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Recreational Services: Running Routes
Please keep these recommendations in mind when you go for a run:
- Be aware of your surroundings at all times
- Run with a friend if at all possible.
- Most of these runs should only be done during daylight hours.
- Check a map to make sure you understand where the route goes before you start it.
- If you must run along a road, run facing traffic so you can see vehicles coming toward you.
- Wear bright and reflective clothing and run "defensively."
Want to map your own route? Try this link (you will leave the UP site), map your own.
Running route suggestions:
Run route:
-Head on Willamette Blvd. toward St. Johns (go under St. John’s bridge and continue on Willamette Blvd).
-Take a right on Reno Rd. (Cross Lombard St. and continue on Reno).
-Run to Pier Park and run around exterior trail in park (roughly 1.2 miles).
-Head back toward school.
Run route:
-UP main drive to Willamette Blvd.
-Use the cross walk and turn right.
-Run up sidewalk along Willamette towards downtown.
-After approximately 1.5 miles Willamette turns sharply to the left. Use the cone to cross to the other side of the street at least .25 miles before that.
-When Willamette makes its sharp turn, continue straight onto Overlook Dr. Keep running along Overlook, while staying to the right on intersections until reaching Greeley.
-Turn right on Greeley & run to Adidas campus.
-Turn around and head back the way you came.
-From UP, take a left on Willamette. Stay on the sidewalk toward St. John’s bridge.
-Cross under St. Johns and continue up for 2 blocks.
-Turn around and run back under St. John’s bridge.
-Take the 1st left up the hill past the Police Station.
-Turn right on __________?
-Run past the post office and Safeway.
-Turn after Hollywood video and cross the street when it’s safe.
-Run through back streets paralleling Willamette.
-What do you like about this route?
Pier Park has some cool trails, but they are short.
-If anything, what don’t you like about this route?
Some no-so-great neighborhoods at night and it is primarily a road run.
-Safety concerns:
Traffic uneven terrain muddy exposed roots
-Recommendations: Daylight or run with a group
Run route
-From UP, take a left on Willamette.
-Go right until before the bridge over the railroad tracks.
-Go right onto Peninsula crossing trail. Stay on the trail till it intersects w/ Fessenden (3-4 miles)
-Go left on Fessenden until it turns into St. Laus.
-Shortly after it turns to St. Laus go left on Pier Park Place. This arrives into the park.
Options: If there are various point to extend or shorten the route, please describe them.
You can run on any of the trails, do loops or repeats. You may also run out northwest end of Park and go up Lombard back to Portsmouth (take a right to UP).
-What do you like about this route?
Flat route, not so much traffic, and good scenery
-If anything, what don’t you like about this route?
You have to drive (or bike) to get there
-Safety concerns: Traffic
-Recommendations: Bring your own H20 and snack if you are running long
Run route:
-Arrive at Sauvie's Island. Park in gravel lot right after crossing the bridge (on your left).
-Start running on main road and one loop is about 13 miles. You can detour to the beach or to a nature reserve (not many trails there though). Otherwise, stay on the main road. There are only a few roads on the island so you can’t get lost…but you may end up running far.
Options: If there are various point to extend or shorten the route, please describe them.
Side roads and beach runs are interesting.
-What do you like about this route?
Very pretty in the forest
-If anything, what don’t you like about this route?
Be careful; it’s slippery!
-Safety concerns: Uneven terrain muddy exposed roots Exposed large trees in trail
Run route:
-Start at the Wildwood trailhead on Germantown Road (on the left shortly before you get to skyline)
-Run on Wildwood approx. 2.3 miles and you’ll hit a wide (road-width) trail
-Take a sharp right and run uphill on this wide trail -At the top there’s a clearing, take a left onto “Firelane 7”; the trail has a small sign posted
-Keeping on 7, you’ll eventually drop back down on to Wildwood, head left and stay on Wildwood back out to Germantown Road
Options: Lots of trails that go left off Firelane 7 (for example, Ridgetrail, Firelane 72) will bring you down to Wildwood, so taking an early out is an option.
-What do you like about this route?
Fast, pretty well-lit at night
-If anything, what don’t you like about this route?
Stupid cars
-Safety concerns: Traffic
Run route:
-Start at corner of Willamette and Portsmouth
-Run towards Portland Blvd. (1.4 miles when you get there)
-Stay on Willamette and run along the bluff, cross Greeley, stay on Willamette
-You’ll come to Interstate (approx. 3 miles), take a right and run down Interstate
-Take a right downhill at the big intersection onto Going Road
-Run down Going until just before the underpass; take a sharp right onto the ramp that goes up to Greeley
-Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Greeley; you’ll run by Adidas
-Stay on Willamette back to school
-What do you like about this route?
Although you have to run mostly on street, you get out to lakes and no one else is there; you can run trail where there are lots of birds and other wildlife
-If anything, what don’t you like about this route?
Short section on Portland Road where there are lots of big trucks and exhaust
-Safety concerns: Traffic uneven terrain muddy exposed roots Recommendations: Daylight. Maybe carry cell phone b/c not too many people go out to the lakes.
Run route:
-Run out front entrance of UP, take left on Willamette. Go until right before bridge over railroad tracks and take a right onto Peninsula Crossing Trail.
-Take trail 1 mile to Columbia and turn right to first light cross street
-Take first right cross railroad tracks and follow path near water treatment plant. You will cross over bridge and then go left until Portland Road.
-Go right on Portland Road ¾ miles and cross at crosswalk.
-Run down road that is blocked off (no cars). You are near Smith/Bybee nature reserve. After 1 mile on road, you can take paths that go past takes. Paths will be on your right.
-Make any combination of paths and then head back the same way
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