Last weekend we went to Duluth to see two of our kids who currently live there. One is a working guy and the other is a brand new pharmacy student. It is always enjoyable to see them successfully "adulting" which apparently is a relatively new term meaning doing what adults do to make their live move smoothly. They are both doing a great job with a few random calls or texts home to figure things out. Blake lives with a great aunt and uncle and Haley lives in a no-pets apartment, so my husband, Charlie and I stayed with my in-laws. They also have a Sheltie, but Charlie pretty effectively ignores him; actually, he overtly turns his head the other way to indicate that he is not interested in rough-housing or whatever else Paddy wants to do with him. Since I had a 1:45 run scheduled for Saturday, Haley and I decided to make it an adventure. I took off running at 7:00am; she picked up Charlie at 8:00 and we all met up down near the lake at 8:45 for some tea and fun down by Lake Superior. My run started out great except that is was uphill for the first 1.25 miles. However, at the end of the hill was a good spot for a photo, right in front of Haley's new workplace. I knew that from here to the finish, the general direction was downhill. I didn't want to get to Canal Park too quickly and have to circle around, so I headed a bit further north. I could always see the lake, so I knew where I was going. Sometimes you really can't get there from here, though. Here was my scenery at around an hour. I was beginning to doubt that there was a good route down to the lake and opted to backtrack a bit. You can see from my map, that if I'd have hung on about 2 more blocks, there was indeed a road down to Superior Street that heads downtown. Pretty soon, I was enjoying familiar terrain on or near the route I ran a couple months ago during the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. When I got this far, I new the end was in sight. However, I was almost done when I saw this sign and did not find it amusing in the least. I only wanted to find Caribou Coffee...who cares about Thunder Bay? Later, Haley explained that these are all of Duluth's sister cities. The best part was finding these two! We enjoyed a sunny outdoor table with some chai tea and snacks before a leisurely walk along Lake Superior all together. Caribou Coffee had a nice sign in their front door. I am a person who is not necessarily "for" or "against" a lot of different groups of folks who sometimes feel persecuted by society. I live my life with the attitude of live and let live as best we can. To me this sign was all about that. There are people who run but don't feel like they belong because they are too old, slow, fat or whatever. If you run, you are a runner! All people are welcome to be runners. I can't wait to see Brittany Runs a Marathon which is supposed to be more about body image and self-acceptance than running. The previews look fantastic. I also want to see Overcomer even though I have not seen previews yet--who would miss a cross country movie?!? Have a great week whether you get in a lot of running, or watch a running movie or two. Happy running--Missee
P.S. I will definitely see both these movies and post some reviews. We took up weekly movies as a good Empty Nester activity, but we always go on Bargain Night :-)
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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