On Tuesday I ran in Portola Valley again, except this time in the neighborhoods north of Alpine Road. The running was decidedly not as good as the Portola Valley Ranch area of the previous run. A few of the main trails were ok, but the side trails are either super hilly, narrow, muddy, mangled by…
Month: February 2008
Portola Valley Ranch
Another great find today for trail running – the Portola Valley Ranch! I ran for 74 minutes (~11 miles) on some sweet single track in oak forests and grasslands. It’s quite hilly, but I’m not complaining! The Toyon Trail was especially fun with its super narrow windy sections along the cliffside above Corte Madera Creek….
Woodside 35k Trail Run
Today I ran the 35k trail run at the Woodside event of the Pacific Coast Trail Runs (PCTR) series. The actual distance is 35.4k or 22 miles, with 2,990 feet of elevation gain. I was the first finisher in 2:38.45 and broke the previous course record by a nice margin (around 7:10 pace per mile)….
2008 Season Kickoff
Tomorrow I kick off the 2008 season with a race at Woodside (Huddart Park) tomorrow morning. I am going to be running the 35k (22 miles). You can probably tell from my blog that I run Huddart a lot so you can consider this my “homefield.” The trails are indeed gorgeous at Huddart and the…
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