the best way to get to know a new area is to walk or run around. travel through life on foot! and I know a lot of you (okay a lot of me Camiseta Rangers FC too) likes to run and needs to stay on a training plan while traveling. This weekend I was in San Jose and knew it would be a great place to run. The weather in central and northern California is normally mild and best for running.
I did a little research on where to run in San Jose and found a path along the riverbank ideal away. If I didn’t find one I would have asked on twitter or Instagram for suggestions from local runners. here is where I ran…
We walked from Camiseta Club America the hotel to the SAP center (for the us Women’s Olympic team Trials). As we passed I saw an entrance for the lower Guadalupe River Trail. Perfect!
I confirmed with one of the valet people at the hotel that this was a good place to run and it went on for a few miles. check and check.
Tip: check with the hotel concierge or front desk if you have questions on routes, safety, ideas or landmarks.
I got up early and ready to run somewhere new!
It was cool and quiet out when I started running. The entrance to the running path was less than a half mile from the Fairmont hotel. There were a good number of homeless people living under the freeway overpass ideal there, but I didn’t think there was a safety issue. Hey, if I was homeless I would absolutely live here too (or somewhere similar in California).
Tip: note where you start running on a path considering that a lot of it will look the same. I took a picture of these random shoes so I’d remember to take that exit when I saw them again.
Related tip: Don’t take a picture of a cat for this purpose as they don’t normally stay in the same place waiting for you to come back.
I set out to the ideal and went out about a mile before the trail seemed to end on that side of the riverbed and I had to cross the street. I took another picture of the landmark in that area – electrical stuff?
Unfortunately the path in this direction ended up being closed so I had to turn around and go in the other direction.
Luckily the Guadalupe trail went for miles and miles and miles in the other direction. I ran to the airport and kept going until I got to 5 miles out and turned around just as I saw this elephant!
Tip: have fun. Always.
The route: It went for miles and miles (once I was going the ideal direction).
It was pretty flat and easy to follow. There weren’t a lot of other runners on the trail, which I was shocked about given it was a Sunday morning. toward the end of my run I saw a handful of walkers and runners and a few cyclists.
There were signs for restrooms and I saw a few water fountains too.
I ended up doing 10 miles. I kept a pretty good pace considering I didn’t listen to music or a podcast for the first 8 miles considering that I wanted to pay attention to the route.
Final thoughts: I give it four runs up! I’d recommend this route to other visitors / runners to San Jose.
Post-run eat – I had breakfast at the hotel. I got it ‘to-go’ and ate back up in the room considering that I didn’t want to torture everyone with sitting by me after a run.
Have you run here?
Have other running route suggestions in San Jose?
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