This year, the mileage was split almost 50/50 between road and mountain.

The Death Ride was the longest at 124 miles and had the most altitude gained (14,711 ft). I guess that’s why it’s called the Death Ride.

St. Joseph’s Hill was the king of 2011, again, with 42 rides. But I made a conscious effort to give St. Joe’s a rest and spend more time on Kennedy. As a result I rode Kennedy to the Tree 30 times, double last year’s count.

I rode 4 centuries: Death Ride, Tierra Bella, the Megamonster Enduro, and a 117 mile Kings Mountain-Pescadero-Tunitas training run.

I didn’t do enough rides in the absolute best local spots. Only one ride in each of Demo Forest and El Corte de Madera and only two in each of Henry Coe and Saratoga Gap. 2012 has to address this issue.

By total distance, the St. Joe’s and KT top the list, followed by a bunch or road rides. Early 2011 was dominated by road miles, mostly out and around the reservoirs to the south of San Jose.

Here’s to a great 2012!

Will Crum Wet Lips
I don’t know much about this guy, but he’s selling music from his web site and it is raw garage greatness. “School Is For Donkeys”? Damn skippy! You should buy it. You must buy it. The world needs more Will Crums.

Beady Eye Different Gear Still Speeding
Dumb-ass brother starts a new band that’s about 50% as good as the last one he was in with his other dumb-ass brother. But it’s still pretty good.

Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears Scandalous
Greazy, funky, raucous, and loud. Sounds like dancing and the seventies. Won’t you take me to Booty City?

Teddy Thompson Bella
Count on the needy, lonely, twisted, and a little scary Teddy Thompson to stake out the weird outside ground in relationships. Glad he’s got that covered.

Clutch From Beale Street To Oblivion
Hard driving rock for hard driving action. Putting this in here because I’ve heard so little good hard rock lately. I suggest not putting this on your iPod during a bike ride, it could lead to unsafe speed!

If you are wondering what trails to ride, this site has some great recommendations.

Yesterday there was a large negative tide on the West Coast. “Negative tide” means the tide drops even lower than normal, exposing things that we don’t usually see at low tide. We went out to Pillar Point near Half Moon Bay to walk out on the sea floor and take a look. It was amazing, and then the sun set right at low tide. Pictures on flickr.

Half Moon Bay tide data on protides.com.

Turkey Ride, 2011 on Kennedy Trail in Los Gatos. Good times.

Rather than a static HTML page, books is now a little web application called 5sarahs. 5sarahs supports multiple users so if you are feeling daffy, log in and start reviewing the books you read.

Let me know what you think about it.