Blazing Soles   we run with heart & sole!

For tonight, let’s meet next to the rose garden at the Community Center (120 S. Estes) at 6:30.

There is a parking lot there, but it fills up. If full, you can park at the post office across Estes. Better yet, park at Caffe Driade (1215-A E Franklin), where we will go after for a (overpriced) beer. There is a path down from Driade to the Bolin Creek Trail and it is a short walk (go left) to the community center.

There are two routes tonight (4.5 and 7 – see links below for maps). I have printed turn-by-turn directions, but I do not have a good track record when it comes to bringing these sorts of things with me. If 4.5 sounds daunting (or you would rather walk), I recommend going up Bolin Creek to MLK and then taking this back to Caffee Driade (there is a path up from the greenway). This would about about 2.5 miles.

Caffe Driade (http://www.caffedriade.com/index.cfm?view=13), for the uninitiated, is an overpriced, artsy coffee shop this has a great atmosphere. It’s open til 11 and they have great outdoor seating. For the thirsty runner tonight (going direct to the Caffe), skip turning off Franklin onto Roosevelt. Just stay on Franklin and grab us a table (or two) when you get there.

• 4.51 miles: Bolin – MLK – Cameron – Franklin – Roosevelt (http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/detail/22406144/)
• 7 miles: Bolin – MLK – Columbia – Manning – Ridge? – Country Club – Boundary – Franklin – Roosevelt (http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/detail/23262926/)

This Saturday, we will run the Esperanza 5K for Safe Passage in Southern Village.

Safe Passage provides approximately 550 children with education, social services, and the chance to move beyond the poverty their families have faced for generations. Safe Passage is a refuge for children contending with situations marked by extreme poverty, neglect and abuse. These children are defeating all odds by leaving the Guatemala City garbage dump where they have lived their entire lives, and coming every day to the program, where they learn about hygiene, receive a healthy meal, and work on achieving their academic dreams. The children in Safe Passage’s care remind us that there is much to hope for. For Chapel Hill specific questions, please contact ncfriends@safepassage.org

For more info, visit: safepassage.org/5K.

For those of us who want to do more than 3 miles, we will meet earlier (7 or 7:30 and run a route around Southern Village). Sign up here!

Tuesday 9/21: Estes Community Center @ 6:30 – Beer after @ Caffe Driade

• 4.51 miles: Bolin – MLK – Cameron – Franklin – Roosevelt (http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/detail/22406144/)
• 7 miles: Bolin – MLK – Columbia – Manning – Ridge? – Country Club – Boundary – Franklin – Roosevelt (http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/detail/23262926/)

Thursday 9/23: Firefly 7:30 @ Pumpkin – Bring a head lamp. 4.4 miles (2 loops)

Saturday 9/25: Esperanza 5K for Safe Passage (http://www.active.com/running/chapel-hill-nc/esperanza-5k-for-safe-passage-chapel-hill-2010) – Probable tack-on routes after the race for additional mileage.

Sunday 9/26: Trail Walk – 4pm. Another Lake Loop! Meet at Unity.

We are a group of runners in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. You can run with us and find our schedule through our Blazing Soles Google Group.