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I got up early today for one last training ride in before the Sea Otter races next weekend. I crossed the Golden Gate at 6am and started riding from the Java Hut in Fairfax at 6:30. It was cold—knee- and arm-warmer territory for sure.

While the sun was coming up (around 6:45) there were all sorts of dinosaur noises in the woods. The ground was a little moist in spots from the rain the last few days but it wasn’t that bad.

After the saddle at white’s hill (where the video above was taken), I woke up a red tail hawk in the fog who was not very impressed with the Knolly and casually swooped away.

I bumped into one other person coming up Broken Dam trail. Otherwise it was empty (except for the ewoks in the redwoods, of course).

What a great time of day to be out on the trails.