Oct 4 Run: Allegheny Cemetery

In celebration of the first Sunday in October and Fall colors we will run in Allegheny Cemetery this coming Sunday. Meet at the main gate on Penn (NOT Butler).

There will be a run to the run starting at Wilkins and Shady at 6:25 AM.

I am sure the 7AM runners had a nice jaunt around what was probably a pretty quiet Squirrel Hill. A group of us ran the Great Race mostly together - it certainly made the miles go faster for me. While it was chilly once we stopped running, the temperature for the race (cool and a little rainy) was perfect. After all the "eyes of the world on us" pressure of late last week, it was nice to be in just plain old Pittsburgh again.

Sep 27 Run: Coffee Tree for those not running the Great Race

f you are not signed up for the Great Race and you want to run - meet at the Coffee Tree in Squirrel Hill at 7AM (the usual).We will have to wait for the following week to share personal G-20 stories. Anyone else wondering how fast they will be able to redeploy barricades in time for the Great Race?

We found our way through Highland Park without Joanne but we still missed her! Highland Park is yet another reason you have to love our city. We were particularly enamored by the reservoir this morning which was very calm, giving off a lake-like ambiance.

Coffee and cinnamon rolls at Tazza D'Oro was a great ending - despite the discussion off urine related topics. It is such a neighborly place with delicious coffee and home-made donuts and cinnamon rolls.

Paula the Brit described a beet root (beets to us Yanks) soup recipe while we were running which had us all salivating despite the difficulty of working with beets. She kindly sent it on:

http://www.foodster.net/2009/09/brit-abroad-beetroot-soup.html

To view 09/20/2009 Shady & Wilkins & Highland Park, follow the link below:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/view_route?r=770125345252584656

Sep 20 Run: Tazza D'Oro for a Highland Park run.

Meet at Tazza D'Oro Coffee Shop near the corner of Highland Ave and Bryant St. for a Highland Park run. Joanne might still be nursing an injury so we may be left to find our own way.

Meet at Shady and Wilkins at 6:35 AM for a run to the run (it is about 2.5 miles).

The perfect weather only added to the enjoyment of this morning's spectacular run on and around Mount Washington - another installment in our High Points of Pittsburgh series. We worked for breakfast by climbing some steep hills but the poster perfect views of Pittsburgh were more than worth the effort. The Mt Washington Victorian houses with their ornate turrets added to the feeling that we had been transported to some other town/village. We ended the run with a ride up the Duquesne Incline after having run down scenic Sycamore street (where there a now signs to the newest Pittsburgh Park: Grand View Scenic Byway Park). But the real treat was the delicious breakfast at Cheryl's beautiful condo in quaint Chatham Village where we took a little extra time to visit with each other - a true pleasure.

Those of us in Pam Murray's care added little coda to the run - we saw cat woman, the joker and a hero type person prowling along the Boulevard near the Art Institute - all expertly dressed but no film crew readily apparent. Pittsburgh is full of surprises!

Here is a map of the run thanks to PtB:

To view 09/13/2009 Chatham & Views, follow the link below:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/view_route?r=755125285162494498