The Treasure of Point Fermin

In this post: Cabrillo Beach Park, Point Fermin Park, White Point State Park, Brooks running shoes, walking, running 
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If your over 50 and trying to get in shape or stay fit, it’s nice to have a running or walking route close to home that you really enjoy for its special esthetic qualities; a route that speaks to you for some personal - probably unknown – reason; your own little get away; your personal retreat; your happy-place where you can’t help but stop and smell the roses. It’s especially nice around the holidays when we’re all pinched for time. The Point Fermin area in San Pedro (CA) is my close-to-home, treasured place.

The Big Splash

Whether running, walking or a combination of both, this diverse urban route with a few short but steep hills, takes you on a tour of the yacht harbor, through quaint residential neighborhoods, to a bluff top park with spectacular beach and ocean views, down to a palm lined beach, up into the hills for terrific views of Catalina Islands and back to the harbor.

As a couple of added bonus, we’ve occasionally spotted whales from the bluff top and once, when conditions were just right, Janet and I witnessed waves exploding off the rocks in truly spectacular fashion.

Today, A.R. and I started at the harbor, ran all the way to the turn-around point at Royal Palms Beach and fast-walked back to the harbor via the White Point Loop, but we often do shorter versions of the route and eliminate some or all of the hills.


Gear Report
Brooks Adrenaline ASR 7 running shoes: I wore my Adrenaline ASR 7 trail running shoes from Runners High today.  This is the second outing for these shoes.  Today we ran on cement. asphalt, grass and dirt trail (including one really steep downhill section).  So far, I have no complaints.

Unfortunately, the hula girls saw me coming and ran away,
so I had to settle for this shot of A.R.

Polar Fitness Stats

Ages: 57, 64

Activity: Run/Walk

Time: 1 hrs 53 min

Distance: 8.3 miles

Elevation: 10' - 320'

Calories: 1043,

Average Heart Rate: 125, 

Max Heart Rate: 153,

Comments: This route offers lots of fantastic ocean views

Challenge:  Run it all.