Sep 11 Run: Expresso a Mano for a Laurenceville Beach Run

In my absence Paula the Brit took up the pen with admirable results:

 

Next week will be a Laurenceville Beach Run details to be unveiled and coffee at Espresso a Mano:   between 36th and 37th Streets on Butler.

Today's  (Labor Day) report and route:

 

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/49244928

 

A chipper group assembled in the rain for the holiday run. Remember we have a standard with rain on runs - pointed out Roye - oh no pressure - us against the summer storms. But we held to at least a "soft" rain reminiscent of a British bank holiday - to allow that great British tradition of barbequeing whilst under an umbrella.

 

A flock of young antlered bucks watched us unperturbed in Homewood Cemetery.... clearly the damp, chattering Pack were no threat. Where were the young does we wondered? It seems that young bucks do form groups:

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/white-tailed_deer.htm

 

Jan joined us for coffee along with Paula the Brain, Jonathan and Tom. Topics meandered from "running" wives and husbands a la "work" wives and husbands which led obviously to polygamy to books (Under heaven's banner) to TV (Big Love) to MadMen (yes series 1-4 now on Netflix streaming)

 

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Mad_Men/70136135?trkid=2361637

 

MAKE YOUR NETFLIX DECISION NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO!!!!!!!

 

Hidden costs of food and dietary fads to Boon County West Viginia and The Whites and four laners to Cabelas not Madonna's cult but a monster hunting, shooting and fishing store in Wheeling:

http://www.cabelas.com/ghome.jsp?WT.z_mc_id1=43000000135012751&pcrid=6866394984&WT.srch=1&WT.tsrc=PPC&WT.mc_id=google|Brand+Geo_Wheeling+WV+Misspell|USA&rid=20

 

Makes Dicks look like Tiddlers - but do they have the early fall colour camo outfits which so bring out my eyes I wondered?

Sunday's Report:

Not sure who is doing what to whom etc but here is today's route:

 

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/49100498

 

I'm sure someone else will wax lyrical but some notes from today for someone to use as an aide memoire - a large cheery crowd celebrating the holiday weekend headed out through the roads to do 1/2 the Wendy Bennett and then skipped up onto the golf course to run back up Forbes to particularly wonderful coffee.

 

Overheard on the run were conversations about some online scrabble thing, e-books vs. books, social networks... but here's my thought.... wonderful as FB-ing long lost or distant friends is - what happens to those more local? In the time one might spend in a virtual world of socialising one could see some people in the flesh. Is there a risk of preferring the non face to face? And for what reasons..... whilst claiming we are being "social"? Just a mull.

 

Why do phones need their batteries taken out once a week?

 

Is Costco open tomorrow.... no!

 

Despite it being sticky - how I long for the day one sweats into the run or after as opposed to immediately getting a sweaty sheen as soon as stepping out of the door - it was a nice run in one of our beautiful parks and our beautiful streets. The EERs are really very lucky with all that is on their doorstep.

 

And today's quote:

 

from Elaine "there is tomorrow"

 

indeed there is.