Monday, February 06, 2012
Duckicorn compression wave
Duckicorn standing compression wave. Spontaneously forming, barely had time to whip out the camera!
My favorite run in San Francisco
Last year, at the urging of my awesome lab mates, I ran my first half-marathon (Feb 2011) and full marathon (July 2011). After that, I decided to give running a rest and focus more on climbing, working, getting married...you know. The usual. Anyway last weekend it was time to start again so I had a nice run/hike, following my favorite path through this beautiful city. I live in Potrero Hill, so I first ran to the top of nearby Bernal Hill. View of downtown:
From Bernal I ran along 26th/25th street and found a cool park I'd never seen before, Douglass Dog Park. There's a bonafide if short class 4 scramble at the back end. I went up it and onto what was probably the less-than-legal side of a fence to catch a view of the next destination!
From there I scrambled down to Clipper Street, probably screwing up lots of people's anti-erosion measures. Not recommended if you want to avoid my accidental dickishness. From there I hit Twin Peaks blvd (mostly hiking now, some running):
Nearing the top, I saw some beautiful native poppies and lichen (possibly also native, but with lichen you never know. I consider them untrustworthy characters).
And of course, views from the top! Tons of people up there already, waiting to see the sunset.
On the way back down, there were some beautiful rock formations left over I imagine from the blasting they did to make the road.
Then over Mt. Sutro to drop by lab and pick up my bike. It had been stranded there since I went to the Keystone conference in Santa Fe, and had started talking smack about me to the other bikes. On the way I saw this cool tree. Its beauty almost makes up for my wife's current bad allergies; somehow I know it's this particular tree, halfway across the city, that's causing all the trouble. I mean, just look at that face. 100% trouble.
And then a nice bike ride home from Parnassus to Potrero. Great day! And if you're looking for an enjoyable run through/over the city, I highly recommend this route. I've also added in Mt. Davidson but the ugly postwar developments on its skirts make it nonawesome. However if there's daylight I strongly recommend adding in the forested paths over Mt. Sutro (behind UCSF). Gets up to about 7 miles and is pretty grueling.
From Bernal I ran along 26th/25th street and found a cool park I'd never seen before, Douglass Dog Park. There's a bonafide if short class 4 scramble at the back end. I went up it and onto what was probably the less-than-legal side of a fence to catch a view of the next destination!
From there I scrambled down to Clipper Street, probably screwing up lots of people's anti-erosion measures. Not recommended if you want to avoid my accidental dickishness. From there I hit Twin Peaks blvd (mostly hiking now, some running):
Nearing the top, I saw some beautiful native poppies and lichen (possibly also native, but with lichen you never know. I consider them untrustworthy characters).
And of course, views from the top! Tons of people up there already, waiting to see the sunset.
On the way back down, there were some beautiful rock formations left over I imagine from the blasting they did to make the road.
Then over Mt. Sutro to drop by lab and pick up my bike. It had been stranded there since I went to the Keystone conference in Santa Fe, and had started talking smack about me to the other bikes. On the way I saw this cool tree. Its beauty almost makes up for my wife's current bad allergies; somehow I know it's this particular tree, halfway across the city, that's causing all the trouble. I mean, just look at that face. 100% trouble.
And then a nice bike ride home from Parnassus to Potrero. Great day! And if you're looking for an enjoyable run through/over the city, I highly recommend this route. I've also added in Mt. Davidson but the ugly postwar developments on its skirts make it nonawesome. However if there's daylight I strongly recommend adding in the forested paths over Mt. Sutro (behind UCSF). Gets up to about 7 miles and is pretty grueling.
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