More San Fran Miles

3 Miles Easy - 27:45 - 9:15 Pace

More treadmill miles here in San Fran...after I lifted again. Still feeling good.

Running in San Fran....on the Treadmill

4 Miles Easy - 37:00 - 9:15 Pace

In San Fran today, and ran another 4 miles, after I lifted...at the gym my aunt goes to. So my big, "first time running outside in months" day hasn't happened yet...and it might not out here.....but I felt good.

Rainy Days

4.1 Miles - 36:31

It was pouring out today at the vineyard, and all of a sudden there was a break in the clouds, so I went for a run. Took the gate remote today so I could get out of the community, then went running around the vineyards, and the hills. I forgot how hilly this run was, it's pretty tough. I did manage to get a little over 4 miles in, the last mile was all uphill. Then I openned the gate and went back into the community, pretty spent. As I was walking, it started to trickle, then it started to pour and the wind picked up, and I was too tired to run up and down the hills inside the gate, so I walked, and got soaked.......and soaked, it is about 1.5 miles from the gate to thier place, so I was pretty wet. As I was approaching their gate, Tom came rolling out in the Explorer and picked me up. By then, I couldn't have gotten any wetter though. I'll take the rain anyday though over the snow..

Trapped

2.1 Hilly Miles - 18:21

I am in Cali, at my aunt and uncles vineyard, went for a run today. I walked to the gate to get out of the community to warm up, and when I got there, it wouldn't open, the code wasn't working.....so I was stuck. Nothing left to do but run up and down the road from thier place to the gate.......which is one big steep hill, a few times up and down that and I was hit.

Hiking again today

No running today, went on another beautiful hiking in Marin County North of San Fran. It was a 7.3 mile hike that followed a river down to Stinson beach, and then went back up the nearby mountain, which was pretty steep, but beautiful. Then in and out of grasslands and forests with great views of the ocean. The weather was great, about 50 degrees, hardly any wind. A good way to build up and appatite for the New Years feasting that will be taking place tonight.

7 beautiful miles in San Fran, 3 of them out of necessity

Started out today planning on walking to the Golden Gate Park like I had done on Tursday, and then run 4 miles in the park. Thursday I was all over the place and had to back track a few times. So today I looked at a map and found a more direct route that would get me my 4 miles without stopping and starting.

Things were going well, I felt great, even after the long hike yesterday, the ground was moving smoothly under my feet. I was enjoying the sights as I was running. Out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimps of the Japanese Garden in the Park. I thought it might be cool to run by that on the way back. So when I made my return trip, I hung a right towards the Garden. I have been there before, but it was neat to see it again. As I ran by, I noticed that I couldn't exit that area in the direction I wanted to go. So I had to run along some fencing until I could get through.

Now I entered the park from the East, and I thought I was till traveling West back towards when I came from. Turn out I was going South, and when I exited the park, I didn't recornize where I was, but I figured I was just north of the street I came in on, so I hung a right, when sent me East, opposite of where I wanted to go. As I ran and ran, not seeing the street I came in on, I noticed that the streets were in the teens, and I knew that 17th street ran into Belvedere which is where I wanted to be. So I hung a left on that, which took me south again.

My reasoning was sound, but not knowing that I was on the wrong side of the park is what got me. So I kept running and running, and 17th was uphill, exactly what this picture looks like. Block after block of uphill running, I finally had to walk until I got to the top, and realized I was in trouble. Luckily, and nice young woman was able to give me directions back, after informing me that I was no where near where I wanted to be. So it was quite a run back, but I did notice that while I was running and not knowing where I was, it was nice, becasue I wasn't paying attention to the running, how tired I was, but just trying to figure out where I was. And I did get to see parts of the city I have never seen before.

No Running Today, Just Hiking

Went Hiking today in the Mount Tamalpais area. It was about a 6.5 Mile hike, beautiful scenery, the best was the 30 foot waterfall you see here. Lots of up and down on this trip, and rocky paths to navigate. I was also wearing some shoes I had just bought yesterday, so they were not broken in yet. It was very foggy today up in the mountains, as you can see, so a lot of the views that you normally get were unavailable, but I think it made the trips though the woods that much better.........mystic almost.

I was going to run when I got back, but it was a pretty strenuous hike, and my legs and feet were pretty sore when I got done, so I think I will run tomorrow morning before we go hiking again. There are so many great places to hike out here, and a lot of waterfalls to see, which are my favorite. This is going to be a great trip.

3.75 Miles, in Cali

Ok, so running in shorts and a shirt might have been a pipe dream of mine. It has been around 50 degrees here, however, when I went for my run this morning, it was 38. So I was wearing about the same outfit I wear when in Michigan :-(. No snow to high step through was the big plus, and the scenery was much better. I walked down the to Golden Gate Park and started my run there. Didn't really know where I was going, took a few trails that I had to back-track on, but it was a good run. Oh, I did forget my gloves, so my hands were chilly. When I got done in the park I was at about 3.25 miles, so I ran back to my aunts place, which is all up hill. That part was rough, great workout though.