As part of our run at Lullwater Preserve, we also decided to explore the nearby WD Thomson Park. We had read about the park in the excellent book, “Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests” by Jonah McDonald. WD Thomson Park has about a mile of trails along a feeder stream that flows right into South Fork Peachtree Creek nearby. As long as you follow the general course of the stream, you can’t get lost – although we did take a non-optimal route ourselves.
Running Lullwater Preserve (Emory) and WD Thomson Park The next leg of our exploration of South Fork Peachtree Creek takes us to Emory University‘s beautiful Lullwater Preserve in Decatur, GA. Previously, we explored the South Peachtree Creek Trail and Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve. Lullwater Preserve…
Running Near the Atlanta Airport on the Phoenix Trail The Phoenix Trail is a new, award-winning 1.2-mile (2.4 miles round-trip) rail-to-trail pathway in a former industrial area of College Park near the Atlanta Airport. It’s a well developed path on a raised CSX rail corridor…
PHUNT 2016 25K/50K Trail Race Report The 13th Annual PHUNT 25K/50K trail race was held on Saturday, January 16. The race starts in Fair Hill Natural Resources Center near Elkton, Maryland and winds for 15 ½ miles back to the starting point; complete 2…
What to Do When You Can’t Run Most of us have been there and, as we write this article, Mary Catherine isn’t able to run due to a hamstring injury. Joe has had to cut back on speed workouts and mileage due to knee…
Running the South Peachtree Creek Trail All across Atlanta, we’re encouraged by local efforts to reclaim wetlands and clean up streams. I grew up not too far from Decatur, so it was really exciting to find out about and run the PATH Foundation’s South Peachtree…
Vegetable No-Noodle or Noodle Soup This soup recipe is a comfort food. I use to eat it when I was sick as a kid. The exception was it was out of a can. I don’t eat condensed soup anymore. So this is my version…
Strength Training Tips for Runners Hey runners, it’s a new year (the start of 2016 as I write this) and it’s time to try some new things in your training. Let me ask you some questions: How many push-ups can you do? Can you do a…
Trail Running at Boundary Waters Park The Chattahoochee river starts as a spring on the Appalachian Trail, just below Georgia’s tallest mountain – Brasstown Bald. It flows in a generally south/southwesterly direction through the northwest corner of Atlanta as it works it’s way to…
Vegan / Paleo Nori Rolls – Recipe These yummy, versatile rolls are easy to make and are good for you too. Nori are thin sheets of dried, edible seaweed that are typically used to make sushi. You can find them in the Asian food…