From Coach Toby…
Face your fears. Embrace developmental opportunities. Show up. Familiar wise words?
Wisdom is a product of practice and experience. Luckily for runners, gaining experience does not require a lot of thought. Just a lot of do.
My mom often told me, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. And that brings us to this week’s wildcard run. Not a lot of thought. Not a lot of talk. Show up. Warm up. Run up the hill. Run down the hill. Done!
The workout: After a short warm up, we will do a 4-mile clockwise loop around Mt. Sutro, passing through a number of SF neighborhoods – Cole Valley, Corona Heights, Twin Peaks, Forest Knolls, Midtown Terrace and of course, the Sunset.
The climb peaks at 1.75 miles into the run, where we will be rewarded by a Tank Hill pit stop and some of the best views in the city. After that it’s all down hill and flat back to the start. With the exception of the brief Tank Hill detour, this run is all on paved sidewalk, so wear your road running shoes.
Route Maps
Strava: https://www.strava.com/routes/3000103674888430754
Mapmyrun: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/5187839596/
Directions (the course will be marked with chalk)
-Exit Kezar Stadium’s west entrance and turn left
-At Frederick St, turn left
-At Clayton Street, turn right
-Run up Clayton on the right side of the street
-Cross 17th St. Stay right and make slight right to merge onto Twin Peaks Blvd
-Stay to the right on sidewalk
-Look to the right for wooden steps that lead up to Tank Hill
-Loop Tank Hill capturing the 180+ degree views (great photo op)
-Exit Tank Hill where you entered, making a right to continue on Twin Peaks Blvd
-Twin Peaks Blvd turns into Clarendon Drive.
-Continue straight
-Take Clarendon Drive all the way to its end, a traffic light controlled intersection at Laguna Honda Blvd.
-Cross and turn right. You are now running on the sidewalk on the left side of the street
-Laguna Honda turns into 7th AveTake 7th Ave to Lincoln Way and make right
-Stay right to merge onto Frederick St
-Turn left at Arguello and return to Kezar Stadium – nice job.