San Jose Running

It is usually pretty safe to run downtown, but I don't like it, because of the amount of lights...There are a couple of trails in the area.  If you run to "childrens discover park" (Woz way and San Carlos), there is a trail entrance that runs through down town, the rose garden area and past the airport.  I am not sure how long it goes as they have been doing work on it.  If you have access to a car and can drive a little ways, The Los Gatos Creek trail is a great trail to run on.  The closest entrance to the Los Gatos Creek trail I can think of is near Meridian ave and Curci dr.  There are mile markers on the trail, and it goes for quite a while. 

When you say "in the morning", what time are you talking about?  and What is a "long" run to you?  I run Tuesday and Thursdays at about 11 / 11:30am...but I am running in South San Jose on the Coyote Creek trail.