March 7 Run: Coffee Tree AGAIN!

Hoping that if we continue to be cautious with our run choices, winter will melt away to spring, we are sticking with the Coffee Tree again.

Only six of us ran this Sunday despite the clearing roads. I think several people were off visiting family - making it sort of a running group parents' weekend. We did one of my favorites - a pass through Homewood Cemetery. It still looks lovely in the snow - like a black and white photo as Cheryl aptly described it.

Only 3 of us were left to look for Hamantaschen to have with our coffee. The ones we found at Allegro Hearth bakery were tasty but too small and not quite right but there were no others to be found in Squirrel Hill - nevertheless, Happy Purim to all.

2/28 Run: Coffee Tree Again

Because weather, roads and trails are unpredictable these days, we are going to stick with the safe choice and meet at the Coffee Tree in Squirrel Hill next Sunday. There is definitely a pent up demand for more interesting runs but they may have to wait for a few weeks....

The roads were clear enough for us to run through Chatham and Shadyside this morning with only a few encounters with ice. A fair number of people turned up, consequently coffee hour was rather loud but entertaining as always. One side of the table discussed the very Pittsburgh comment: "Kennywood is open", discovering that several at the table had no idea what it meant. With travelers returning from the UK and Austin, a daughter trekking in Thailand, new job possibilities on the offer, healthcare options for older children now available - there was not just not enough time to hear it all!!

Feb 21 Run: Coffee Tree in Squill again

For lack of any other ideas and in deference to crazy weather, next Sunday's run will start at the Coffee Tree again.

I was running a bit of the Austin Marathon course this past Sunday - sunny and cool - perfect for marathoners and slackers like me. This being the case I do not have a report on last Sunday's run but I am sure it was wonderful as always!

Feb 14 Valentines Run: Coffee Tree or ?

After our epic trek in the park we regrettably forgot to pick a site for next week's run so I am selecting the Squirrel Hill Coffee Tree default meeting place. If someone wants to volunteer to lead a run from somewhere else please let me and/or the group know.

You can see from Roye's photos that four of us (Roye, Virginia, Karen and I) showed up for a cold but wonderful run/walk in Frick Park. Surprisingly we saw no one until close to the end of our run so it felt as if we were trekking deep in the woods - quiet except for the occasional bird song - well OK, we did hear the cars on the Parkway when were on the Braddock trail but we left them soon enough. As you can imagine the park was beautiful, each vignette a classic winter scene from misty frozen streams to paths framed by snow ladened trees.

Thanks to Virginia who drove, we were still able to enjoy a coffee visit, although it was shorter than usual because we had already been out for long time.