Buffalo Chips Running Club

Where Are We Headed?

Meeting in the parking lot of the Tupelo Coffee House, we will run east on H Street, through the Union Pacific Railroad tunnel, get up on to the levee, go underneath the H Street/Polic Officer Tara O’Sullivan Memorial bridge, then pick up the paved trail that leads to the Sacramento State University campus. At that point, we will cross the Guy West Bridge, and then pick up the American River Recreational Trail, near the 8.0-mile marker. Heading upstream, we will reach the Watt Avenue bridge, cross it, and then go downstream on the other side of the American River. Upon reaching the Guy West Bridge again, participants have the option of choosing to cross the bridge again, therefore repeating the same “loop”, or continuing back on the paved trail to our starting point.

The distance to the Guy West Bridge, from the starting point, is about 1.5-miles. Each loop, going from the Guy West Bridge to the Watt Avenue bridge, and then back again, is nearly five miles long. Participants can do as many loops as fit their individual training plans.

Typically, someone is there at this location fifteen minutes before the listed starting time should you want to engage in some personal pre-workout stretching.

“Johnny Cash Trail”
Karen’s Bakery
705 Gold Lake Drive
Folsom, CA. 95630

Where Are We Headed?

Starting from Karen's Bakery, we will head through Old-Town Folsom to connect on to the "Johnny Cash Memorial Trail", which is a hilly, paved trail for about three miles.

Depending on the consensus of the group, we may choose to run the loop counter-clockwise, which means we will start with the “Johnny Cash Memorial Trail”, reach to the top of the trail overlooking Folsom Dam, run down to where they start the California International Marathon, then catch the American River Parkway Trail, and return to Old-Town Folsom for a distance of seven miles—which seems like eight miles when you add in the hills.

Sometimes we will run the loop clockwise, going directly over the Folsom pedestrian bridge, turning east on to the American River Recreational Trail, making the hair-pin turn where they start the California International Marathon, run up the hill in front of Folsom Dam, then connect on to the “Johnny Cash Memorial Trail” at the top of the hill, and then head back to Old-Town Folsom for a total of seven miles—which, when taking into account the hills going in that direction, feels like ten miles.

The actual distance of either option is just over seven miles. Participants can do the course twice if it fits their training plans.

Typically, someone is there at this location fifteen minutes before the listed starting time should you want to engage in some personal pre-workout stretching.