November 3 Run: Meet at North Park Boathouse parking lot & change your clocks!

Sunday let's venture out to the 'burbs for a nice change of scenery.  Meet at North Park's Boathouse for a loop around the park. Don't forget to make your clocks fall back an hour on Saturday night!

Last week, Virginia and her LED-glowing ankle light brightened up a dark morning, and the rain stopped just in time for the run!  She led us through the Halloween-decked out streets of Regent Square and we saw some really great displays.  Photos to follow.  Coffee by Biddle Street and pastries by Madeleine's rounded out a perfect morning.

October 27 Run: Start at Biddle's Escape for a Wilkinsburg/Regent Square Halloween Run

We'll meet at Biddle's Escape (401 Biddle Ave.) for our annual visit to extravagantly creepy scenes in that neighborhood.  Let's access our inner witches and cast some spells.  Away with toil and trouble!  After this week we'll need that.  All for now - hope to see you on Sunday!

Oct. 20 Run: Meet at Tazza D'Oro at 1125 N. Highland Ave.

We haven't been to Highland Park since May, so it's time to return! Meet at Tazza D'Oro  at 1125 N. Highland (7 am, don't forget) and we'll head somewhere from there.

Last week:  We traversed the quaint back streets of the South Side Flats, coming back on the trail with a view of a glowing sunrise (photo 1) and finished with perfectly made cappuccinos at Big Dog with a view of Lainy's custom dog socks (that's HER dog - photo 2.)
Don't miss:

• Book:  Commander-in-Cheat, How Golf Explains Trump
• Food:  Cranberry Walnut Bread from Costco
• Half-marathon:  Buffalo Creek
• (Almost) free tickets:  SeatStir
• Archive:  The Wayback Machine (OK, I'm a librarian, but you have to try this.) 

October 13 Run: Meet at Big Dog Coffee, 2717 Sarah Street, on the South Side

Wow - this week got away, so just a bulletin here: let's meet at Big Dog Coffee, 2717 Sarah Street, on the South Side.  We can do our own StepTrek up the stairs, or else go back to that new trail to Hazelwood on the other side of the Hot Metal Bridge - or anywhere really.
See you there!

October 6 Run: Wendy Bennett Trailhead

We made no specific plans on Sunday, so we'll head back to the Wendy Bennett Trailhead in Schenley Park (corner of Overlook Drive and Greenfield Ave. - here's a map) and see if we want to head down that dark path into the woods (as in the fairy tales) or over the bridge to Greenfield. 

Last week a few of us who didn't feel great enough for the Great Race headed into Frick Park and then luxuriated in the Pittsburgh-on-the-Seine ambiance of Madeleine's under the trees.  However, I'm leaving out the inspirational Sarah, who truly is greater than the Great Race, as she ran up to join us BEFORE running it afterwards.  See below, with some of our other racers (and offspring!)

Highly recommended:
Books:  The Nickel Boys, The Testaments, and Educated
Movie: Fair Game
TV: Cable Girls, Derry Girls