May/June 2009 Routes and the 2009 Summer Series

The route descriptions for May-August are now up on our Facebook page, adidas Urban Run San Francisco.

Please also note that there is a Summer Evening Race Series at Lake Merced every Thursday 6:30PM from June 11-August 27 for the low price of $1. For more information, go to www.dserunners.com or http://www.dserunners.com/Club_Documents/2009%20RaceSchedule.pdf for the race schedule.

May 18: Pier 39/Aquatic Park run
-NOTE: Tempo run for those running Marin Memorial 10K, easy run for those who ran Bay to Breakers 12K.

• Start at the adidas Sport Performance store
• Right on Market Street
• Left on Embarcadero

o Turnaround at Pier 39 (Embarcadero @ Bay St.) for 4 mile run
o Turnaround at Jefferson/Hyde for 6 mile run

• Return onto Embarcadero
• Right on Market Street
• Finish at the adidas Sport Performance store

May 25: Route TBA…should we even have a run today?
-Other option: Marin Memorial Day 10K

June 1: Coit Tower 3.7 Mile run
-Start at adidas Sport Performance Store
-Left on Sansome Street
-Left on Filbert Street and up the Filbert St. steps
-Right on Telegraph Hill Blvd and go around Coit Tower roundabout
-Descend on Telegraph Hill Blvd, which turns into Lombard Street
-Left on Mason Street
-Left on Columbus Street
-Right on Grant Ave
-Right on Market Street
-Finish at adidas Sport Performance Store
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2558246

June 8: ROUTE – Broadway-Stockton Tunnel run (4.9 miles)
• Start at the adidas Sport Performance store
• Left on Market Street
• Right on Mason
• Left on Post
• Right on Steiner
• Right on Broadway (and through tunnel)
• Right on Stockton Street
• Right on Market Street
• Finish at the adidas Sport Performance store
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2264020

Chikara Wins at Quicksilver 50 Mile!

Official results haven't been posted, but "unofficial sources" are saying that Chikara has won the Quicksilver 50 Mile on Saturday in 6 hours 15 minutes, breaking the course record by 20 minutes!! More than proper training, tapering, and a strict, unconventional nutritional program, the secret to his success is um...running with adidas Urban Run San Francisco (although, he can neither confirm or deny this).

You can read the report by fellow ultrarunner, Jean Pommier, on his blog, http://fartherfaster.blogspot.com/2009/05/quisksilver-09-great-one-at-last.html