New start time at 8:00 am. Meet at 7:45, run will start at 8:00
Leader: Erika Schneider
Location: Quail Hill Community Center 39 Shady Canyon Drive, Irvine, CA 92603
Directions: From Sand Canyon Ave/Shady Canyon Dr, take the 1st exit at the traffic circle on Shady Canyon Dr. Drive past the baseball fields on the left and the trailhead parking lot on the right. Take the next left into the Community Center parking lot.
About the Run: This run will consist of several options, one hillier 9.3 mile 'lollipop' route that leads to Nix Nature Center off the 133 highway that is mainly on dirt. There is also a flatter option on that can be ran on the dirt shoulder of the Shady Canyon bike path route to start, or of course an out and back route of either as long as you prefer.
The longer lollipop route starts off with a sizable hill and has some steep climbing on the Quail Trail and Serrano Ridge. We’ll make a left turn around mile 3.5 that will lead to the Nix Nature Center, which has water and a bathroom. The trail continues East, under the 133 and meanders about past Barbara Lake on the right before re-passing underneath the 133 and tying back into the main trail at mile 7, where most of the trail is a net downhill back to Quail Hill Community Center.