Welcome to our first Wildcard run! We’ll ease into the season with a visit to Buena Vista Park. Don’t worry, we won’t venture into the forest, but please do wear your headlamp and reflective gear. That goes for tonight and every Wildcard we’ll do together.
Facts:
Est. in 1867, Buena Vista Park is the oldest park in SF
A barren 36-acre hill was forested (and in more modern times reforested) with eucalyptus, cypress, and pine trees. Arbor Day win for SF school children.
When the city mass-relocated its cemeteries south to Colma, unclaimed tombstones were used for gutters in the park
Hippy Heritage. Enough’s enough! In the fall of 1967 after the Summer of Love, Haight neighborhood merchants staged a mock “Death of the Hippies” funeral here
Workout:
-3/4M warm up (easy pace)
-3 laps around the perimeter of Buena Vista Park (clockwise, counterclockwise, clockwise) – each approx 1M
-3/4M cool down
Links:
Warm Up/Cool Down
https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2330532064
Buena Vista Park Perimeter
https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2330533051
Directions:
- Exit Kezar Stadium's west entrance and turn left
- At Frederick St, turn left.
- Run to the very end of Frederick St, where it intersects with Buena Vista Ave West
- Cross street to Buena Vista Park.
- This is your start and finish for each loop around the perimeter of the park
- Run each loop along the sidewalk, and not on the road.
- Return to Kezar Stadium the way you came, via Frederick St
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