Recently we met up with several friends in SF to run the beautiful Marin Headlands trails. Located north of San Francisco, just over the Golden Gate Bridge, this hilly area has great views of the bridge, bay, and the city. Strava link to our 9 mile route can be found here.
There are many loop options available to find your ideal distance, from a short run to ultra.
Back: Graves shorts, Rockies shirt, Muir hat | Front: Sykes 5'' Shorts, Cascade Shirt, Big Bend Trucker
Left: Graves shorts, Cascade Shirt, Big Bend Trucker | Right: Sykes 7'' shorts, Cascade Shirt, Big Bend Trucker
Stunning coastal views from many sections of the trails.
Most of the trails here are non-technical fire roads. The terrain is hilly with significant elevation change on most of the routes.
Some of these hills are no joke!
Some of these challenging hills are definitely worth the unbelievable views from the top!
Our good friend Toby Silver showed us around on his local trails. Check out his project 50 Shades of Pavement (Instagram | Strava). He is running the entire city of San Francisco, all 1260+ miles and 2612 streets. There are 36 neighborhoods, over 50 hills and nearly endless vistas. He is already 95% there! Read more!
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To enter, let us know in the comments below, what is your favorite place to run and why? One winner will be annouced on July 15th. Good luck!
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The Bay Farm bay trail at 5:30 a.m. The trail is on an island off the coast of Oakland and looks out across the bay at the San Francisco. Listening to the sounds of the bay while watching The City waking up and peaking through the fog – Magical!
I enjoy anywhere in the Wasatch! Excited to hit some trails in WA end of August
Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz County
My favorite place to run is at the Gorge/Ancient Lakes, in WA State. Miles of great trails, waterfalls early in the season and it’s basically a mini Grand Canyon, and only 2 hours from Seattle.
Love the Palos trail system just outside of Chicago for a nice mix of single track trails and crushed limestone paths. And the 18.5 mile lakefront trail along Lake Michigan in Chicago is beautiful during all seasons…
Ridgeline Open Space in Castle Rock, CO
Favorite place to run is in the Santa Cruz mountains CA at the Campus trails. So many places to explore and running among the redwoods is awesome.
Carpinteria, CA – choice of flat along the beach or up into the mountains on the franklin trail.
Mokelumne coast to crest trail by lake Camanche. Isolation and wildflowers all spring. Its so dry now you run the risk of starting a brush fire if your thighs rub together too much, but oh the spring is glorious.
My favorite place to run is Upper Bidwell Park in Chico, CA.
My favorite place to run is the TRT100 trail. It has the amazing view for the lake Tahoe and beautiful high Sierra mountains.
My favorite place to run is the Bridger Range in Montana. Rugged, technical, remote, and wildflowers all summer.
I enjoy the McDowell Mountain Preserve in Fountain Hills and Scottsdale, Arizona. Miles upon miles of trails in the desert.
One of my favorite places to run is on the dunes of Western Michigan. I live near Grand Haven and there are many places with trails along the dunes. The variety is what is great, from running in the forest to running on the beach with lots of terrain and footing changes all in a single run. Quite often I will see deer or turkey on my runs and despite the beaches and tourist destinations often being quite crowded these trails remain relatively empty.
I love to run the mountain bike trail loop in Ohio’s Mohican State Park. The trail is always in great condition and it’s one of the most beautiful forests in Northern Ohio.
Right now, favorite place is through my neighborhood streets – pushing my 3yr old daughter in the stroller singing “Baby Shark!”