M.O.R.E.: Just Another Moaning Monday!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Just Another Moaning Monday!

I have to say that we are developing a pattern, we run Sunday morning and we moan all through our run Monday night! Tonight Marathon Mom, C, her daughter, K from work and I met at Heritage and ran toward Bridgeport. The moaning started right of the bat, and pretty much continued the whole way! The thing about the run is that it wasn't really that bad, oh yeah, our legs hurt a bit from our 10 miler yesterday, but other than that it was a nice night for a run. The weather seemed like it was starting to cool off, and the run around the lake in Bridgeport is truly a beautiful run. I have to be honest and say that I seriously considered flaking out on my friends all afternoon, and had to stop myself from texting them and saying I wasn't feeling well. The funny thing about it is that at some point during our run, every single one of us expressed the same thing! The power of peer pressure can be a good thing at times. I didn't want to run tonight, I was in a bad mood, had a bad headache and just was not feeling it, but with the help of my friends, I made it through a 3 mile run and I know I am the better for it. Thanks girls

2 comments:

marathon mom said...: You're right about all of us not feeling up to running tonight, but we all showed up. I think the heat had all of us wondering about the sanity of running tonight. There is certainly something powerful about peer pressure, but in this case in a positive way. I have to say it was rather painful for me tonight up until the last mile when my muscles finally loosened up. I am thankful that none of us flaked, including myself, and we made it through another day. I am looking forward to next week when we can take Mondays off after our long Sunday runs. I hope Wednesday is better as far as the heat goes.; July 13, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Patty said...: I am hoping for a bit of cooler weather but the paper says it is supposed to heat right back up by the weekend. I was just AMAZED at how much we all didn't want to run but ended up showing up and running, and then planning a tough run for Wed! I will enjoy my day off today, and really am looking forward to the new schedule for next week, it will help to have Mon. off. Gotta get back to Twilight.; July 14, 2009 at 2:48 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.