From Coach Toby…..

Mashups combine a little bit of everything – dirt trails, pavement, flats and the wildcard favorite, hills!

This 3.5 mile loop includes a beautiful jaunt through the “Interior Greenbelt” one of the city’s greenest spots, followed by a short stop at Mount Olympus, a less known San Francisco outcrop right at the city’s geographic center.

After the fun climbing and descents, we’ll wind things down with a flat run in the Panhandle on our way back to Kezar Stadium.

As we will be doing a fair amount of climbing, ignore your speed for this run and focus on effort and form instead. Enjoy the views, and share your snaps if you take some – this is a really beautiful run.

As this route includes passing through the Interior Greenbelt, make sure to head out before nightfall. It gets dark in the forest. Finally, although you will be running on some trails, road shoes will do just fine. Just watch your footing.

Route Maps

Strava: https://www.strava.com/routes/25587884
Map My Run: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2169378391

Route Directions

-Starting from Kezar Stadium’s west entrance, exit the stadium and turn left
-Left on Frederick St
-Right onto Willard St (just in front of Kezar Stadium entrance)
-Head up Willard St (enjoy the climb)
-Right onto Belmont St and run one steep block
-Left onto Edgewood St. Run up the hill and towards the forest
Edgewood dead-ends at the forest’s edge.
-Proceed into the forest on Edgewood Trail
-Proceed to the intersection with Historic Trail. This is the first intersection on the trail you will encounter. Pay attention here!
-Left onto Historic Trail and proceed downward through the forest all the way to Stanyan St
-Left onto Stanyan St and then a quick right onto 17th St
-Running on the left side of 17th St, run up to Clayton St.
-Cross Clayton St (controlled traffic light intersection)
-Immediately after crossing Clayton St, look to your left for a staircase. Turn left onto staircase. This is Monument Way – this may or may not be marked with a sign.
-At top of staircase, turn left onto Upper Terrace
-Run around Upper Terrace (it’s a loop).
-At the top of the loop you will find Mount Olympus. Climb up the steps to the Top of Mount Olympus! You are now in the middle of SF. Literally!
-Exit back onto street and complete the loop back to the staircase. Head down the staircase.
-At bottom of staircase, turn right onto 17th St
-Right onto Clayton St. Take Clayton St to Oak St and cross over into the Panhandle
-Left onto Panhandle pedestrian path
-At end of Panhandle, left onto Stanyan St, then make a quick right to cross Stanyan St. into Golden Gate Park
-Run on the paved path along Kezar Drive back to the west entrance of Kezar Stadium
-Mashup complete!