Markin Center to Bradley Park Cornstalk Course (and a hill repeat course)

Photo set for these courses can be found here.

Notes for the course: this is a good spring, summer and fall course. This is NOT a good snow course as the city tends to pile the road snow onto the sidewalks. Also, the park sections can be a bit slick (but runnable) after a rainstorm.

Markin Center (Bradley University) to Bradley Park. 4.62 miles.

The course: (USATF courses) 4.62 miles; 190 feet of climb spread out over 3 hills.

Start: Markin Center rear entrance on Maplewood.

Turn right on Bradley Ave.

Turn right on Cooper Street (first stop sign).

Turn right on Main street (brief bit of sidewalk).

At the first stop light (with a pedestrian light), turn left. The Parking Garage will be on your right.
You are on Maplewood again.

Go through this neighborhood.

Turn right on Columbia Terrace.

Turn left on Glenwood.

Follow Glenwood as it changes into Parkside. Bradley Park will be on your right.

Back on Main, turn right onto the sidewalk then right again past the small circle into Bradley Park.

Follow the walk into the parking lot and park road. Go downhill.

At the base of the hill, turn left, follow the park road. Picnic area, tennis courts, and later the Bradley softball field will be to your left. There are some bathrooms there.

Just as you are about to exit the park, turn right on the side walk. The creek is on your right.

Take another quick right back into the park.

Now when the road forks, turn hard left uphill.

Go up this hill…climb until you crest near Cornstalk theater.

Go right and descend a bit.

Go straight; you rise a bit then head down.

Toward the bottom of the hill, you see the bridge(s). Cross one of them (or the one that is still standing).

Go uphill past the dog park..then go downhill.

As you exit this hill watch for traffic.

Then you are almost where you entered the lower part of the park.

Go back uphill and retrace your path back down.

Turn left on main, left on Parkside.

Parkside: turn on Glenwood

Turn right on Columbia Terrace

The very near by, turn left on Maplewood.

Cross Main at the light, turn right on Main.

Turn left on Cooper.

Follow Cooper to Bradley Ave. Turn left.

Turn left onto Maplewood and back to the Markin rear entrance.

Bradley Hill Repeat Course. 2.39 round trip (about 1.2 miles each way) 274 feet of climbing spread out over 5 hills per out and back repetition.

(USATF site)

Start at the top of Bradley Park (parking lot)

Go down the hill but then turn RIGHT at the bottom.

Go up the hill; the dog park will be to your right.

Go down, cross the bridge.

Turn right, go up Cornstalk hill.

Go back down, then turn around and repeat in the other direction.

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