San Francisco Bay Area Running Trips
Paved flat trail. Trail follows the Crystal Springs Reservoir, and offers very nice views. With Guy and Guillaume.
The Stanford Dish loop is a good run. The path is paved, but very steep at times (see the elevation profile!).
This time, on a nice, cool September evening, I ran the extended loop, which is about 5.6 miles. When you reach the dish itself, turn left (if running clockwise) to the Alpine Rd entrance, and then trurn around to climb back up.
Rogue Valley to Chamise trail to Black Mountain trail to SummitDown Black Mountain Trail to secret backcountry trail to PG&E to parking lot
Natoma to Byrne Park to Hidden Villa to Grapevine trail to Rancho San Antonio to Rhus Ridge trail to Elena
Start by crossing pedestrian bridge above Highway 101, this time i followed trail at backside of corporate offices on Embarcadero, then around duckpond, to end of pier and back, around Palo Alto airport and municipal golf course.
I've written about this route before in the context of mountain biking. This is a very scenic but otherwise boring hike along fireroads, that vary between 5 - 15% grade with 10% being about the average. (Fairly standard stuff.) Great for running, unless your ankles twist easily, and/or your knees don't like running downhill. (You can always walk on the downhill portions.) Personally, I like to "hike/run", meaning I wear supportive hiking...
Cross Country with the Lightning Track Club in Pleasanton
Pleasanton, California, United States
2.1 miles
2.1 miles
It's fire season here in Northern California. When we drove to Pleasanton this morning, we saw a caravan of firetrucks headed north on I680, from the the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. I don't know if it was in anticipation of things to come, or whether there's a fire they're supporting. At Shadow Cliffs Park, where this event took place, the water level is so low the boat ramps don't even...
Follow that Car! Starting at the office building
of Sam Spade in the Maltese Falcon, this architectural adventure
follows - or at least attempts to keep up with - chase scenes from
famous films shot in San Francisco. Tracking Madeleine from Hitchcock’s
Vertigo, listening in on Frances Ford Coppola's Conversation, and p...eeping
in on Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, stalking the sniper from Dirty
Harry and following the car chase from Bullitt....
Follow
that Car! Starting at the office building
of Sam Spade in the Maltese Falcon, this architectural adventure
follows - or at least attempts to keep up with - chase scenes from
famous films shot in San Francisco. Tracking Madeleine from Hitchcock’s
Vertigo, listening in on Frances Ford Coppola's Conversation, and p...eeping
in on Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, stalking the sniper from Dirty
Harry and following the car chase from Bullitt....
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