Briones Reservoir
Last Saturday we finally made it to a group run. Now that they are back running trails we hope to join them more often. This time it was a new destination and another chance to use out EBMUD trail permit.
We were first to arrive except for Jim who was doing a pre-run run up some enormous hill on the road. This was his idea of tapering for Big Sur, logging a 70+ mile week.
The group gathered and most folks set off for a 6 miles out and back which took in some nice single track running. Six miles is a little small for our weekend runs these days, so we set off around the whole lake. Within the first few hundred meters Jim and Joe went by us. After that we didn’t see another sole until 10 miles later at the dam. This is not a very well traveled run!
Both of us didn’t have the best run, but we made it around eventually as we tried to take it easy. We are running the Xterra Redwood 15K race this weekend. That race is gratuitous hills, so we need our strength.
A page on this run, with a map and more photos can be found here.
Really great photos. Good luck in the race this weekend, and watch out for those gratuitous hills!