Well, this will be my last new post from California, for a while at least, I'll post one from home Monday and then start creating routes in Corpus Christi next week. If anyone knows any in Corpus, post a comment but i figure there's got to be some along the beach or on Padre Island but i have to make sure to avoid the Southern part of the island, i might get sidetracked.
So today's was my 10 miler, nice easy route to lead into the weekend. I used to do it T/W but it's been shifted as my long runs have slipped. So it's a lead-off of the 5 and 7 milers, link to the route is here.
As an aside, i forgot to thoroughly wash my water containers in the fuel belt, so i had a mildly soapy taste in one of my water bottles. Of course it was the one I started drinking out of second so i ended up running a little dry. Anyone have a good soap for water bottles that doesn't stick like dish-soap?
Friday, July 31, 2009
7 Miler in Pleasant HIll, Ca
I found out yesterday that this will be my last week in Pleasant Hill/Benicia California and I'm heading to Corpus Christi so it'll be a few days until i get a new set of runs. If anyone has any, please forward them on.
Today's run was a little over 7 miles, a pretty easy run once you get past the first 3 miles its either flat or downhill so it can be fast. There's a nice straightaway that's about a mile long which i usually kick it into high gear for, otherwise it's an open pace which is on trails nearly the entire time. As usual it starts and finishes at the Mariott Residence inn.
The link here will bring you to gmaps for the trail.
Today's run was a little over 7 miles, a pretty easy run once you get past the first 3 miles its either flat or downhill so it can be fast. There's a nice straightaway that's about a mile long which i usually kick it into high gear for, otherwise it's an open pace which is on trails nearly the entire time. As usual it starts and finishes at the Mariott Residence inn.
The link here will bring you to gmaps for the trail.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Today's Run 7/29/09
Here's one of my regular runs, so regular I usually run it 2-3 times a week as a regular one.
It's a little over 5 miles, starting and finishing in Pleasant Hill, Ca. The Run starts out in Ellinwood Square at the Marriott Residence inn, warms up through the loop and then I turn up Contra Costa, most of the route is sidewalk or trail with a nice view of Mt Diablo about 1.5 miles in. The only warning is you do have a decent warmup climb, so the run does start out harder than it finishes so sometimes I run it in reverse, but that can lead to very fast second halves.
If the links broken, http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3050692 will bring you too it as well.
It's a little over 5 miles, starting and finishing in Pleasant Hill, Ca. The Run starts out in Ellinwood Square at the Marriott Residence inn, warms up through the loop and then I turn up Contra Costa, most of the route is sidewalk or trail with a nice view of Mt Diablo about 1.5 miles in. The only warning is you do have a decent warmup climb, so the run does start out harder than it finishes so sometimes I run it in reverse, but that can lead to very fast second halves.
If the links broken, http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3050692 will bring you too it as well.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Welcome
Well this is the first post, and it's not really entertaining, informative, or even really funny but I need to get something up here to take up space while I figure the next one out.
So a little about me, I'm a 28 year old male who likes to run, Or rather i used running as a way to relax, escape work and to explore. I like to call myself a marathoner, but I'm not very fast, still I want to qualify for Boston. While running I also travel for work, all over the US and on a weekly basis, leading to the title of a traveling runner. I run and I travel, simple..
In future posts I'm going to put routes up, or links to routes, times, my own training schedule, race thoughts and tricks I've found out during my travels in case anyone else ends up in the same spot.
-the first mile always hurts the most...
So a little about me, I'm a 28 year old male who likes to run, Or rather i used running as a way to relax, escape work and to explore. I like to call myself a marathoner, but I'm not very fast, still I want to qualify for Boston. While running I also travel for work, all over the US and on a weekly basis, leading to the title of a traveling runner. I run and I travel, simple..
In future posts I'm going to put routes up, or links to routes, times, my own training schedule, race thoughts and tricks I've found out during my travels in case anyone else ends up in the same spot.
-the first mile always hurts the most...
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