Dipsea Trail

The Dipsea trail lacks mercy. That thing eats you just as bad as the Newton Hills in the Boston Marathon - and it's only 7 miles!!!

Some background on Dipsea:

-The Dipsea Race is the oldest foot race in the US.

-It has a 2,200 ft elevation gain.

-You climb 688 sets of stairs (one way).
-One of the climbs has been named "cardiac hill", another one is "suicide hill".

I got up at 6:50 on Saturday AM (ew) and rode to Mill Valley to meet my friend. After 15 miles on my bike, we stowed it away in his jeep and started the trail. My friend has a reputation for getting us lost on the many Mt. Tam trails. He did not disappoint this weekend.

Three miles off course - we run PCH down to Stinson Beach. Which was beautiful, and I saw a dead shark on the beach, so that was cool too. We found Steep Ravine, jumped on it, took it back up to Dipsea, because I didn't want to miss any of those 688 sets of stairs. By the time we got back to Mill Valley, we were broken. Officially owned by Dipsea. And I still had to ride home. Luckily enough, Tony offered to drive me to the bridge so I wouldn't be forced to climb up from Sausolito.

4.5 hours of running & biking = mass consumptions of food & drink.