Leader: Justin Tolentino
Location: Panera Bread - 1750 South State College Boulevard, Anaheim, CA 92806
Directions: From the northbound 5 freeway, exit at North State College Blvd in Orange (exit 107C). Turn right at the offramp onto South State College Blvd and continue north on State College Blvd. Just past Katella Ave, you will see a Denny's restaurant on the corner; turn right into the shopping center with Panera bread just past Denny's. Park at the Panera Bread at 1750 South State College Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92806.
About the run: This is a 10 mile loop that takes place on the Santa Ana River Trail but loops into the Anaheim Coves park area, see route link below.
Stadium to Coves | 10.0 mi Running Route on Strava
We start at the Panera Bread by running south on South State College Blvd for 0.5 miles and turn left onto Katella Ave, which we will follow until mile 1.0 turn left onto the Santa Ana River Trail, just past the end of the parking lot for Angel Stadium.
At mile 1.8 turn the 180 degree uphill left turn ramp to connect to the Katella bridge overpass to cross the Santa Ana river and get back on the River Trail on the opposite side of the river and continue north. Then at mile 2.8 take the ramp to the bridge/overpass for Ball Road to cross westbound back over the Santa Ana river to reach the Anaheim Coves park area. At mile 5.5 the Coves trail doglegs to the left, and we turn right on E Frontera Street; at mile 5.9 turn right on E Glassell St to cross back over the Santa Ana river and take the bike trail on the other side of the river South.
Continue on the trail southbound all the way until mile 9 to get back up on to the Katella overpass to cross right/east over the Santa Ana river one last time and finish at the Panera off Katella and State College Blvd.
Water and restrooms can be found at Mile 3.2 at beginning of Cove Trail, and Mile 4.8 at the Lincoln entrance, just before running under the Lincoln bridge.
Water only:
Mile 3.8 (water fountain)
Mile 5.8 fountain at end of Cove Trail.
After the run: The plaza we start from includes Panera, Denny’s, Carl’s Jr., and Starbucks. Across the street is a McDonalds and The Trough. There is also a nearby plaza with more breakfast and brunch options including Lamill and Lola’s by MFK.