Here are the plans for next Saturday morning: Group run on the Porter Rockwell and Draper Canal Trails. Starting at 7 a.m. Directions: Exit I-15 at 12300 South in Draper and head East. At 13th East, turn right. You will go down a hill, around one of those traffic circle thingies, then a short block. You will see the train tracks that cross the road. Just to the RIGHT of the train tracks is a little park. Park there. We will cross the road and head down the Porter Rockwell Trail. About .8 miles up the road you turn right on the Draper Canal Trail. The signs for both are very well marked. In fact, the first 3 miles of the Porter Rockwell Trail are acutally marked every .25 miles. We will run about 3 miles to the end of the Draper Canal Trail and then you head up a sidewalk less than a block to the Porter Rockwell Trail (they both used to end at Bangeter Highway). If you want to do a short run, just loop back to the left on the Porter Rockwell Trail. If you want a longer run, head across Bangeter and get back on the Porter Rockwell Trail (new section). This continues on another 2 miles to Point of the Mountain (warning - it gets very cold and windy on this section). Turn around where the trail ends and come back, this time on the Porter Rockwell Trail. The canal trail is a very gentle uphill the way we are running it. Porter Rockwell trail has more ascents and descents. For those who like to run trails - I tend to stick to the Equestrian portion of the trail on the side of the other trail. The total trail this way is about 11 miles. You can turn around and run more, or there are three small loops around the park where we start at. Anyone getting there early can do some warmup miles, or you can continue running there afterwards. Please let me know if you have any questions. I really like these trails. Pretty views of the temple and not a lot of road crossings.
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