M.O.R.E.: Prom Night

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Prom Night

As you can see from the photos and title, tonight was prom night. I have to say that our boys do look very handsome. It's a good thing Patty and I don't have girls because we would never have had time to run this morning. We originally were going to run at 8 a.m., but realizing that it was prom night, we moved it up to 7 a.m. just in case we needed to "help" our boys with anything before the prom. C couldn't make it because she was also going to the prom, but as a chaperone. You see, the thing about having boys is that they just put their clothes on and they are ready to go. My son quite literally came home 15 minutes before he had to leave for pictures, put on his suit and then was ready to go. That simple. Whereas if you had girls I'm sure it would have been a big production, starting the day before. Thankfully for me my help was not really needed so I had enough time to even do some gardening before leaving for pictures.

Amazingly enough I had enough energy to actually garden after running 10 miles with Patty this morning. We were both feeling really good and kept a brisk pace of probably just under 10 min. miles. We weren't sure how today was going to go because it had been quite a while since our last long run. Nothing hurt and the both our legs felt really good. The weather started out gloomy but cleared up nicely for a beautiful day with cool temperatures. I was really happy with the way we ran today and was impressed with the fact that we didn't need to stop every few miles, just twice for water. I feel like I got so much done today.

1 comment:

Patty said...: Tonight was fun watching all the kids in their beautiful clothes. My son HATES getting dressed up so much, and was in such a bad mood before we met with his friends, but the minute he gets around everyone, he changes into the most pleasant person ever. I hope he has a wonderful time. I am overwhelmed with the fact that they graduate in a few short weeks and he will be off to college (farther than I wanted) very soon! I was also very happy with our run today, the early start was a good call. I like the fact that we can go out on a Sat. and put in 10 miles! If I could have just done some gardening, I would have really felt good about myself!; April 24, 2010 at 10:11 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.