Zombie Run No. 7 - Driving Directions

Zombie Run No.7 – Driving Directions

• We will be starting at Munroe Falls Metro Park (521 S. River Rd.) in Munroe Falls. The entrance to the park is off of South River Rd., which runs east off Darrow Rd. (SR 91). You will turn into the park and travel on the park road towards the back to the trail entrance. We will be doing the Indian Spring Trail.
• Leaving the park turn left back onto South River Rd. and travel to Darrow Rd./North Ave. (SR 91). Turn left at stop sign heading south. At the light at Northmoreland turn left into the new park road for the Tallmadge Meadows Area (1088 North Ave.). Parking is at the top of the small hill, we will be doing the Meadows Trail.
• Leaving the park turn right back onto Darrow/North (SR 91) and continue to the light at Munroe Falls Ave. Turn left at light and continue on Munroe Fall Ave. into Cuyahoga Falls till Broad Blvd. At light, turn right, cross railroad tracks and go under SR 8 and go to light at Front St. and turn left. Continue on Front St. for approx. one mile and turn right into Gorge Metro Park (1160 Front St.) parking lot. We will be doing the Glens Trail.
• Leaving the park turn right back onto Front St. At light, turn right onto Cuyahoga Falls Ave. Continue till reaching Tallmadge Rd. turning right. At light, turn right onto Cuyahoga St. Continue on Cuyahoga St. until reaching Park entrance for Cascade Valley Chuckery Area (837 Cuyahoga St.). Follow park road to parking lot. We will be doing the Chuckery Trail.
• Leaving the park, turn right back onto Cuyahoga St. Continue on Cuyahoga St. until you reach Portage Trail Ext. Turn left and take Portage Path Ext. to bottom of the hill turning left at the light onto Portage Path. Continue south to Sand Run Parkway and turn right. Continue on Sand Run Pkwy. Following signs for trail (3rd parking lot in from Portage Path – 1400 Sand Run Pkwy.). We will be doing the Dogwood Trail.
• Leave the park the same way you came in. Follow Sand Run Pkwy. And turn left back onto Portage Path, continue north - where Portage Path changes into Akron Peninsula Rd. Continue on Akron-Peninsula Rd. and turn right into Hampton Hills Park (2925 Akron-Peninsula Rd.). We will be doing the Spring Hollow Trail.
• Leaving the park turn right back onto Akron-Peninsula Rd. Continue north till you reach Ira Rd. Turn left, stay on Ira and cross Riverview Rd. At bend in road turn left onto Martin Rd. and take Martin up the hill to the park entrance for O’Neil Woods Park (2550 Martin Rd.). We will be doing the Deer Run Trail.
• Leaving the park road turn right back onto Martin Rd. and continue down to Ira like you came. At Ira turn right and then at stop sign turn left onto Riverview Rd. and continue north till you reach the park entrance for Deep Lock Quarry (5779 Riverview Rd.). We will be doing the Quarry Trail.
• Congratulations! You have just completed the 2011 Zombie Run No. 7! We will then meet as a group for our lunch celebration at the Winking Lizard in Peninsula. Leaving the park, turn right back onto Riverview and continue north to light at SR 303. Turn right at light and the Winking Lizard is on your left just over the railroad tracks. See you there!

Zombie Run No. 7 - Sunday, October 30th

It's that time of year to start planning for this year's edition of the Zombie Run. This year will be year seven and as in the past, we will be doing the Summit County Metro Parks Hiking Spree in one day! Eight different trails, at eight different parks, totalling approximately 15 miles. We will start at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday October 30th, car pool from trail to trail and afterwards meet as a group for a post run lunch celebration. Costumes are encouraged - it makes the event even better! This is a group run, not a race, so please come out and enjoy the Metro Parks with a morning of trail running! More info to follow. Check back soon for this years list of trails and driving directions. Mark your calendars now - hope to see you there!

Happy Trails - Ed

NEW YEAR'S DAY UPDATE

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Sorry for the confusion, but due to circumstances beyond my control, the regular non-event run will be moved to a new location. We will NOT BE meeting at Boston Store at 8:00 am. Instead we will be meeting at Sand Run Park at Portage Path and Sand Run Parkway at 8:00 am. Same plan as usual, we will take a group picture and then head out for an out and back on the trail. After the run, we will meet in the pavilion behind the restrooms for drinks and snacks. Hope everyone can still make it. It will be a great way to start the New Year!

Happy Trails - Ed

13th Annual New Years Day Run

Please join in for the 13th Annual 'Run with Ed' New Years Day Run from Boston Store @ 8:00 a.m. Start the New Year out right, with a run in our beautiful National Park. The run is approximately seven miles and will take in a great view of Brandywine Falls. Stay after to talk to your friends and enjoy drinks and whatever else you want to bring to share on the porch of the store. Don't be late - you will not want to miss the group picture before we start. Happy Holidays!

Ed

PS - Just a few more CVNP calendars remain at $8 each. Once they are gone - they are gone!

Zombie Run a Sucess!

