Mar 4, 2007
Better Homes and Gardens...and 4 seasons tour
This Saturday's long run was scheduled for an 18 miler and the route of choice was the "Better Homes and Gardens" route. Karin #1, Amy, Leslie, Sylvia, Annette (+1) and myself meet at the Fleet Feet parking lot at 7am and headed into Cherokee Park. We went through Cherokee, into Seneca and then headed down towards St. Matthews.
After dodging the traffice of Shelbyville Rd we continued on to Willis and wound our way around to Brownsboro Road. We had our own version of the game Frogger crossing Brownsboro and once safe on the other side we entered into the portion of the route that gives it the name "Better Homes and Gardens", Indian Hills!!. The weather was beautiful and I even took off my jacket and unzipped my top a little bit...apparently I overdressed to the run.
The nice thing about doing the route is the majority of the Indian Hills neighborhood is a nice, winding, downhill route. The beautiful homes and landscaping lend to a wonderful scenic route that everyone found enjoyable. We continued all the way until we hit River Road and Cox's Park marked our first pit stop for a Gel and Potty Break....however the bathrooms were not yet open and the Water Fountains (or Bubblers as they are referred to in WI) were shut off for the season. So we continued on and postponed the break until we hit the gas station on Zorn.
After a brief stop, water bottle refresh and regroup we headed up Zorn. Our group split up and some continued up Zorn to head back to Fleet Feet. We turned down Mellwood and headed to Spring Street where we would pick up the path by Beargrass Creek. Once we came off the path we realized that we were coming up a little short on our mileage so went back into Cherokee to pick up the remaining 3 or 4 miles.
As we headed into the park the snow really began to pick up. That when we talked about how much the weather changed this morning. We started out with clear, blue, sunny sky's and relatively warm temps. But by the end of the run we were in clouds, wind, snow and down right chilly temps.
So we thought the appropriate name for the run would be the Better Homes and Gardens & 4 Seasons Tour!
When we got back to the store we were surprised to see Terry's truck in the parking lot. After getting an email the day before telling us about the nasty bug he caught it didn't think he'd make it out for the race. Silly me for thinking that, it is hard to cage a beast!! And he is a running animal (now shooting for 4 marathons again this year after stating he was only doing 2 just a few short weeks ago).
Amy and I met up with Terry and Graham at Heine Bro. to catch up on how the Anthem 5k went for everyone and share our usual lovely stories. I don't know what it is about our group. Every conversation starts out harmless, but somehow we alwasy end up talking about poop. :)
After dodging the traffice of Shelbyville Rd we continued on to Willis and wound our way around to Brownsboro Road. We had our own version of the game Frogger crossing Brownsboro and once safe on the other side we entered into the portion of the route that gives it the name "Better Homes and Gardens", Indian Hills!!. The weather was beautiful and I even took off my jacket and unzipped my top a little bit...apparently I overdressed to the run.
The nice thing about doing the route is the majority of the Indian Hills neighborhood is a nice, winding, downhill route. The beautiful homes and landscaping lend to a wonderful scenic route that everyone found enjoyable. We continued all the way until we hit River Road and Cox's Park marked our first pit stop for a Gel and Potty Break....however the bathrooms were not yet open and the Water Fountains (or Bubblers as they are referred to in WI) were shut off for the season. So we continued on and postponed the break until we hit the gas station on Zorn.
After a brief stop, water bottle refresh and regroup we headed up Zorn. Our group split up and some continued up Zorn to head back to Fleet Feet. We turned down Mellwood and headed to Spring Street where we would pick up the path by Beargrass Creek. Once we came off the path we realized that we were coming up a little short on our mileage so went back into Cherokee to pick up the remaining 3 or 4 miles.
As we headed into the park the snow really began to pick up. That when we talked about how much the weather changed this morning. We started out with clear, blue, sunny sky's and relatively warm temps. But by the end of the run we were in clouds, wind, snow and down right chilly temps.
So we thought the appropriate name for the run would be the Better Homes and Gardens & 4 Seasons Tour!
When we got back to the store we were surprised to see Terry's truck in the parking lot. After getting an email the day before telling us about the nasty bug he caught it didn't think he'd make it out for the race. Silly me for thinking that, it is hard to cage a beast!! And he is a running animal (now shooting for 4 marathons again this year after stating he was only doing 2 just a few short weeks ago).
Amy and I met up with Terry and Graham at Heine Bro. to catch up on how the Anthem 5k went for everyone and share our usual lovely stories. I don't know what it is about our group. Every conversation starts out harmless, but somehow we alwasy end up talking about poop. :)
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