I took the liberty to sleep in until 530 AM this morning. I was so excited to get out and run the trails again near Mission Peak. I actually woke before my alarms went off ( I set 2 alarms!) to the quiet dancing soundof rain drops bouncing off the roof.  It’s not supposed to rain in the summer here in California.  Rain or shine, I will  run.

I met Andria at Mission Coffee and we immediately started running up Mill Creek Road. We decided to run the the horse ranch. The trail is rarely used except for the occasional runner. The fog was thick. Visibility was less than 1/8 of a mile.  We ran past a flock of wild turkey and scared a few deer. When there are only 2 people running, we tend to see more wild life. I actually was able to capture 2 deer running with my Flip video recorder.

The East Bay Regional Park District is so is so incredible to run in.  The trail head is only 3 miles from my house and it offers hundreds of miles of panoramic trails to run on.  There are several developed springs to keep hydrated.  There are even out houses (rarely used by me). It’s a trail runner’s dream come true.

We had what I call a nice and easy run.  The run was approximately 13 miles.  My legs still felt a little sluggish from running the Ohlone Wilderness trail race 2 weeks ago.  The motivation for a fast paced run is just not there.  We ran because we enjoy trail running so much.

When Andria called last night to confirm our run, I was hiking with my family up the same trail that we run on.  She had an invitation to run on the flat trail with her girl friends.  She chose hill running with me!  I was so happy.  It is way more fun to run with 2 people.

Our run was approximately 13 miles.  It took us 2 hours and 42 minutes to complete the run in the fog.  I am now kicking back with a hot cup of coffee and spinning a few yarns about my run.