quote:<HR>Originally posted by tpr55:
Portland courses-
1. gotta love LEIF ERICKSON TRAIL, esp. for Sunday long runs!
2. Springwater corridor downtown- starting at Oaks Park you can loop downtown via a nice bike path, across the Steel Bridge, back south on the west side of the river and back across the Sellwood for a nice 10-miler.
3. Lunch runs- downtown- 2 laps across the Hawthorne-Steel bridges = 5.3 miles.
4. More lunch runs- start at the fountain in Tom McCall park, cross Hawthorne bridge and go south past OMSI to pick up the Springwater trail and go as far out as you want- all the way to Oaks Park and back would be a good 8-miler. The path has markers every half-mile.
5. more long runs- pick up the Springwater Corridor again a little further east at 45th/Johnson Creek (Tideman Nature Park?) and head east for as long/far as you want; fairly flat. Once you get past I-205 you don't have to cross many roads.<HR>

quote:<HR>Originally posted by tpr55:
Portland courses-
1. gotta love LEIF ERICKSON TRAIL, esp. for Sunday long runs!
2. Springwater corridor downtown- starting at Oaks Park you can loop downtown via a nice bike path, across the Steel Bridge, back south on the west side of the river and back across the Sellwood for a nice 10-miler.
3. Lunch runs- downtown- 2 laps across the Hawthorne-Steel bridges = 5.3 miles.
4. More lunch runs- start at the fountain in Tom McCall park, cross Hawthorne bridge and go south past OMSI to pick up the Springwater trail and go as far out as you want- all the way to Oaks Park and back would be a good 8-miler. The path has markers every half-mile.
5. more long runs- pick up the Springwater Corridor again a little further east at 45th/Johnson Creek (Tideman Nature Park?) and head east for as long/far as you want; fairly flat. Once you get past I-205 you don't have to cross many roads.<HR>

quote:<HR>Originally posted by graingirl:

Are these paved or dirt trails? Just curious if they are good for bicycling? We just purchased a trail-a-bike for my husband's bike so we can include our 3yr old daughter in our workouts. We didn't want to get a bike trailer that she sits passively in. Plus, she was getting bored in the jogger (read: fidgety, whiny, talkative). We love the trail-a-bike as does my daughter! She's an energizer and we would probably get tired before she does. She does quite a bit of the peddaling so she's not just sitting there coasting. <HR>