START TIMES
Choose your own time between 5:30-6:30am. We are not meeting as a group inside beforehand so plan your bathroom strategy accordingly. GZLs HQ will remain closed before and after the runs, but The Loop may be able to accommodate you immediately post-run and after 10:00am. Be mindful of your post-run routine so you don’t block residents at HQ area after your run.
THE MAP
We are offering just one long run route this week, lightly supported with a couple of water stations. Hand sanitizer will be affixed to the water barrels to do a quick clean of your water button pushing hands. Feel free to refill your own water bottles as needed. You will want to carry your own water still, depending on any gaps with the water stations or your own ad libbing on route variations.
THE ROUTE
Rollingwood Loop Course
(Please review, this is a new course)
Your 10 mile map is here. Leave HQ, to north side trail. Go east towards Congress bridge. Go under Congress bridge and climb up to bridge on stairs behind hotel. Cross LB Lake on Congress bridge to south side trail. Southside trail back west towards Mopac. At the footbridge that crosses over Barton Creek, go over the creek, and then go LEFT towards Barton Springs Road. Go UNDER Barton Springs Road and follow trail along railroad tracks to the pool area. Go through the pool parking lot and take a right at the end of the parking lot up to the first street (this is the mile repeat course). Left on that street, which is Columbus Drive. Columbus up that short hill and at the end, take a left out of the park. Left again on the trail/path along access road at South Mopac. Follow that trail/path to Barton Skyway, which will cross over Mopac to west side of Mopac. A park will be on your right. As the road curves left at the end of the park, cut through straight to the roads on the other side of the grass. This will be the corner of Liberty Park and Chatelaine. Hang left on Chatelaine, and then take the first left onto Regents Park. Your next right will be onto Thousand Oaks Dr. Take Thousand Oaks to Walsh Tarlton. Take a right on Walsh Tarlton up to Wilderness Drive. Take a right on Wilderness over to Old Walsh Tarlton. Left on Old Walsh Tarlton, up to and across Bee Caves Road. This road now changes names to Rollingwood. You will ride Rollingwood all the way out to Barton Springs Road at Mopac. Go under Mopac at the corner, and enter the running path along east side of Mopac, going up to and out under Mopac bridge. Cross LBLake on footbridge at Mopac to northside trail, and northside trail back home to HQ.
RACE SPECIFIC WORKOUTS
August 16th (Tunnel Vision Marathon): 16-20 miles. Add 1-2 miles to your last longer long run.
September 5th (Patagonia Marathon): 10-14 mile recovery long run. Back down from last week’s 14-18.
September 13th (Jack and Jill Marathon): 12-16 miles. Add 1-2 miles to your last longer long run.
September 13th (Jack and Jill Half Marathon): 5-8 miles. Back off from last week.
September 13th (Boston Virtual Marathon): 14-16 miles. Add 1-2 miles to your last longer long run.
October 4th (London, Twin Cities, Wineglass Marathons): 10-12 mile recovery long run. Back down from last week’s 10-14.
October 11th (Chicago Marathon): 10-14 miles. Add 1-2 miles to your last longer long run.
IF YOU AREN’T TRAINING FOR A SPECIFIC RACE, KEEP YOUR FITNESS BY ALTERNATING A LONGER LONG RUN AND A RECOVERY LONG RUN ON SUCCESSIVE WEEKENDS, DEPENDING ON YOUR CURRENT TRAINING LEVELS. (Ex: Alternate a 10-12 mile run with an 8-10 mile run).
WATER STOPS
Tremont Park (corner of Chatelaine and Liberty Park)
Rollingwood Municipal Park (north side of Rollingwood between Gentry and Wallis Drive)