Avid reader Keith Barlow sent this news tip along this morning: Heads up that there is some new hiking (& biking & running) mileage on the Pleasanton Ridge. http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=1048 http://ebparks.org/node/1006 The article says you can get there by starting at…

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This is the driest, sunniest autumn of the three I’ve spent trudging through the Bay Area hills. For three weeks running I’ve had perfect picture-taking weather and pleasant, breezy miles on the trails. I can’t imagine how much mud I’ll…

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