I'll be in Austin this weekend and am looking for a hilly 10 mi route. Will be staying in SW Austin, but would be with driving some. I'm training for Pikes Peak so the steeper the better.
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just go do repeats on the Hill of Life at the greenbelt.
but if you want steep roads, run jester over and over. or do loops on farwest/ladera norte.
but if you want steep roads, run jester over and over. or do loops on farwest/ladera norte.
If you don't mind running on the big wide shoulder of a large road (I've never felt unsafe on it), then you could park at the bottom of Jester, run to the top and loop around at the end of Jester back down, then run up 2222 to Bell Mountain and do the same thing. Should be about 10 miles with some very good hills.
does the shoulder go that far on 2222? It dies out not too far past jester. Maybe I'm not picturing where else you are talking about.
if forest ridge wasn't closed until the end of the month, i'd suggest dropping there and doing some loops on that trail after running Jester.
if forest ridge wasn't closed until the end of the month, i'd suggest dropping there and doing some loops on that trail after running Jester.
this is longer than you are looking for, but maybe you can take a subset of this route, though its a road route.
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/387737886
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/387737886
Thanks guys!
i'm doing a (slow) ~2 hour trail run this weekend, so if you are looking for company, I'd be up for some hills.
HoL is just under a half mile, so 10 repeats (plus a little) would give you 10 miles and lots of climbing.
HoL is just under a half mile, so 10 repeats (plus a little) would give you 10 miles and lots of climbing.
Also, at the end of Jester there are some hilly dirt roads and trails, which can get you at least an additional 3 miles, but they aren't well marked and it could be easy to get lost. Of course, that might be okay, to help you get to 10.
And yes, the wide shoulder extends at least to Bell Mountain.
Trails at the end of jester are forest ridge. Closed until Aug 1.
What about Exposition, from 35th up to 2222? It isn't as steep as Jester but a long series of hills.
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