M.O.R.E.: Wish You Were Here!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Wish You Were Here!

That is what we will be saying tomorrow night when we are running the COC race without Marathon Mom, and Sat. morning while C and I are blazing through 14 miles of marathon training. Marathon Mom is going away on a family vacation (what is that?) whitewater rafting, and somehow managed to plan it so she missed the worst parts of our running week! I wonder if she will be wishing we were there as she is paddling furiously through the rapids? It was a nice, but early morning run today, with C, Marathon Mom, and our friend K. The weather was cool, and we seemed to have alot of conversation to keep us going, it actually seemed to go by fast. We got in 3.3 miles at a 9.4 pace and other than the hill at the end was a very manageble run. It was only after the run that I realized that Marathon Mom was leaving tomorrow morning for her trip and not Friday, like I had been thinking, and she would not be able to join us at the COC race tomorrow night. Like I said, she is a master at planning. Have fun on your trip and think of us at least once while you paddle!

2 comments:

marathon mom said...: I much rather have ran my 14 miles with you gals than having to pretty much do it all alone last weekend. I am really looking forward to the trip. We have really good memories when we tried it in Oregon with M.K. and her family. Good luck with the race tomorrow. I'm not sure if we are doing a very good job of convincing K of trying the race at least once with all of our complaining and negativity about it. I finally felt good today. Monday was miserable. I still felt like my legs were weak from the long run, but for some reason the hill felt easier on the lungs. Good luck tomorrow and on the long run. I'm sure you'll do fine. Remember. . . "there's always gonna be another mountain ...ain't about how fast I get there, ain't about what's waiting on the other side, it's the climb". I thought she was singing it's the Glide, which in our case is applicable too! (as in Glide for our chaffed skin.. ha, ha); August 5, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Patty said...: My legs felt good today too, the first time in a while. I hope I didn't wear them out on that hill today, I always want to go that way because it seems quicker but I regret it once we hit the hills. Our friend K is running so well, but I agree that if we really want her to run the COC race we need to be more positive! I think you need to bring your Ipod and some speakers so we can blast OUR song, it is so inspirational.; August 5, 2009 at 5:27 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.