Category Archives: walking for fitness

training walks, mainly on multi-use trails

Iron Horse Regional Trail: Monument Blvd to Marsh Dr

Posted on November 22, 2015 by trailhiker

The East Bay Regional Park District has, over its 81-year history, assembled an impressive variety of parks and trails in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, including some 65 regional parks and 29 regional inter-park trails. This was my first visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Contra Costa County, East Bay, East Bay Regional Park District, multi-use trails, walking for fitness | Tagged Contra Costa County, East Bay Regional Parks District, Iron Horse Trail, Mt Diablo | Leave a comment

Los Vaqueros Watershed: Tarantula Run half marathon route

Posted on October 27, 2015 by trailhiker

In the San Francisco Bay Area, one of October’s characteristics is that it is considered to be tarantula season, when male tarantulas are on the prowl for mating opportunities. During a recent long hike on the Ohlone Wilderness Trail in … Continue reading →

Posted in Contra Costa County, East Bay, walking for fitness | Tagged Contra Costa County, half marathon, Los Vaqueros Reservoir, Los Vaqueros Watershed | 3 Comments

2014 Summary by the Numbers

Posted on January 3, 2015 by trailhiker

This is a summary of my hikes and walks for the year 2014. I have assembled annual summaries for 2012 and 2013 and wanted to do a new summary, since each year is different and has special highlights. As before, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bay Area Ridge Trail, general, walking for fitness | Tagged Bay Area Ridge Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Tahoe Rim Trail, walking for fitness | 5 Comments

Rock ‘n’ Roll Dublin half marathon

Posted on August 7, 2014 by trailhiker

As I mentioned in the overview post about my eachtra aisling Éireannach (Irish dream adventure), the original premise for the trip was to participate in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dublin half marathon, my first overseas race. I hesitate to use … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, walking for fitness | Tagged Dublin, Dublin Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon, half marathon, Phoenix Park, River Liffey, walking for fitness | 2 Comments

Irish dream adventure (eachtra aisling Éireannach) – overview

Posted on August 5, 2014 by trailhiker

Eachtra aisling Éireannach means an Irish dream adventure. That’s an apt description of the trip I recently completed. Here’s how it came about: Almost two years ago I began to develop the notion of doing a half marathon overseas. I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, walking for fitness | Tagged Ballycastle, Belfast, Dublin, Dublin Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon, half marathon, hiking, Ireland, Northern Ireland, walking for fitness | 18 Comments

Newtown Wildflower Walk

Posted on June 30, 2014 by trailhiker

While still visiting my mom, in Bucks County, PA, I decided to take a really long walk, ideally 20 miles (!), but taking it easy and enjoying wildflowers and garden flowers and taking pictures along the way. I started at … Continue reading →

Posted in Pennsylvania, walking for fitness, wildflower hikes | Tagged Bucks County, Newtown, Pennswood Village, Pennsylvania, wildflowers | Leave a comment

Distant views from Alameda Creek Trail

Posted on March 9, 2014 by trailhiker

Generally when I walk on the Alameda Creek Trail I’m on a training walk, and this was no exception. I set out to cover 18 miles, which was relatively ambitious for my current training situation. I’m walking a half marathon … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda County, East Bay, walking for fitness | Tagged Alameda County, Alameda Creek Regional Trail, Coyote Hills Regional Park, Loma Prieta, Mission Peak, Mt Diablo, Mt Hamilton, Mt Umunhum, Mt. Tamalpais, walking for fitness | 1 Comment

2013 Summary by the Numbers

Posted on January 3, 2014 by trailhiker

This is a summary of my hikes and walks for the year 2013. Last year I put together my first such summary and I thought 2013 would be an interesting comparison. The activities I’m summarizing are those I track: basically, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bay Area Ridge Trail, general, walking for fitness | Tagged Bay Area Ridge Trail, walking for fitness | 2 Comments

Coyote Creek Parkway south revisited

Posted on September 13, 2013 by trailhiker

This was the second time I’d been to the southernmost portion of Coyote Creek Parkway. The first time was a training walk for my first marathon, and this was also a training walk for an upcoming marathon. Even though the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bay Area Ridge Trail, multi-use trails, Santa Clara County, South Bay, walking for fitness | Tagged Anderson Lake County Park, Bay Area Ridge Trail, Coyote Creek Parkway, Coyote Peak, East Bay hills, geographic center of Santa Clara Valley, Loma Prieta, Mt Umunhum, Santa Clara Valley, Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Teresa County Park, Tamienne Monument | 1 Comment

Alameda Creek Trail – training walk

Posted on August 27, 2013 by trailhiker

This post combines two separate training walks on the Alameda Creek Regional Trail, which is partly in Fremont and partly along the border between Fremont and Union City in the San Francisco East Bay. As the name suggests, the trail … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda County, East Bay, multi-use trails, walking for fitness | Tagged Alameda County, Alameda Creek Regional Trail, Coyote Hills Regional Park, Loma Prieta, Mission Peak, Mt Diablo, Mt Hamilton, Mt Umunhum, Mt. Tamalpais, Niles Canyon | 2 Comments