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.

Fall colors & trail running videos.

That's one thing we don't have in dramatic fashion on the west coast, forests full of trees in a mix of vibrant colors. We have tons of yellow oak leaves piling up on our trails that's for sure. I spent over 4 hours out on the mid-peninsula trails today and saw leaves thickly hiding the trails underneath but that's a far cry from the mid-west and east coast color explosions.

For those of you who do not know, I am a native son of Michigan. A place with dynamic fall colors, the smell of wood burning in a fireplace and somehow the taste of warm apple cider lingers in your mouth. My brothers are back there stompin the trails in crisp morning air that matches the lightly frosted everything at dawn. They recently made this video, one of many, that makes me both homesick and hungry for more fall trail running videos. While you take a moment to watch this video, Im going to go find some more videos of fall trail running!


It's tough to find videos of trail running that have brilliant fall foliage but i did manage to find this video thats only about a month old and was shot in the park I just ran in, Huddart Park near Woodside, Ca. Check it out, this is what my back yard looks like this time of year. 

 

Running with Dr. Ramonsito & Eric in Huddart Park from Bert Whitson on Vimeo.

 

 

 

This guy had the right idea and the video was just put out on the net this month. Beautiful shots of the fall colors but one thing is missing, a trail. Without a trail there can be no run which means no video of killer trail running! The title of this video is a bit misleading.

Take a look at my newest page Web Media. It has tons of trail running videos.If you have a video that can scratch my itch for sweet fall colors send it my way or comment a link below. Bonus Karma for you if it has some trail running in it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you in the woods,

 

Jonathan