June 19 run: Wendy Bennett Trailhead

Those of us left at coffee could not make up our minds about next week, partly because several of us won't be in town so I arbitrarily picked the Schenley Park run. Meet at the Wendy Bennett Trailhead aka trail entrance near the corner of Bartlett and the Boulevard. Since all of us are familiar with the route,  who ever feels like leading can do so. If someone had a better idea send it to the group.

This morning's run was about as good as it could have been on such a hot, muggy morning. We stayed in Shadyside so there were houses and gardens to provide momentary distractions from our sweat. Although it seemed like a flat run, our route home on Ellsworth told the real story - we ran slightly downhill on the way out but uphill on the return - which normally would not have been very noticeable but given the conditions, felt like we were climbing mountains (or at least foot hills). Tom even broke off and led a contingent on a short cut across a parking lot - which for Tom, strong believer in the rules of the run, was a desperate move ;-) We did get to check out the new Bakery Square complex. Looks like there will be a very spacious Coffee Tree space which we will check out once it opens.

Speaking of coffee we tried the new coffee place across from the Coffee Tree (old space, new management). It poses a difficult choice -  the espresso is got high marks and the outside seating is sheltered but of course we have a long history with Coffee Tree. We may have to split weeks.