Lake Merritt Half Day surface

[robby g]

howdy howdy!
near the top of the Lake Merritt Half Day page it says the surface is 70% dirt and 30% asphalt, but on the "Run-Day Instructions" page it has it the other way around at 30% dirt and 70% asphalt.
so i'm sure there are alot of Lake Merritt aficianados out there who can straighten me out. i'm pulling for the dirt, but i have my doubts :-)
peace

[mweston]

Sometime between 2 years ago and last year more of it got paved, so it's definitely more than 30% paved. Here's what I wrote last year after the event:

It's a lot more paved, though if you made a concerted effort to find dirt, you might be able to get almost half on dirt. But 70/30 the other way is probably about what to expect next year.

[Mark Tanaka]

As Mike allude to, there's a fair amount of the paved path where you have the option of running grass and dirt if you want to trade a little speed to save your joints.

[robby g]

thanks for the good info Mike and Mark! it's nice to know there are some options out there :-)
happy running to all!