Stevens Trail - Colfax, Calif. (Auburn Running Co.)
Last night, I was catching up on reading my running blogs when I came across a great post about a local trail run on the Auburn Running Company blog.
The post talks about our tendancies to get in a running rut, taking the same routes time and again. Matt, the author, suggests Stevens Trail outside of Colfax, Calif., as an alternative to your regular running routes.
What was cool about this post, not to mention I now have a new route to run, is that it got me thinking what run is my Stevens Trail? Where do I go to get out of my comfortable runner’s rut?
For me, I like to run the 2+ mile Stagecoach trail in the Auburn State Recreation area. I sometimes start at the top (entrance on Russell Rd.), run down to the American River Confluence, and turn around and head back up (800 ft. climb in elevation) for a 4-miler, or I run it as part of a 7.2 mile loop starting at Placer High School, down Robie Point to the confluence and then back up Stagecoach, finally returning to the high school.
Either way, Stagecoach breaks up the monatony of running in and around town — plus it offers some breathtaking views of the American River and the canyon. The incline does a great job of taking my breath away, too. Funny. Now that I think about it, Matt offered this route to me a while back, too.
If you’ve got a route you like to run to break up the comfortable monotony of your daily runs, please do share as a comment below. I’m always looking to help share new places to run.
Great post, Matt. Thanks again for sharing your routes!
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