hills. We stuck to the dirt and were dragging right off the bat. We told her hubby to just run ahead, unless he was going to chat with us, we didn't want to hold him back. The first time around was very hard, I felt like I couldn't breathe, and Marathon Mom's legs were feeling tired. I am sure she overdid it on her "vacation" with all the running and hiking in the altitude. We agreed that if we could have used my legs tonight and her easy breathing, we would have been just fine. The second time around she got a cramp and let me go on ahead on "killer hill". Even with a cramp she caught up and passed me, aah, I should have taken advantage sooner, while I had the chance. I think we both had visions of the cross-country races that will begin tomorrow night and how hard they are. Marathon Mom claims she doesn't want to run any of them, and I feel like we should run at least one. The one thing about our run tonight is that the weather was very pleasant, and if it is the same tomorrow night, I will be sad we didn't just get it over with. It seems to me that every time you run the hills on that course, there is another hill that wasn't there last time. I enjoyed our run, she may beg to differ, but the weather and being able to cool down on the track was a nice change and I think we should do it more often, maybe even on a Thurs. night!

2 comments:

marathon mom said...: I thought today's quote was appropriate because of what you said to my hubby as we were running. I guess it doesn't matter if they run the same way, or go in a totally different direction because they don't talk much anyhow. I really hated tonight. I thought with all the running we've been doing, it would have been easier, but that's the worst I've felt on that course in YEARS! No, I have no desire to race it. I liked what we did tonight, just running it at our own pace, no crowds, no dust to inhale, and the track pretty much all to ourselves. I really enjoyed the cool down and being able to run a couple of laps barefoot. Can't really do that on race night because there's always too much vomit on the infield after the race.; July 8, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Patty said...: I did notice the quote, and I know that all the men in my house seem to hate to talk and run. I hope I didn't offend yours when I told him not to wait for us. I am always "AMAZED" that with all the running we do, that sometimes it is just so hard, it doesn't seem fair. I did like being able to finish up on the track and would like to add that run into the mix more often.; July 9, 2009 at 6:02 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.