Tuesday, December 11, 2007

16k - Cabbagetown/Riverdale/Leslieville Loop

A simple 16km loop through Toronto's eastern downtown area, with (optional) intervals mid-way through. Route is flat, but traffic lights can interfere if you're hoping for a fast run.

  • From Yonge and Grosvenor (just north of College), head east along Alexander Street
  • Turn right (south) onto Mutual Street
  • Turn left (east) onto Carlton Street
  • At Parliament Street, turn right and head south to Gerrard Street East
  • Turn left (east) onto Gerrard and run east until you reach Greenwood Avenue
  • Optional 430m intervals:
    • Turn right (south) on the first road after Greenwood (Highfield Road), and head south at interval pace to Dundas Street East.
    • Turn left (east) and jog along Dundas to the next street (Woodland Road)
    • Turn left and run at interval pace back up to Gerrard
    • Repeat this for each street until you reach Coxwell
  • Turn right (south) onto Coxwell Avenue and head down to Queen Street East
  • Turn right (west) onto Queen Street and head over to Yonge Street
  • Turn right (north) onto Yonge and run back up to the start/finish.

Here's the map and the stats from my run.

TTC Info: This run starts and ends near College subway station.

1 comments:

Jeremy Ries said...

Keep the rants coming, good fun. Rather than keys, which is a good idea, albeit practical and user friendly maybe a more entertaining and liberating approach might be to start wearing spikes instead of training flats and just run over the hoods of the offenders...I'm sure they'd get the message plus you could exact revenge while in flight which may prove useful if chased....