Today's Training Walk

My team mate and friend, Carol, and I met up again this afternoon for our second training walk together. With all the rain we had yesterday, I was surprised to see the sun out this afternoon. It turned out to be a beautiful day for a walk!

We started at the same spot as where we met last week: at the Warming Hut in Crissy Field. It's right on the Bay, and has a beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge.


Golden Gate Bridge

Carol had driven down Divisidero Street on her way to Crissy Field today. She was impressed by the steep hills on that street, and really wanted to tackle them this afternoon. So, we did!

We walked through Crissy field, into the Marina. While we were in the Marina, we walked along the always-picturesque Palace of Fine Arts.


Trina in front of the Palace of Fine Arts

We walked up Francisco Street until we hit Divisidero where we tackled the hills! There were five of them in total! We did the first three straight, then took a short break to stretch before continuing on the last two. :)

At California Street, we decided to get off of busy Divisidero and went over to Scott Street. We walked up Scott all the way to Alamo Square - the beautiful park in the middle of the city known for it's views of Downtown, City Hall, and especially, The Painted Ladies.


View from Alamo Square

At this point, we had already reached 4 miles, so we thought we'd circle back towards Crissy Field. We took Scott Street back to Francisco, then decided to walk through the Presidio. We walked through the new ILM area, which is beautifully landscaped.


ILM at the Presidio

After we figured out how to walk underneath the freeway, we made our way back to Crissy Field. By this time, the wind had picked up, and the sky was becoming overcast.

Crissy Field

On our way back to the Warming Hut, I took this picture of Downtown from Crissy Field. So pretty!


another view from Crissy Field

According to my pedometer (which I didn't wear last week) we hit 8 miles just as we were passing the Warming Hut, heading back to our cars.


Proof!

I came home and put our route into Gmap Pedometer to see how accurate my pedometer is. Turned out, it's spot on! Good to know!


Today's Route

It was a great day for a walk, and Carol and I both really enjoyed it. This was my second training day of walking 8 miles. We walked for 3 hours each, both weeks. (today's hills were probably steeper.) I'm considering joining a local group this weekend to try 10 miles.