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As a side note, I’ll be adding a new hill to Notorious Hills A.T.L. thanks to a killer incline near the end of this 7-mile run.

• The Tuesday Night Urban Run Club, now more than a year old, sent a message with a new social networking site called the Urban Run Club. This group has grown impressively – they have 538 Facebook members. They meet Tuesdays at 7 in the Old Fourth Ward, or 04W, as I’m now told. Urban Run Club. Facebook Page.
• Some of the Cabbagetown Run Club’s regular group meets at Maynard Jackson High School (the old Southside) for track work tonight at 7. Intervals start at 7 so come warmed up. Contact Malissa for more info.
• 50 percent off through Feb. 9 for those wanting to sign up for Miami Marathon or Half in 2o11. Nearly 20,000 ran last weekend’s race (123 from Georgia ran the half; 50 ran the full. Web Site. 2010 results.
• You may have seen this last week, but here’s a reminder: Online registration for July 4 Peachtree Road Race starts at 1 p.m. on March 21. That’s the same day as the ING Georgia Marathon and Half. So if you’re running both – don’t dawdle.

But it’s winter now, and many of us in the Atlanta area and nearby are training for the ING Marathon or Half Marathon. You should be at 6 to 8 miles on your long runs by now. I am not, having successfully blown off the last two weekend runs because of bad weather (in January, I know, shocker).

However, and it’s taken me a while to get here, I have looked forward to the long run because my little running group and I have decided on a theme: The Coffeehouse runs.

One of us picks the coffeehouse and maps out the loop of an appropriate length, and must also name the run. As we go forward, I’ll use this blog to record them in case any readers want to try the course and the coffee. Maybe I should call this the coffee course.

The Dancing Goat 4

A four-mile loop through a few Decatur neighborhoods featuring a cemetery loop and a finish down Ponce in downtown Decatur. RUN: OK, there was serious construction going on at the soon-to-be-renovated Glenlake Park that made parts of the run feel like a hash. Also, the cemetery is very hilly. Coffee: I’ve always been a fan of Dancing Goat, both the coffee and the atmosphere. It was crazy crowded, but we ran into some friends, grabbed a big table in the back. It’s a good place for a post run coffee, especially if you are staying.

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