I spent the last week at the lake with my family. This is now our 18th consecutive year of spending a week on Sybil Lake near Vergas, MN. It's really quite amazing that our kids who were 1,4 and 5 when we started this tradition still want to do it at 18, 21 and 22! Here they are fishing together: This guy has only been with us for three lake vacations, but he loves it, too. He gets to have lots of extra running, walking, laying in the grass by the lake and of course, fishing :-) . We were fortunate to find a rental that allowed us to bring him along. Since the guys spend so much time fishing, I was free to run, read, quilt and lay on the hammock by the lake with a good book. This year, I even packed my yoga mat and spread it out parallel to the lake to do some yoga poses down by the lake. My longest run of the week was a 10-miler on Tuesday morning. It is very hilly around the lake and most of the roads are gravel so that presented some extra challenge, but it was fun. How cool is it that once around the lake is almost exactly 10 miles!?! I literally started at the driveway from our cabin, went once around and then about .05 past the driveway to get the mile 10 beep.
I did a little photo safari action on some of my runs which I'll share in a few days. I've got a couple of good random photos to show. It's always fun to run in a different place once in a while to explore the area at relatively slow speeds. One big plus to my runs at Sybil Lake were that I was chased by exactly ZERO dogs. There were a couple barking from kennels and one was starting to run out but turned around when I yelled for him to go home. I wonder what Charlie would do if someone ran by and he was off his leash? My guess is that he would run out and try to lick their sweaty knees and that it might scare them if they didn't know Charlie. I appreciate dog owners who realize that their very nice dog might scare someone who doesn't know him. One new thing I tried was stand-up paddleboarding. I noticed someone paddling by our first morning and asked my husband if he knew of a place we could rent one. Our son upped the ante by calling a friend who lived nearby and asked if we could borrow theirs since they were out of town. We were lucky enough to be able to borrow two boards for the week. I was out on them every day except Thursday when it rained all day. Charlie loved it, too, and was out their with me when he wasn't riding with David. I'd highly recommend it! I hope you have been able to enjoy a vacation or even a "sta"-cation this summer with a little more time to relax and run at your leisure. Happy running! Missee
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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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