From Coach Toby….
May all your miles be merry and bright, and (says Rudolph), don’t forget your headlamp or light.
Take your running to new heights! Run Club’s winter holiday wildcard lights tour has arrived. Join us! Festive holiday gear optional. 🙂
This 4.25 mile run begins and ends at 7th Avenue and MLK Drive (our normal meet-up location)
This year’s highlights include….
- 45 Upper Terrace Storybook House
- 68 Castro Street Santa House
- McLaren Lodge Christmas Tree
- Entwined Golden Gate Park
Course Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3034560670984755174
Turn-by-turn directions….
- Start: MLK Jr Dr and 7th Ave
- Head east along MLK Jr Dr
- Turn right at Bowling Green Dr crosswalk to stay on MLK Jr Dr
- At stop light cross Kezar Drive. Make a quick left on bike pedestrian path then a right onto Arguello Blvd
- Run past Kezar Stadium on left
- Turn right at Frederick St
- Turn right at Masonic Ave
- Turn left at Upper Terrace
- Stop 1: 45 Upper Terrace Storybook House
- Turn right at Buena Vista Ave
- Turn right at Duboce Ave
- Turn right at Castro St
- Stop 2: 68 Castro St Santa House (on right)
- Turnaround – and stay on Castro St
- At Oak St, cross Oak and turn left
- At Oak St and Baker continue onto Panhandle pedestrian pathway
- At end of Panhandle, turn right at Stanyan, then left at Fell to enter Golden Park via JFK Dr
- Stop 3: McClaren Lodge Christmas Tree (on right)
- Straight on JFK Promenade
- Stop 4: Entwined Golden Gate Park (on right)
- Continue straight on JFK Promenade
- Left at Nancy Pelosi Drive (just before Conservatory of Flowers)
- Veer left onto Bowling Green Dr
- Cross over at pedestrian cross walk. Continue on Bowling Green Dr
- Bowling Green will turn into MLK Jr Dr
- Finish: MLK Jr Dr and 7th Ave