Discussion: Alamosa Park?
in: Anvil; Anvil > 2012-10-14
Oct 16, 2012 1:31 PM
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Good report! I was curious did you guys go from L'Amoreux over to Bestview along Finch or did you south to Sheppard and take the subway a few stops over? I wasted some time in Alamosa Park because I couldn't get back to Leslie because of the traintracks so was curious how other team's navigated through here.
Oct 16, 2012 5:47 PM
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Finch bus west, getting off one stop after Leslie. Ran through BestView northbound and then continued west via Steeles bus.
Oct 16, 2012 6:18 PM
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Thanks Bender. Did you drop down into Alamosa to quickly grab a pic of the sign at the tennis court?
Oct 16, 2012 6:55 PM
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As PH stopped the GPS during TTC jaunts, doesn't have either Confucius nor the tennis court, but what we did between Nellson/Sheppard and Birchmount/Finch was...
Sheppard bus west, making stops for both Confucius and the tennis club. Then interchange at Birchmount. This interchange to #17 (Birchmount north) was the longest wait of the day as it is a smaller local route (had I'd been paying attention I would of weighed this potential risk in and taken us north via Kennedy instead as the bus options are more than one and would be more frequent). We took the bus to the north end of the map (Ivy Bush) and ran the map south ending up a block north of Finch. Since the bus was right there coming south we took it the one stop to Finch for the switch. Funny thing was the driver asked what the heck we were doing as she'd been the very same driver that had dropped us off not 10min earlier at the north end of the park. Steeles Ave is the northern boundary of the TTC territory and she'd simply made a turn around hence we caught the exact same bus going south.
Sheppard bus west, making stops for both Confucius and the tennis club. Then interchange at Birchmount. This interchange to #17 (Birchmount north) was the longest wait of the day as it is a smaller local route (had I'd been paying attention I would of weighed this potential risk in and taken us north via Kennedy instead as the bus options are more than one and would be more frequent). We took the bus to the north end of the map (Ivy Bush) and ran the map south ending up a block north of Finch. Since the bus was right there coming south we took it the one stop to Finch for the switch. Funny thing was the driver asked what the heck we were doing as she'd been the very same driver that had dropped us off not 10min earlier at the north end of the park. Steeles Ave is the northern boundary of the TTC territory and she'd simply made a turn around hence we caught the exact same bus going south.
Oct 16, 2012 7:14 PM
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Ahh okay gotcha Bender. I got a little confused because I forgot about the Agincourt Tennis Club when recapping my race (although I should have remembered my DimSum craving around there). From there I made a bit of a route error as I headed down to Victoria Park to grab the picture at Fairglen Park then continued south to the Sheppard Line and over to Leslie. There was a 2nd tennis course clue at Alamosa Park which I jogged up to from Sheppard and that was took alot longer than I had estimated.
Oct 16, 2012 7:50 PM
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your GPS screen was taped over and covered right?! :-)
...depends, is this considered a WRE, am I running as an eligible runner, was my display simply showing time of day and no information in regards to location, pace, or distance covered ;)
although I should have remembered my DimSum craving around there
(I hate using OMG) ....but OMG!!!! those smells were soooo tempting!!!!
...depends, is this considered a WRE, am I running as an eligible runner, was my display simply showing time of day and no information in regards to location, pace, or distance covered ;)
although I should have remembered my DimSum craving around there
(I hate using OMG) ....but OMG!!!! those smells were soooo tempting!!!!
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