Happy New Year

On New Year's Eve I did an awesome 1:45 run on Mount Tam, with Chris Hauth and about 8 others. We started ~ 10am, the morning after a huge storm - though the weather was still stormy, we had some rain breaks and the trails were fairly sheltered from the wind. We ran Matt Davis trail from Mountain Home Inn to Pantoll ranger station, then Dipsea trail to Steep Ravine trail. We traversed overflowing streams, rivers, clambored over felled trees and even negotiated a landslide. Epic! Combination of fun and insane. A couple of times we had to stop and help one another crawl up and over landslides where the trail was completely eroded. The New Year's Day plan was 100mi ride to Pt. Reyes lighthouse... but after 20miles of riding I was chilled to the bone and soaking wet. Mike and I had ridden from Tam High to Nicasio, through the mud-slicked streets of San Anselmo which had been closed to traffic due to flooding. The Northern California storms were the #1 news story of January 1, 2006!

Here's a view of the bike path in Marin... Tymoff, that guy rides on water!