Chattahoochee River Run

Time: 65:43
Distance: ~8.45 miles
Pace: 7:46
Map

Meagan brought me to the McAlpine of Charlotte or the Town Lake of Austin this afternoon for a second run. I had been here a couple of years ago, but didn't get to experience the full trail offerings then. We took the long way around to the upper trails and put in about 30 minutes on rocky, rooted, sinuous, hilly, single track. It was fun chasing mountain bikers up the hills and trying to hold them off on the descent. I dropped Meagan several times, but always waited for her to catch up. Her little shuffling legs couldn't keep up with my bounding stride on the technical stuff. I enjoyed being up in the hills, but didn't like not knowing where we were going or how long we were going to be out there. There was really no destination and we just decided to take a side trail back that luckily got us to the starting point.

After the run, we hurried back to our hotel so that we could meet up with Leo and Jenny. I met these two while up in Providence for the 5k and Meagan has known them for a couple of years when she used to work at Brooks. L & J were taking us to an authentic pizzeria called Antico. The pizza is made with ingredients imported from Italy and has on occasion been forced to close early when they run out of items. It's not like they can just go around the corner for more meat-a-balls. I'm not even sure what we ordered but it was delicious. The seating was communal, the beer and dessert were brought and the commotion all intertwined to create a great atmosphere. If you're ever in Atlanta, look this place up because you won't be disappointed.