Note: These routes generally begin and end at the Lake Austin Asthma & Allergy Clinic, and are the routes often used by Twenty-Six Two Marathon Club for Saturday long runs.
Routes are arranged from shortest to longest in distance.
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The "Difficulty Scale" is entirely subjective and is based on the raters' years of running endless hilly routes in Austin.
The scale goes from 1 (easy) up to 5 (very hard).
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The Barton Hills Loop
Approx. 5.0 miles
| Directions
(Note: This route starts near the 1.0 mile marker on the trail)
| Difficulty Scale: 3.0
Starts flat but quickly starts climbing along Barton Hills. Serious rolling hills in the middle, then some quad-pounding downhills towards the end.
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The Scenic Loop
Approx. 6.6 miles
| Directions
| Difficulty Scale: 3.0
Starts out easy, tough short hills right around miles 2.5 - 4, finishes with rolling hills along Exposition at the end.
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The "Short" Hancock Loop
Approx. 11.8 miles
| Directions
| Difficulty Scale: 3.5
Challenging hills in the middle, followed by some boring but relatively flat miles on Bull Creek, finishing with tough rolling hills along Exposition at the end.
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The Hancock/Shoal Creek Loop
Approx. 12.1 mi
| Directions
| Difficulty Scale: 3.5
Challenging hills in the middle, followed by very nice middle miles along Shoal Creek, finishing with tough rolling hills along Exposition at the end.
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The Far West Loop
Approx. 14.5 miles
| Directions
| Difficulty Scale: 4.0
Challenging hills in the middle, followed by a short but hard climb almost at Far West. Very nice middle miles along Shoal Creek, finishing with tough rolling hills along Exposition at the end.
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