Given this spectacular heat, the Strava Segment for this week is in the shade of Portland’s Forest Park. And it’s a downhill segment. It’s also easy to determine the start and finish – it’s right there in the title! Alder is (and I’m making and educated guess here) about 0.7 miles from the Thurman Gate, which is actually about 50 meters in from the 0-mile marker of Leif Erickson Trail. You start there and run…
If you like to run up Thurman to Forest Park, or drive to park near the Leif Erickson trail head, read this and share it so your friends are in the loop: From a press release issued by the City of Portland: “The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation advises the traveling public that repairs and restoration of the historic Thurman Street Bridge will require a complete closure of NW Thurman Street between NW 28th…
