Running on Vacation

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas spent with friends and family focusing on presence not presents.

This past week, I traveled to South Dakota with my boyfriend's family. We stayed in a beautiful cabin near Hill City in the Black Hills. I love mountains (the Black Hills aren't really mountains, but they are to me) and forests.

I was a little worried about running every day for the Runner's World Run Streak in a place I had never been before. Luckily as we were pulling into our cabin on Tuesday evening we crossed a paved path.

On Wednesday (Christmas Eve) I got Grant to run a mile with me then I did BBG with his mom after.

On Thursday I ran by myself. I ran further down the path since I was going more than a mile and ran through this beautiful tunnel of trees.

On Friday I did two miles and half of BBG for that day - I was starting to get sick and feeling weak.

I didn't have time to run Saturday morning before I left, so I got a quick two miles in on the treadmill at home before Christmas supper with my family. 

Running on vacation can be wonderful, but it took a little extra preparation. I had two small bags more than everyone else - winter running requires a lot of clothes! I was up before the whole house and ran as the sun rose so I wouldn't miss out on any activities for that day. 

I would visit this area again. I'd like to run this path in the summertime! I am very grateful to the Tweetens for letting me tag along and spend Christmas with them.

Katelynn

xx