Thornewood Open Space Preserve: The easiest hike you've never taken.

Small enough to never get lost, flat enough for all abilities.

Just off Highway 84 on the outskirts of Woodside, otherwise known as La Honda Rd, there is a little known preserve named Thornewood. Its not very large with only two trails running through it and neither trail is very long. I live rather close to this area and never stopped in to check this place out until today. I know this preserve to be small with only a couple trails so when Im out this way I will choose Huddart Park, Wunderlich Park or Windy Hill OSP instead. All 3 are very close and all 3 are much larger with many more route choices to choose from.

Mid Peninsula Runners

Come join us for the Mid Peninsula Runners group free run tonight at 5:30 @ Dethrone Base Camp in Burlingame on California Ave. Tonight were gonna talk about the importance of cadence! Join the discussion.

Free Group Run in Burlingame

The free group run on Tuesday 2/19/13 is NOT cancelled due to rain. Managment has assured me that if we get rained out they will provide a FREE workout for all that showed up to run.

Join us at 5:30 at the Dethrone Base Camp @ 261 California Dr - Burlingame, CA - RAIN or SHINE

See you there,
Jonathan

Way Too Cool 50k lottery has been drawn!

I woke up this morning and as usual settled into my email with my morning coffee. The first email I saw was from Ultrasignup.com. I knew what this was about, a week ago they announced the opening of the lottery for the Way Too Cool 50k in Cool ,CA just outside of the small mountain town of Auburn. I put my name in the lottery by filling out their questionaire about my ultra running experience and giving them a credit card number. I thought about that this weekend and wondered when they were going to do the drawing and announce the winners. I thought it was this weekend. Apparently I was right.

I opened the email to read:

Congratulations! 
You have been selected for the 2013 Way Too Cool 50K Endurance Run Presented by Clif Bar.

  On behalf of myself and my NorCalUltras team, we look forward to seeing you on March 9th! Happy training,

Julie Fingar Race Director

The Way Too Cool 50k, for those who are not familiar, is (according to their website) the most sought after 50k in the United States. It is run on parts of the Western States 100 mile endurance championship course in and around the Sierra Nevada mountains. The lottery results are posted here at Ultrasignup.com and reads like a who's who list of ultramarathon superstars. The first few names that jumped out at me were Leor Pantilat, Galen Burrell, Max King, Gary Gellin, Rory Bosio, and if you scroll towards the bottom of the page Jonathan Fales!!!!

What a great way to start this week off!!!!

See you in the mountains,
Jonathan

PS...Trail Runner ran a great article about this race here