Meet in the parking lot at 21st and Liberty (on the left as you look downtown) for a run down to the Point then back on the trail by the river - it should be flat and fabulous. Oh and of course there is La Prima and pastries waiting at the end....
Today's run combined a set of misadventures into one nice adventure. A few of us (ahem) did not carefully read the run directions and were waiting at the wrong entrance to Allegheny Cemetery. Thanks to smart phones we discovered the mistake.The run to the runners just fit into my Fit and we zoomed to the start on Butler Street where we found the pack musing about how to get around some dogs wrestling with their owner at the only opening to the cemetery. It was decided to head uphill, and it was very much uphill, away from the dogs in hopes of finding another entrance. That entrance was to St. Mary's Cemetery where we had never been before - always a treat to admire another Pittsburgh landmark. We did find our way to Allegheny Cemetery where we explored the perimeter and despite traveling some unknown trails today there are still more waiting for us in this beautiful park-like cemetery.
Coffee conversation was raucous and delightfully long. Topics covered were delicious chickens from the East Liberty Saturday Farmer's Market as well as from the Crested Duck at the Pittsburgh Public Market , Mark Bittman's lecture and eating habits, upcoming trips to CA by a trio of runners, possible future runs, taking charge of your own health and more....
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