"The Hill"

Just wanted to share my experience a little bit about my running "The Hill". I was in the South Bay yesterday morning so I tried running the trail that Niner greats Jerry Rice and Rodger Graig and others trained on during the off season. I found the source of information somewhere on the Zone and that led to a web-site ( sorry, I do not know how to create a link to it at ) askmen-com/sports-commentary/1084222/article-running-the-hill-the-famous-workout- of - san-Francisco-49ers. And that information from that article excerpted from 100 things49ers fans should know...ect....by Daniel Brown. I did not buy the book.

I had been looking to do this for few years and the opportunity presented itself.
Anyhow the article has all the information you need to get to Edgewood park and take the correct trails. Sorry I do not know how to post any pictures.

I am just a recreational jogger so I just ran a slow pace, for the 4 miles or so in about 1.5 hours( lotsa stops).It was a beautiful day and a great workout for me. The trails are well marked and have a good dirt or gravel base for traction , ( it was wet in a few spots ) It is a uphill pull to the top so if you just want to hike it that's good also. The wild flowers are still out , it's nice and green, and the views towards the top are magnificent. You get a sense of how grueling a workout it was for the Niners who ran it.
At the parking I saw a nice car that had a License plate that read on it " I RunMountains " and the driver was proof of that as he looked to be in excellent shape.
I am bit sore today but For me it was a great experience and I recommend it to anyone.

Rice never mentioned a death match with a mountain lion at the end of the trail...

Did he?

We used to have kegger parties there back in HS.

Forget the Hill. Leave the past alone. It's all about The Pain:

Way to go , Highway. Now we got a fan who has run the hill. No longer is it a mystery , thanks to you. Now i kinda wish i was still able to run. Dang , what a great idea, and excellent exercise. Dont' remember Jerry ever commenting about the wildflowers tho. Thank you for adding that. Also hope someone else does it now that you have proven it could e done.
Well done.

Nice story.

coincidentally i've been thinking about going to "the hill" and jogging there myself. Nice to get a fan perspective and I hope I can go there soon.

That's awesome, good for you.

Originally posted by Joecool:
Forget the Hill. Leave the past alone. It's all about The Pain:

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team needs to climb outta the pit before they can run the hill

Originally posted by susweel:
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My Achilles tendons feel sore just looking at that.

Originally posted by bigmur49:

Originally posted by susweel:

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My Achilles tendons feel sore just looking at that.

Yeah maybe the new training staff might wonna ditch that thing. Lol might weaken ACLs

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''ACL tears are my business and business is a BOOMIN.''

Great movie with Sean Connery.

Even if Graig