BlastRadius

You'll want to be on the 9:19 Mountain View Caltrain to get up to SF at 10:36, otherwise the next train won't get to SF until 11:36.

bostontrevor

Let me tell you a funny story about how instead of grabbing the 9:19 northbound, I goofed and got the 9:15 south. It ends with me writing you from my handheld in San Jose and catching the 10:19 north.

BlastRadius

Hehe. Cool we'll both be "late" then.

ostro

We were there...

Claytons new trick, no-handed to wheelie and then something.

bostontrevor

Thanks to everyone for showing me around a bit. Sorry I bonked at the end there, I knew I should have eaten breakfast.

(Notice the convenient excuse... this part is key.)

Judah

Sorry I couldn't make it down there. I went home and hacked up a pint of green junk from my lungs. Being sick sucks...

arevalo

Nice, more pics!

Recap? How many showed up?

bostontrevor

Pics (nothing too exciting, I'm afraid):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/trevors/87143398/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trevors/87143404/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trevors/87143406/

We rode across town, through Golden Gate, and down the shoreline. I hadn't eaten anything but a Clif bar and a hot dog all day, so I kind of died on the hill to Inkd's place. But it's a brutal hill. I will not be visiting often.

Then Blast Radius was awesome enough to accompany me to the train and wait around.

I think there were six of us (including Judah who had to skip out early on account of his "sick") but I might be missing one.

Rancid

So wait...did INKD get ahold of anyone? He called me this morning to have me get on here and sayhe was hitting some bad conditions on the way, but I was nowhere near a computer....just sayin.....

dolface

dude, your new avatar is creeping me out.

(i wasn't there because i was trapped in a classroom with a bunch of ex-jocks, learning the finer points of the pole vault, triple jump, high jump, and long jump. it was about as fascinating as it sounds).

Rancid

thats INKD and I keeping it real

dolface

jesus. any way to turn down the realness a little?

Rancid

I do look horrifying there don't I?

ZappCatt

dolface, did you sign up for a Track clinic, and think they meant at a velodrome???

p.s. Triple and Long jumps rock..I sucked at the other 2..

dolface

lol, no, i sorta knew what i was getting into, but i coach endurance for dirt, and the section on endurance was exactly 1 out of the 21 hours i was there, and the longest distance they talked about was 10k for track, which i call a warm-up or a sprint

ZappCatt

Cool about coaching. Is endurance running the racing that you have been talking about?, I hate endurance...hurts to much.. I thought of the 800 meters on the track as an endurance race...gotta find as many match sprint meets as I can find at Hellyer..

"coach endurance for dirt"? Is that a club? Or just saying that you make dirt coaching?

BlastRadius

The last (of many) big hills on the way to InkDs place.

All my other action photos didn't turn out.

InkD was still at Donner Pass when we got to his place with an ETA of 3+ hours so we left after hanging around little bit. Sorry it didn't work out. Tomorrow is MLK so maybe some other folks have the day off (I don't) and can help.

dolface

heh. i run trail races, usually longer than 30k, and just started running 50k. on my way to 100k.
my runners usually come from a marathon/half marathonn background, and are bored with (or get injured on) pavement, and are looking for more forgiving surfaces to run on. (i coach for a running club in the city).

bostontrevor

Hey look, it's me feeling ****ty. And those silly reflective patches do work! I believe I was in the process of getting off the bike to walk the hill.

dolface

d'oh! i HATE that hill!

BlastRadius

Oh, it was me, BT, Ostro, 46x17, r-dub, and sherbert tights. Judah and Jordan were with us then turned around at the beach.

arevalo

Good 'ole St. Francis.

Did you guys take Sullivan? That hill is pretty crucial as well.

r-dub

that ride was great except for my slow @ss getting dropped on every hill once we hit daly city...been spending way to much time in the office lately and not nearly enough on the bike. First real ride for my new bike, though, and it performed better than expected.

BlastRadius

Yup. Sullivan and St Francis were the killers. There really isn't a flatter way to get to Clarinada is there. I mean Clarinada is pretty much at the top of a hill.

arevalo

Pretty much. But there's really no flat in Daly City. Which sucks for me, I live right off Southgate.


You could have went up Eastmoor and then left on St. Francis instead of up Sullivan.

Or Callan. Which is next to Serramonte, super steeeeeeeeep.