Apr 15 Run: Wendy Bennett Trailhead

Thanks to Wendy for writing up the run in my absence.

April 8 run:

The smell of viburnum helped launch this morning's run, commencing at CMU, and continuing down Fifth Ave behind Central Catholic HS and along the footpaths paralleling the Panther Hollow soccer fields. We ran a portion of the jail trail which put us at Jameson's Restaurant/Bar (favored by the Fitzgerald's we were told) where we puzzled over the Hump Day sign (was it because Wed. is Hump Day or is that the clever name of a band)? Across from Jameson's we mounted a set of Pgh steps that took us near the Shrine of the Holy Mother and past Dan Marino field. As we crossed Panther Hollow Bridge, we encountered a parade of early morning Easter celebrants and found ourselves outside the Tepper School of Business, deep within the nerve center of the community of CMU buggy racers.
Commonplace was closed so we convened at Starbucks where we got to admire some local Easter finery (pastel sports jackets are in this year). Topics included coffee mug nostalgia, ideas for business start-ups, unusual science and medical careers, the original of Tractor the dog's name and the trickle down effect of the unfortunate Pitt bomb threats.

Next up April 15:
Wendy Bennett trailhead (entrance to Schenley Park, just below the Oval, at the intersection of Bartlett and whatever that road is named at that time - I think Panther Hollow Road).