Thursday, January 03, 2008

Pac Striders Weekend Run, Sun Jan 6, 9:00 AM, Winter Trail Challenge

Hi Everyone,
I'm running this one if I have to do it underwater! The Winter Challenge has been made by the Golden Bay Runners! Note it starts at 9:00 AM, a couple of minutes later than we usually do :)

This run has a lot of nice people running many different distances at different paces, so you have to work pretty hard not to run with someone. The run begins at the Lake Chabot Marina. The group usually gathers at the Willow picnic area on the left side of the East Shore Trail (this is the trail that goes around the right of the lake as you face it from the parking lot). There are likely to be runners doing distances from 3 miles up to the 13.1 miles of the Lake Chabot Trail Challenge course.

After the run, there is a potluck breakfast, so bring some fare to share and be there.

Directions

To reach the marina entrance from points east, take I-580 westbound to the Strobridge Avenue exit in Castro Valley. Turn right on Strobridge, right on Castro Valley Boulevard, and left on Lake Chabot Road. The Lake Chabot Marina is about two miles ahead on the right.From I-880 take I-238 eastbound to I-580 eastbound, exit at Redwood Road in Castro Valley and go left, go left at Castro Valley Boulevard, and right at Lake Chabot Road. The Lake Chabot Marina is about two miles ahead on the right. From I-580 in Oakland, proceed east and exit at 150th Ave. / Fairmont Drive. Go straight at the first stoplight at the end of the off-ramp and turn left at the second stoplight to proceed east on Fairmont (uphill). Keep going straight where Fairmont merges into Lake Chabot Rd. and the Marina entrance will be on your left.

Enjoy your weekend.
Mike

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