Where To Run In – Pico Rivera

Hello! How are you? I stayed at my parents’ house last night so this morning I ran in Pico Rivera. I used to feel like it’s not the best place to run because my mom got bit by a dog in the past! And there are often random dogs out. That scares me! Plus there weren’t  a lot of path options – until recently!

This is new-to-me but a few years ago the city created a path for bikers and walkers around the Rio Hondo Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds. Basically it’s a riverbed that never has a river. We’re in a drought, remember?

So the signs warning against swimming are just for fun right now…

Send water!

You can get to the trail at Mines Ave or Paramount Blvd. When I looked it up for more info I saw it’s called the Paseo Del Rio. It’s about 6 miles that circle the basin area. It’s open 24 hours a day.

It was pretty quiet when I ran in the morning – I saw three walkers at various points but no runners or bikers. It was flat and the path was fairly wide. I didn’t see any water-fountains or restrooms.

For more information check out the city’s site with details on Paseo Del Rio.

(There’s another riverbed path in the area that goes all the way to Long Beach but I’ve only biked that one with a friend. When I was younger running solo I wasn’t sure about running that path but I’d give it a try now. Maybe another post for another day?)

I ran 8 miles and then did 8 strides in a park parking lot…

I got back and had breakfast with Bailey. He thinks he wants some of my cereal, but he wouldn’t really be into it if I shared…

Then, Matt and I hung out for a while running errands and other randomness.

I feel like we’ve been eating a lot of junk this week so I wanted to make a healthy, veggie packed dinner. Since my mom knew she’d be out of town the fridge was pretty bare. I grabbed a few essentials and threw together a healthy pasta dish.

Surprisingly, even though this is ‘cheap’ spaghetti sauce it didn’t have HFCS like so many of the other brands and was pretty low in sugar.

To make it healthier I added an extra can of tomatoes to the sauce and used a bag of frozen bell peppers for extra veggies. This took me 15 minutes max to make!

It was delicious! But when I went to take the first bite something felt weird – this fork is completely bent?! I don’t know how I didn’t realize right away. Matt and I have no idea how it got that way but since my parents are out of town we’re going to throw it away and pretend like it didn’t happen. Don’t tell them.

One last pic of the pups! They are hard to photograph since they’re always moving and begging for pets and love. Kinda like me.

Question: What did you have for dinner?

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