Weekly Update – 5/17/2016
We’re at Hearst Castle!
In 1919, William Randolph Hearst inherited 250,000 acres, and was dreaming of ways to transform it into a retreat he called La Cuesta Encantada—Spanish for “Enchanted Hill.” By 1947, Hearst and architect Julia Morgan had created Hearst Castle: 165 rooms and 127 acres of gardens, terraces, pools and walkways—all built to house Hearst’s specifications and to showcase his legendary art collection.
Progress:
We’ve run 297.6 miles.
We ran 109 miles in the past week.
We have 216.1 miles until San Francisco and 311.4 until Sacramento.
If we ran at this pace for 3 weeks we’d be at the capital.
Community Article: The Best Running Song
Courtesy of Lisa Miyake, we have another fun article this week – The Best Running Song. 1,200 people nominated their favorite songs, and those songs battled it out to determine the best running songs of today. Do you have any recommended songs? Reply all to this email and let us know!
Featured Run: Shoreline Pedestrian/Bicycle Path
The Shoreline Pedestrian/Bicycle Path is a scenic multipurpose trail that runs from the tip of the breakwater opposite Island Grissom at the Long Beach Shoreline Marina to Long Beach’s Belmont Shore neighborhood. As you can imagine, views from the trail are spectacular: cranes of the container port, oil islands and ships anchored in the outer harbor mix with more traditionally beautiful scenes of Palos Verdes and the mouth of the San Gabriel River in the distance.