Last night I was sitting in the hotel hot tub with another couple and complained that this hotel was terrible cause it was surrounded by freeways and there where no good places to run. They told me there was a bike trail about 6 miles away up in the hills between San Mateo and Half moon bay. So I came back to my room, and found it on a map. Borrowed the rental car keys from my co-worker and this morning set out at 5:30 to find it. It was very dark up there and I considered turning around and just coming back to the hotel treadmill, but when I found the trail head there were already about 7 -8 cars there so I decided that there were at least 7 or 8 people crazier than me running in the dark in the woods so I put on my head lamp and headed off. The first 1/2 was pretty spooky, lots of critters running around in the bushes watching me run by, but by the time I got to the turn around point, (a Dam) it was starting to get light. The run back was amazing, I could really see what I was missing, on one side was a really pretty lake and on the other side was a game preserve, there where deer all over the place just standing on the side of the road as I ran past. Quite a few people out for morning walks too, amazing that a place like this is just 5 minutes away from one of the busiest freeways in the country. I definately want to go back and try it again in full day light. Perfect running temps too, about 45 degrees out. 10.2 miles in about 1:10:00.
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