Going to Stanford: Where should I do a tempo run?

As your C O A C H, I advise you to get a Garmin.

there is a great paved loop around the entire campus. we start at the blue emergency alarm pole outside the stadium just 100 meters from the track toward el camino. if you do the entire outside loop including getting up on to foothill expressway it is 4 miles with a few rolling hills. The best tempo loop is a flat 2 miles starting from the post going in a clockwise direction and making sure you make the right that takes you alongside maples pavilion instead of continuing up to foothill expressway. you are welcome.

That's awesome. Thanks for the advice!

Are there any markings on this loop?

As your C O A C H, I advise you to get a Garmin.

The Cross country team has a 3 mile loop marked off with white paint and the occasional red flag every half mile. It's mostly pavement but its not bad. Start in between the track and the tennis stadium up near the street (there is a small sewer that is officially the start but that's not that important. Then run away from the street (which is Campus Dr.) up towards the football stadium and El Camino. When you get to El Camino take a right and follow the path that goes along the IM fields. Continue along to Stanford Ave (you will have to cross Serra street which is the only time you might be stopped but that is rare and most cars will give you the right of way. Make a right on Stanford Ave and take that to Bowdoin Ave about a half mile down. Make a right onto Bowdoin and then a left onto Campus. Take Campus back past your starting point to the next intersection and make a right (you are basically just going around the track parking lot). You will see the three mile mark on this section. Make a right on the small road that goes inbetween the track and football stadium and that will take you back to the parking lot you went through, make a left towards El Camino and you are back on the same route you were before.

If you prefer soft surface the grove next to the track is a 1 mile that is covered in woodchips. It's atleast 10 seconds per mile slower than pavement or the track. To complete the loop you just run along the perimeter (it will be an obvious path) and add on one small inner loop. If you run clockwise the turn will be apparent. The inner loop just jets out into the middle a bit and then curves around and comes back through the gravel parking lot. There are red flags every 400.

The above should read "Make a right on to Bowdoin and then a right onto Campus".

Stanford CC runner wrote:

The above should read "Make a right on to Bowdoin and then a right onto Campus".

Going right on to Bowdoin will give you the 3000 mile tempo run. The guy only wants to run 4 miles.

I'm assuming that running along the perimeter of those nice intramural/soccer fields is a no-no? And the ones that aren't fenced off?