From Coach Toby…

Yesterday marked the 50th year anniversary of Earth Day. The city had to cancel the official celebration, but we can still lace up and enjoy its beautiful green spaces.

I spent time at Stow Lake earlier this week marveling at its spring bloom, and thought you would enjoy it too. For this run, you’ll be running on both the outside and inside loop of the lake. This is a flat three and a half mile run and every step around the lake is beautiful. Enjoy!

Strava Map:
https://www.strava.com/routes/25984187

Directions:
-Start and Finish at Kezar Stadium’s west entrance
-Exit the stadium and turn right
-At Kezar Drive, turn left and run along the sidewalk to the stop light
-At the stoplight, cross Kezar Drive and enter Golden Gate Park via MLK Drive
-Take MLK Drive to the T-intersection, then cross and turn left to stay on MLK Drive
-After passing Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive on your right, look for a -small pedestrian path immediately thereafter on your right.
-Turn right, then shortly thereafter turn left.
-Take the short set of stairs up to Stow Lake Drive and cross over onto the pedestrian pathway.
-Begin running counterclockwise around the lake on the paved path. Quack quack – watch out for ducks!
-Approximately 2/3rds of the way around, you will encounter a stone bridge on your left.
-Cross the bridge, turn right and do a full counter clockwise loop around the lake on the dirt path, returning to the bridge.
-Cross back over the bridge the way you came and turn left on the paved pathway to complete your original loop around the lake.
-Once completed, you will follow your steps (and chalk markings) back to the stadium.