M.O.R.E.: Terrible Ten!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Terrible Ten!

With Marathon Mom out of town for the 4th, C and I decided to run the 10 miles of our marathon training today, instead of tomorrow morning with the SCR's. We weren't too confident we would feel like getting up early if we happened to be out late tonight watching fireworks.. We got up early and met at Lowe's at 6:30 this morning to do the Lowe's 10, out to the Wiley Bridge and back. We agreed before we started that we weren't going to try and set any records with our pace and we also agreed beforehand that we would stop and take in some water at the beginning of the South Fork trail. I think we both worried that we would struggle, because our little 3 miler yesterday seemed hard and left me exhausted for the entire day. We were really looking forward to the return trip (downhill, usually feels faster) but at one point on the S. Fork we admitted to eachother that it just seemed to be taking forever. At our second water stop our bodies started to complain and stiffen up, it was pretty hard to get going again. To rub salt in our wounds a huge (20) group of bikers came racing up behind us as we were starting to go under the bridge. It was hard not to yell back @!#& when they told us to "watch out" and we literally had to jump out of their way. The bikers
at the back of the pack gave a weak "thanks" but it did nothing to make us feel better. What is it with bikers? The true test came as we re- entered the Heritage Trail and every step was painful. We made it though, and as we rounded the last corner and headed toward Bouquet and Starbucks, we both agreed we were very proud of ourselves for finishing! It wasn't the same without Marathon Mom to pull us along, but the runs will get longer and we will really need her then. Without her GPS we estimated that we ran for about 1 hr. and 40 min. give or take, and since there is no one to prove us wrong, we are going to stick with that story. Hope the "Freedom Mile" was fun, as for me I am going to celebrate the rest of the 4th from my couch!

1 comment:

marathon mom said...: Wow, that is great that you guys were able to pull off the ten miles! I ended up not doing the Freedom mile race in Mammoth after all. The race didn't start until 10:10, which was rather late and would have messed up our plans for the whole day. After my 3 mile run on Thursday and 5 mile hike on Friday, I don't think I could have ran anyways. I was so tired and sore. I don't think the race started so late last year, in fact I'm pretty sure it was much earlier because by 9 a.m. it was already warming up even at that altitude. It is good to be home, but I didn't miss this heat.; July 5, 2009 at 4:30 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.