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| Inside the park with me, mrs coach, and the mega dog. |
Next Tuesday, we're going to head to the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park for a run in the redwoods followed by a day at the beach at Seacliff State Beach.
Nisene Marks is my personal favorite place to run anywhere in the state of California. The trails are 100% shaded from the summer sun by 100 year old redwood forests. Terrain varries from relatively flat to climbes that ascend over 2000 feet (I doubt any of you will get to those).
The more adventurous among you may want to run to Sand Point Overlook, a close to 14 mile run. You can have a slightly shorter, but also challenging run to the Top of the Incline on the Aptos Creek Fire Road (You'll have to excuse the map. The route goes all the way to Sand Point. On this route, the top of the incline is at about 3.5 miles from the starting point). I will also lead a group up to Hoffman's Historic Site and maybe a bit further if we are feeling good :).
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| Along one of the trails. |
What should you bring?
- $10 - I will purchase food for a picnic and other post run snacks. Also, it costs money to get into state parks. We can park outside the park, but then much of our runs will be on the acces road into the park. The money you bring will cover those expenses. Any leftover cash will go into the team account.
- Running stuff (duh!)
- Stuff you'd normally bring to the beach (towell, sunscreen, flip flops, bathing suits, etc...). There are changing rooms at the state beach to switch from your running gear. You might want to bring something dry for the ride home also.
Tentative Ininerary
- 7:00 AM. Meet at HHS
- 7:15 AM. Depart
- 9:45 AM. Arrive, Nisene Marks
- 10:00-11:30 Run and post run snack
- 12:00-3:00 Beach and Picnic
- 5:30 Arrive back home at good old HHS.
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