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…
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…
Our 2016 New Year’s Running Resolutions Happy New Year! It’s that time of the holiday season to reflect back on the past year and adjust course for the new year. Traditionally, resolutions are promises to do acts of self-improvement or kindness (to others or yourself).…
Trail Running at the Reynolds Nature Preserve There’s no shortage of roads and paved paths for running in south Metro Atlanta, but unpaved trails can be hard to find. The W.H. Reynolds Nature Preserve in Morrow, Georgia is a real treat for trail runners,…
2015 Lookout Mountain 10K Trail Race Report We had so much fun at the 2015 Chattanooga CityTrail 30K back in September, we decided to come back up to Chattanooga to run another Wild Trails event – the Lookout Mountain 50-miler and 10K Trail Race on…
The Power of the Daily Run As runners most of us tend to be creatures of habit. I, like many of you, have my running favorites born of habit – the neighborhood 6-mile loop, the “standard” pace, my preferred time of day to run,…