NYE Tam Run.

Got back from Japan and got a flood of text messages.  There was a thread by Sam and Seth talking about doing a long run on Tam on NYE... so I figured this would be a great way to recover from jetlag... What a great mountain.  Can't wait to go back, again and again.  

first light

Some technical trails we chose...

Sam down for the count with a debilitating cramp... Seth and I were giggling

Veloviewer 2017

I like looking back at my year and noticing patterns or changes from previous years.  This year, I focused a lot more on trail running, now that Sam and Seth have really upped their text messaging game, it makes it easier/harder to say no for me to go out on more runs.  But I did finish my first 1000k, and was riding quite a bit to train for that, so I wasn't slacking on my riding either.... it just wasn't as consistent this year as previous years. 

Some corrections, and notes:

• My max ride distance was 625 miles (on my 1000k).  But I had to stop my Garmin a few times... so that doesn't show.  That was aslo the biggest Max Ride Elevation... with 38K.  
• 250K of the total elevation comes from Alpine Ski (riding lifts)... so don't be too impressed, as those were lift powered.  
• My running races aren't on there... the Broken Arrow 50k, Stinson Beach 30k... so my max run distance and max run elevation ... and max run time probably came from Broken Arrow... maybe I'll get a Suunto one of these days.  
• Rode a bit less than 2016 (3800 vs 3500), but I put in a LOT more miles running.  More than doubling my 2016 distance (842 vs 340).  

http://www.jonathanokeeffe.com/strava/annualSummary.php?shareId=eoneels0ulla

Run: Arnold Rim Trail

Right from Maira and Huston's rental... found a nice trail for a quick 10 miler.  

http://arnoldrimtrail.org/trail-information/arnold-rim-trail-map/

Turkeys greeted me right at the beginning.

I wonder if there is any climbing here... 

from the falls overlook

Another Tam Run

Some pics from a nice 10 miler with Sam, Seth & Rob.  Seth and I drove out to meet up with Sam and Rob, who were staying at a rental in Stinson. 

Volcano with the Schmidts!

https://www.yelp.com/biz/black-chasm-cavern-volcano

Had a great weekend getaway with the Schmidts to a historic little town in the foothills.  We stayed at the Volcano Union Inn, went to Black Chasm Cavern, saw a play at the Cobblestone Theatre, and checked out Grinding Rock SHP.  I rode up there (mostly) with Sigman on Fri.

Nikko the superhero... getting ready for the day.  

Had a lovely breakfast downstairs at the bar.

Coulter pine!

the old brewery

The Volcano Union Inn from the outside.  

Kai sitting in the old jail

we stopped here during the Kingdom of Heaven 1000k.  Mmmm, one of the reasons to come back to Volcano.  

Lunch inside the bakery

after lunch, we went to Black Chasm Cavern right outside of town... where you can pann for jewels from a bag you buy from them.  The kids love this...  

love Nikko's face here... 

this is the oldest running theatre in California.

We saw "A Charlie Brown Christmas"... 

Back at the hotel, they had made our room for us... 

with the 2 hours of daylight left, I went on a quick ride.  The roads around here are awesome for road biking.

2 real deers, one fake... 

Nikko had passed out from the day's activities

and Kai was busy playing games with Mama Margie

Check out this gem of a fireplace... 

more games.. 

The next day we went to Grinding Stone State Historic Park.  

More pics here