How to run 8 miles:
Break it down. Run 4 miles away from your house. Then you have no choice but to run the 4 miles back.
Stats:
- Distance – 8 miles
- Time – 1:04:40
- Average Pace – 8:05 min/mile
Not easy after a little Friday night celebration at Sotto Sotto (313 N Highland Ave NE , Atlanta, GA, 404-523-6678). Italian-style.
The 2007 Valdicava Rosso di Montalino was incredible. Tons of licorice up front. After it had about 30 minutes to open up, the layers came through and revealed a big, complex red that couldn’t have paired better with our meal.
The mushroom risotto is life-changing, especially with that wine. So is the spinach gnocchi. You spinach-lovers will appreciate the amount of spinach in the gnocchi – it was like they simply rolled up a ball of spinach with some cheese-y, butter-y goodness. The pappardelle with duck ragu was good… it just couldn’t compare to how fantastic the other two dishes were.
My partners-in-crime and I are off to brunch and then the Dekalb Farmer’s Market to pick up supplies for a homemade Italian feast tonight!
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If I had to choose one style of food to eat for the rest of my life, it would be Italian.
What type of cuisine could you never tire of?
It’s a tie between Mediterranean and Asian food.
Chinese food. Hands down. So long as I could still get my coffee in the morning 🙂
That is a tough one! I could eat pizza or Indian food or sea food every day!
Are burgers and cheese a cuisine?
I want to come to your part of the world and eat dinner and drink wine with you! SOOO yummy – I love mushroom risotto and gnocchi….amazing. 🙂
xoxo from Trinidad
You are crazy speedy!!!!! And I do the same thing…run out and back courses because the first four or so doesn’t feel so bad. Then, you have no choice. LOL
I absolutely, 100% couldn’t agree more with Italian being the food I would eat for the rest of my life. I mean, they drink wine every single day That’s amore 🙂
LOL! Cheers to amore! 🙂
Not to be a total copy cat, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again– Italian, hands down. There are so many facets to the different regions and their food– you can’t get tired of it. And, as John Pinnette says, they tell you, “You’re hungry? I go get you something to eat, then you order.” Gotta love a culture like that.
Mexican is my current love. 😉
Great strategy for running.
Hey!!
Mmmm, that risotto looks amazing.
I could never get tired of Asian Cuisine. I love sushi! 🙂
I would choose Indian, but I suppose that’s a little expected. 🙂 Mexican is a close runner up!
What’s the name of Sotto Sotto’s slightly less expensive sister restaurant? Fritti? Also VERY good!
It’s Fritti. They are good… but there’s SO much great pizza in town I usually skip it.
haha…that’s what I do with my longer runs! granted, to me a long run is 5+ miles…but it still counts 😛 “4 miles isn’t long…it’s only 2x 2! 2 miles is nothin’!” and so on 😛 Seems so much easier when you say it that way, right?!
I do tire of Italian – mostly because I end up with pasta due to lack of vegetarian options at a lot of places. That risotto and spinach gnocchi both look pretty amazing, but Mexican is my favorite, by far!
That’s how I tackle long runs too! It makes them go by so much faster
That risotto looks so tasty… but I have never tried gnocchi! Must do this soon 🙂