Great day for the sixth annual Zombie Run! We had another great turnout and a nice cool and dry day to run. Thanks for coming out and getting to know your Summit County Metro Parks. The runners really seem to enjoy this run and is the reason why I continue to do it. Fun and challenging - hope you all had a great time. Many of the runners will be travelling to Columbus next weekend for the Ohio State High School XC Championships either with thier own children or the teams they help coach. Best of luck to all the teams - we have a great representation from NE Ohio. I will post pictures as soon as I can get a spare few minutes. Check back soon.

And don't forget - mark you calendars - the Annual New Year's Day run will again take place from Boston Store at 8:00 a.m. We run a nice seven mile loop to Brandywine Falls and enjoy conversation and food after on the porch of the store. Bring down your leftover cookies and start the New Year off right - with a run! See you all soon.

Ed

Zombie Run After Party!

Once we have completed the Zombie Run No. 6 we will depart the parking lot For Bellacino's Restaraunt for a post run celebration. Turn right onto Darrow Rd. (SR 91) and head north to Kent Rd. (SR 59). Turn right at the light heading east. Take Kent Rd. past the shopping areas and turn left at the light onto Fishcreek Rd.. You will turn right a few hundred feet from the intersection into Bellacino's Restaurant. They have awesome Grinder Sandwiches, Pizza, Salads and pasta. Oh yeah, they will also be serving ice cold beer after 12:00! Hope to see you there for the post run celebration. We always have a hungry crowd when we are done, so plan on joining your fellow Zombie's! Also, I will have some of the new 2011 CVNP calendars for sale and once again at the discount price of only $8.00 compared to the $12.95 list price. All money goes to our National Park in which we all love to run.

Thanks and see you on Halloween day!

Don't forget to dress accordinly - costumes that is!

Zombie Run Driving Directions

Here are the driving directions for this year's Zombie Run, Stay tuned for additional information. Hope to see you then. Ed

Zombie Run No.6 Driving Directions

· We will be starting at Furnace Run Metro Park (4955 Townsend Rd.) in Richfield Township. The entrance to the park is off of Townsend Rd., which runs northwest off Brecksville Rd. (SR 21).
· Leaving the park turn left heading back to Brecksville Rd. (SR 21). Turn right onto Brecksville and then turn left at the light at Streetsboro Rd. (SR 303). Head east into Peninsula and at the light at Riverview Rd. turn right. Continue on Riverview for approx one mile and at bottom of small hill turn left into parking lot for Deep Lock Quarry (5779 Riverview Rd.).
· Leaving the park, turn left back onto Riverview Rd. Continue south on Riverview Rd. to Ira Rd. Turn right onto Ira, cross Railroad tracks and veer to the left onto Martin Rd. (be sure to yield to traffic on Ira). Continue on Martin up the hill and at bend in road at the top turn left into the drive for O’Neil Woods (2550 Martin Rd.)
· Leaving the park, turn right onto Martin Rd. and continue back the way you came down to Ira Rd. At Ira Rd. turn right, cross railroad tracks and go straight at stop sign at Riverview Rd. Ira dead ends at Akron-Peninsula Rd., turn right heading south. Take Akron-Peninsula Rd. to light at Portage Trail Extension. Turn left and go up hill on Portage Trail until you reach the light at Northampton Rd. (gas station on the left). Turn right onto Northampton Rd. Northampton turns into Cuyahoga St. in Akron. Continue on Cuyahoga until you come to Valley View Golf Course (on right). Cascade Valley Oxbow area (1061 Cuyahoga St.) is directly across from the golf course on the left. Follow the drive to the sledding hill (veers to left) and park at the end of the drive.
· Leaving the park, turn right onto Cuyahoga St. Head north, at top of hill, turn right onto Sackett Rd. at blinking light. Continue on Sackett until it merges into Chestnut Rd. Veering to right take Chestnut until you reach Second St. At light, turn right and head south where Second merges into Front St. Continue on Front for about a half a mile and turn right at light into parking lot for Gorge Park (1160 Front St.) We will be doing two trails from this park, the Gorge trail and the Glenn’s trail.
· Leaving the park turn left at the light exiting the park and head north on Front St. Take Front St. to Broad Blvd. (by the Sheraton Suites). Turn right at light, travel under SR 8 and turn left at light at Newberry St. Stay on Newberry going straight across Portage Trail. Newberry changes name to Munroe Falls Ave. Continue on Munroe Falls Ave. all the way into Munroe Falls at light at Main St (SR 91) in Munroe Falls. Turn right at light and then turn left onto South River Rd. Continue on South River Rd. until you come to Munroe Falls Park (521 S. River Rd.) entrance on the right. Take park road to the back of park to trail entrance.
· Leaving the park turn left onto South River Rd. and go back the way you came in. At Main St. (SR 91), turn right and head north across railroad tracks and bridge at Cuyahoga River. Turn right into Hike and Bike parking lot (130 N. Main St.) on north side of river. Congratulations, this is our last trail of the day! Please join us for lunch afterwards for a post run celebration. (Place TBD)