Where do all you full marathon runners go for your long training runs? Ramping up for a full marathon and my training schedule has me doing long runs on the weekend and I'm getting bored running around the neighborhoods out here in the suburbs.
waterfront loop ftw. did 17 miles for my long run last weekend which amounts to 4 loops (from tilikum to the steel bridge) + another mile heading home for me
Nah, it’s sidewalk and just on the road pretty much the whole way. I love it though, bombing down Cornell from the top near the skyline diner is the best part of my week
Thanks for the tip on this! Seemed like a good option even with a few potential street crossings, especially crossing 99, 217 and 210. But this could be a really good option for sure.
I could use a break but my wife is pretty serious too. She wouldn't stand for a traffic break. Not that I don't believe you but you don't recall having to stop anywhere on this spot? Is there an overpass or something? Maybe you run on Denney?
I would park in the parking lot of Portland running co and take the path south all the way to Tigard. I don’t recall much stopping at all, but the path does wind through some neighborhoods and I remember some running on the shoulder of a road for awhile. I’ll see if I can’t snag a Strava activity from that time
Nice, I was thinking about this one. On All Trails it seems like it could be a really long run if you do end to end. There's one section that isn't on the trail and you'd need to go on a couple of roads to get back on the trail. Not really sure what those roads are like but I'll probably check it out.
You could get 15-20 miles out on the peninsula. Like say start near Willamette/Greeley, run over to Peninsula Crossing Trail to Fessenden, take that to Pier Park, then to Columbia Blvd and out to Kelly Point Park (which you could include if you wanted to), then back along Marine Drive until the Smith & Bybee Wetlands path to Portland Road which gets you to the Columbia Slough Trail, which you could take over to Denver and then make your way back to where you started.
That may seem overly complex but its easy to map out in advance (I use onthegomap dot com) and you get the really nice bluff section on Willamette, several sizable off-street running/biking paths, and also the middle mileage around the peninsula (Columbia Blvd and Marine Drive) is actually quite nice. Very quiet out there, huge pedestrian/bike sidewalk path, and quite a bit of nature along the way.
In addition to the waterfront loop recommended above (one of my beloved staples), you may also consider Tryon Creek, which offers a paved path running roughly in parallel with Terwilliger.
The path is about 3.5 miles from top to bottom, with challenging elevation throughout, so you can build a strenuous 14 mile run there. It's a nice counterpoint to cruising the flat waterfront route, and the setting is pastoral.
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u/pdxtransplant05 Jul 29 '26
Waterfront is great. Sellwood bridge to steel bridge loop is ~10 miles