EVENTS

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 8-9am — JUNIOR PARENTS WEEKEND: CAMPUS JOGGING TOUR/MORNING FUN RUN
This is open to everyone, not just juniors and parents! Help us welcome the parents who are intrepid enough to lace up their sneakers and run with us at this peaceful, early morning hour! We'll take them on a leisurely jogging tour of the larger Harvard campus, distance about 4.5 miles, passing by most of the Harvard Houses (River and Quad) and at least 3 of the graduate schools. We'll meet at the John Harvard statue in the Yard. Again, all are welcome, so please come join us!

RANDOM LOCAL RUNS AND RACES
The Somerville Road Runners group maintains a great calendar showing area races and runs.

"HARVARD ON THE MOVE" RUNS (Wed. 7:30am & 3pm, Sun. 10am)
These are open to all members of the Harvard and Cambridge communities. On the runs, you can pick whatever pace and distance you want. It's a great way to run with other people! All runs and walks start/end on the MAC steps. Bring your friends! For more info, click here.

VARYING TIMES — TRACK/INTERVAL WORKOUTS (ON YOUR OWN)
Inviting others via the listserv to do a track workout with you is a great way to meet other runners, even if you run at different paces for your workouts. Harvard's Gordon Indoor Track is generally open to the public for use whenever Harvard's varsity teams aren't using it (they often use it weekdays til 6:30pm). The facility is typically open from about 7am until 10:30-11pm daily. Exact hours vary semester by semester, and details are often posted via the HCMC listserv. If you have no idea how to do a track workout, it's simple! Just pick a workout from the "Key Workout Run #1" columns either here (for first-time marathoners) or here (for veteran marathoners). Each lap around Gordon Indoor Track is about 200m (1/8 mile). [Please understand that the Harvard Athletic Department may, at times, schedule special events that preclude our using the track..]

EVERY SATURDAY, 10am — FRESH POND RESERVOIR "RACE"
This fun, organized, non-Harvard run starts at 10am every Saturday, rain or shine. It's FREE, FLAT, NEARBY, and requires NO pre-registration — just show up and run at your own pace, for either 2.5 miles (one loop around the reservoir) or 5 miles (two loops)! The start/finish line is in back of the giant water treatment plant (brick building/slate roof) on Fresh Pond Parkway, adjacent to the reservoir, at the far end of the parking lot. That's a mere 1.8 miles from Harvard Yard, 1.6 miles from Weld Boathouse, and embarrassingly close to the Quad. Lots of people bike there and back, or you can take the #72, 74, 75, or 78 bus. To see a map that'll take you from Harvard Yard past the Quad to the starting line via Concord Avenue, click here. To get to the starting line from Weld Boathouse — the shortest route from the river houses — click here. And remember, the top 5 female and male finishers each week get their names published in the Boston Sunday Globe!

OTHER DISTANCE RUNS
For longer runs, there are several really nice distance routes that are easily accessible from Harvard. These runs, which do not require public transportation, will take you out to very cool places such as (a) the Middlesex Fells Reservation, a.k.a. "The Fells" (which is all marked dirt trails/woods, including a hill with a great view of Boston); (b) the Boston Harborwalk (waterfront boardwalks/sidewalks); and (c) the Minuteman Trail (an old rail bed, newly paved with asphalt). If you want to do one of these runs but don't know the route, just ask on the listserv. Someone who's done it before might be really happy to accompany you (or get lost with you)!

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