WIldcard Run (Summer Season Finale – Mount Olympus Mashup!)-07/26/2018

From Coach Toby:

We finish this season where we started – with a mashup run! Mashups combine a little bit of everything – trails, pavement, flats and of course a wildcard favorite, hills. As a full body workout, the training benefits of these types of short runs are tremendous. In addition, they allow runners to practice and development skill and confidence in running different types of terrains.

After a 5-10 minute warm up at Kezar, we’ll do a 3.5 mile (total distance) “loop” including a beautiful forest run through the city’s “Interior Greenbelt” and a short stop at Mount Olympus, another less known but no less spectacular San Francisco peak.

Watch for bikes & cars along the way. And of course share the trail with rabbits in the forest.

Please review the route map via this link...

https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2169378391

Directions:

Exiting the stadium’s west entrance, 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.
Left onto Edgewood St.
Edgewood dead-ends at the forest edge. Proceed into the forest on Edgewood Trail
Proceed to intersection with Historic Trail.
Left onto Historic Trail and proceed down through the forest all the way to Stanyan St.
Left onto Stanyan and then immediate quick right onto 17th St .
Running on the left side of 17th Ave, run towards and cross Clayton Street
Immediately after Clayton St, turn left onto staircase (Monument Way – this may or may not be marked with a sign)
At top of staircase, left turn onto Upper Terrace.
Run around Upper Terrace (it’s a loop).
Climb up the steps to the Top of Mount Olympus
Exit back onto street and complete the loop back to the staircase.
Go down the staircase
Right onto 17th St.
Right onto Clayton St.
Take Clayton to the Panhandle. (Cross Oak St)
Left onto Panhandle pedestrian path
At end of Panhandle, left onto Stanyan, then quick right to cross Stanyan.
Run along Kezar Drive back to Kezar Stadium.
Mashup complete!