M.O.R.E.: I Am Running

Monday, February 8, 2010

I Am Running

This afternoon's run, was pretty tough for me. I could tell right away that my legs were wobbly from yesterday's run. We agreed that we would only run 3 miles, but I wanted to stop after less than half a mile. There just was no pick up in my legs, and my breathing was labored. We started at Cheesepark and headed toward Decoro, we took the new sidewalk that runs between the trail and McBean and then took the sidewalk on Decoro till we got back to the trail. As we started back toward Copperhill, I just felt like I wasn't even running, and would have loved an excuse to just stop. Marathon Mom gave me one, when she suggested that in order to hit our 3 mile goal, we should add a hill that my husband calls the "Apple Core". We agreed, just to have a change of scenery and I will have to admit that it worked. I was able to get up the hill (very slowly) and then the next two that take us back to McBean. It has been a long time since I ran any hills, and it definitely showed today. I have some catching up to do, and it makes me so mad that I seemed to have totally lost the level of fitness that I gained with all the Marathon training. No idea what our pace was, but I am pretty sure that my friends are still taking it easy for my benefit. I am going to let my legs rest tomorrow, and hope that Wednesday's hill run will be a bit easier for me. Going up the last part of the hill today, I just kept thinking "I know I am going slow, but I Am Running!"

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marathon mom said...: Today's run was tough on me too. I just felt exhausted even before I started running. Mentally and physically, I was just not into running today. The extra hill workout certainly had my heart pumping out of my chest, which is something we need to do more of. It was certainly more intense than our Wednesday hill run because we usually take that run a little slower. Today's pace wasn't so bad considering the hills (10.15). I wanted to start doing some of the suggestions I recently read about mixing up the hill workouts between shorter, more intense hill repeats and the slower, longer runs on rolling hills. Today was obviously the shorter, more intense kind.; February 8, 2010 at 8:01 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.