I forgot to mention that on Saturday morning's run I saw wild boar. I was plenty happy to be separated from them by a 10' drop from the road to the overgrown orchard below.
This morning I paid attention to a sign near the bottom of the Great Glass Elevator. It showed a loop hiking trail that headed off into the valley. Off I jogged, and got a nice 10k run that was mostly free of road traffic. About a third of it was through farmland, a third through hills too steep for farming, and a third along roads.
The downside is the hill, if you are not into finishing with the hard part of the workout last. From Pontecuti (on the Tiber) to the apartment is about 240 meters of rise in 4 km. From Peachtree Creek to 14th Street in Atlanta--the uphill portion of the Peachtree Road Race--is also 4 km, but only 50 meters of rise.
Yes, I walked the steepest parts.
Michael
Is there a bus we could take to bring us back up the hill? The walk sounds great!
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