M.O.R.E.: The Aftermath

Thursday, May 27, 2010

The Aftermath

Well I truly enjoyed my son's graduation day yesterday, it was full from morning till we fell into bed at night! The downside of all that celebrating, is the fact that I had to get up and go to work this morning, and then meet my friends for a run in the afternoon. I tried to come up with a valid excuse for not running with C and Marathon Mom, but couldn't think of something that didn't sound made up. Not that I would ever make up an excuse. We started out from Bridgeport and did our new loop that goes toward Helmers, past Heritage Park, and back toward Bridgeport. I felt like I had run a race just yesterday, I didn't have any energy in my legs at all. I knew it was bad when we were heading back toward Bridgeport and Marathon Mom picked up the pace. That is a clear indication that our pace is really slow and she is trying to pick it up enough to make it less embarrassing. I wouldn't mind so much having an off day, but the thought of running a 10K this weekend really has me freaked out! Today we ran just under 4 miles and it was all I could to finish, how am I going to go another 2 miles? I am really achy everywhere, and I am hoping that it is just the exhaustion dragging me down. I am going to try to get caught up on sleep, and hope for the best.

3 comments:

marathon mom said...: When we stopped at Heritage for water, I noticed that if we kept that pace up we would finish with over a 10 min/mi. pace and I just didn't like the sound of that. I know the first mile is all uphill and rather steep, but still the rest is pretty much all downhill. It was such an annoying run with all the back and forth because of the resurfacing of the streets.

Speaking of which, a friend of my husband called him this afternoon just to tell him that he saw me running in Bridgeport. He also told my husband that he saw me telling the guard off for not having the sidewalk/ramp fenced off if he didn't want people to step off onto the street. Just think what would have happened to my shoes if the tar was still wet! I think that really cut into my overall pace ;-)
As I was coming in to the final stretch and trying to drop my pace down, I was also thinking about this weekend's 10K and wondering how I'm going to be able to run 2 more miles at a faster pace. Then I remembered that I going to just try to relax and have fun. Easier said than done.; May 27, 2010 at 9:01 PM
Patty said...: I am going to chalk today's run up to just being an "off" day. My right hip is hurting quite a bit, and I am hoping that a rest tomorrow will help. The security guard who told us not to run on the fresh asphalt was really nice to us! He was a little flirty with C telling her to have a wonderful run etc. I think he was just happy that we were nice when he asked us not to run there.; May 27, 2010 at 10:51 PM
marathon mom said...: He never "asked" me not to run on the asphalt. That's my point! He waited until I was half way across the street before telling me I had to go around and then I had to turn around and go another way. I guess that's the price I paid for running ahead.; May 28, 2010 at 11:20 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.