HOW FAR HAVE I RUN?
We run for fun, exercise, to train for a race,
for the exhilaration of completing a run, or
more likely for all of these reasons. At some
point, though, it seems that we inevitably
want to know how far we have gone; even if
it’s just around the block.
As you probably know, our XSNRG
workouts are organized in such a way so as
to provide 18-24 minutes of hard running. I
frequently get asked how long a particular
loop is or how far we had run a series of hill
repeats. Well, the answer is set out here.
Our commonly run workouts have been
measured by an accurate wheel and
hopefully this will satisfy some of the
curiosity out there.
XSNRG workouts
From Pavilion parking lot to Sunnybrook
Park sign at bottom of stables hill = 560 m.
Sunnybrook Flats
From Sunnybrook Park sign (where bridge
goes over to the hospital hill) to the
turnaround at Leslie Street entrance to the
parks; one way distance = 1.485 km.
Cricket Pitch
1 loop = 408 m.
Sunnybrook Hospital Hill
1 way distance from sewer access cover at
bottom to the stop sign at the top = 660 m.
Lyndhurst Hospital Hill
From base of hill at “No Parking” sign:
To top of hill where the gate is located = 300
m.
The flat portion between the Lyndhurst and
Sunnybrook Hospital hills is 320 m.
Sunnydene loop = 420 m.
Rykert loop = 535 m.
Add 500 m. for trip to bottom of hill and back
to street
Figure 8 loop at Hanna and Annesley
1 figure 8 loop = 1.04 km
Each loop is exactly 520 m. (top or bottom
loops)
Mallory Crescent
1 loop = 520m.
Stratheden Ave (Pinedale- St. LeonardsFidelia-Glengowan Loop)
1 loop = 710m.
Suncrest Hill
one way from Glenorchy to Salonica =
700m.
Glenorchy (Short) -Shady Oaks-Royal
Oaks-Bridle Path-Suncrest
1 loop = 1.045 km.
Glenorchy (Long) -Shady Oaks-Royal
Oaks-Bridle Path-Salonica-Suncrest
1 loop = 1.860 km.
Edwards Gardens to Victoria Park loop
(This is the Saturday morning run which
begins at 9:00 a.m. from the southwest
corner of the Edwards Gardens parking lot.
It proceeds to the bottom of the hill, through
Wilket Creek Park, Serena Gundy Park,
Tommy Thompson Park [behind the Ontario
Science Centre], over the train tracks, under
the DVP and through Taylor Creek Park,
past Dawes Road to Victoria Park Avenue,
then up to Dawes Road and back to Taylor
Creek Park, with a return along the same
route as on the way out.)
Since the run often does not start until one
reaches the bottom of the hill, the distance
from yellow post at southwest corner of
Edwards Gardens parking lot entrance to
bottom of hill to north edge of first bridge =
237 m. (260 yds.)
Start at north edge of first bridge
N.B. All distance are taken from this bridge
and are marked at each kilometre mark with
white painted hashmarks and an “X” on
each side of the trail. Where this was not
possible, the curbs were painted with the
white hashmarks.
From first bridge to road at
Sunnybrook/Serena Gundy Park (at
washrooms) = 1.6 km. = 1 mile
Continue under Eglinton to trail behind
Science Centre
At Overlea (Thorncliffe) bridge = 4 km (2.47
miles)
At start of wooden bridge to cross train
tracks = 4.573 km (2.82 miles)
At south side of old bridge where trail meets
DVP = 5 km. (3.09 miles)
Taylor Creek trail at O’Connor bridge = 6.6
km. (4.07 miles)
Taylor Creek trail at Halden exit = 7.0 km.
(4.32 miles)
At stop sign where trail meets Dawes Road
(entrance to Taylor Creek Park from Dawes
Rd.) = 8.365 km. (5.16 miles)
Continue up Crescent town Road to Victoria
Park Avenue
At Victoria Park Avenue = 9.07 km. (5.6
miles) [N.B. The 9.0 km mark is on the
sidewalk curb just west of Victoria Park
Avenue]
At 1022 Victoria Park Avenue = 10.0 km.
(6.17)
Victoria Park Avenue and Dawes Road =
10.215 km. (6.3 miles)
At variety store on Dawes Road at Halsey
Avenue = 11.0 km. (6.79 miles)
Entrance to Taylor Creek Park at Dawes
Road = 11.31 km. (6.98 miles)
Return to bridge at bottom of hill at Edwards
Gardens = 19.675 km. (12.14 miles)
If you start and end at the entrance from the
Edwards Gardens parking lot, the total run is
20. 15 km. (12.44 miles)
If you start at the bottom of the hill and run
back to the top, the total run is 19.912 km.
(12.37 mi.)
Kilometre
Where am I?
0.
First bridge leaving Edwards
Gardens, north side
1.
2/3 of the way down Wilket Creek
path toward washroom
2.
just past Eglinton Ave (as you run
under it) in the narrow parking area
3.
in E. T. Seaton Park, behind the
Science Centre
4.
under the Overlea Bridge
5.
south side of old bridge next to DVP
(near water collection containers that
look like molars)
6.
along Taylor Creek path just before
O’Connor Drive bridge above
7.
along Taylor Creek path at Haldon
Ave.
8.
Taylor Creek path just west of the
water fountain at the Dawes Rd.
parking area
9.
on Crescent Town Dr. just west of
Victoria Park Ave. (the mark is on
the curb)
10.
Victoria Park Ave. in front of #1022
11.
on Dawes Rd. at the corner of
Halsey