Thank-you to Paula the Brit who is doing a cracking job of documenting the runs while I am off rowing.
Sunday 25th is the 32nd Great Race - please do cheer on EERs in the race and for those not running TGR there will be the usual meet at The Common Place 7am. In fact you really could do both.....
Weather was perfect (for me at least) cool, a little cloudy. A game troupe assembled at the Hot Metal offices' car park for one of my favourite (today is a British spelling day) runs. Judy Vernick joined us finally. Judy is a long time, not quite "lurker" as she replies to emails about advice but has NEVER run with The Pack. Point of (useful) info - her husband is a notary. And unlike UPMC who wanted to charge $50 PLUS a per page charge PLUS a mileage charge to visit someone in UPMC where this thing (blue badges) must be wickedly common - Lloyd charged the PA legal costs (interestingly nowhere near the UPMC costs) and came to our house. So you now have a notary contact.
Guided deftly by Jonathan we found this week's entrance to the still-under-construction Bates Street intersection with the Jail Trail and The Pack set off at a cracking pace. Judy, Sharon and I followed at triathlon training pace. Pittsburghers are so very lucky with these riverside trails - support them!
We tried to make it a bit illegal as we hopped over the barriers and ran across the far side of Smithfield bridge. But the traffic stopped and honked in support - "NO you don't get it - we are trying to be naughty!" Ah well....
So back up the Monongahela with lovely sun across the river. Steady pace, breeze for the virtuous, til we landed home to roost in the car park again. Given that some of us were triathlon training we missed the conversation - erudite as it will have been but off to coffee.
Elaine with new improved arm joined us, and Jan and another Judy (Shimm) which is why I get confused. Conversationturned often to books. The Game of Thrones (again - just give in and read the bloody thing) echoes of the Thomas Covenant which I highly recommend. As our TV package seems to cover just Steelers games and 5 channels of the City Chambers I will not get to see the HBO version until it's Netflix-ed.
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