This past weekend, Mark and I headed to Kelley's Island for a "training weekend". We left Amherst at 6:25 AM (early departure in order to beat the predicted thunderstorms). Getting to Kelley's island on a bike is a little tricky, as you have to head south and go thru Castalia, as you can't take your bike on the highways. Anyway, we made great time, arriving at the ferry before 11AM - 80 miles in approx. 4:15 (i.e. about 18.5 mph). Since we had told Kyle to meet us there with all our stuff at about 11:30-12, we had some time to spare, so we got ice cream cones! Actually, Mark had two!!
We got on the 12:30 ferry and then met the Tomoff family on the island. The plan was to get a run in, shower and meet them at the winery at about 2:30. But Mark still needed to get 10 miles on the bike in, plus a run. So we didn't make it by the 2:30 cutoff that our friends put out there, and didn't get to the winery until a little after 3. Mark and I had a cheese & sausage tray (which was really good!!), I had a glass of white wine, and Mark had, as the bartender called it, a Lake Erie highball (ice water). We then spent the afternoon and evening at a cookout with Don, Beth, Alex, Kristin, Stevie & Paul. A lot of good food and conversation, including looking at Don's new toy - the IPad.
The 10K was Sunday morning at 10:45am. The morning started off cloudy & breezy and we were all excited that we were going to have nice weather for the run. But then the sun came out, the breeze went away and it got really HOT! But we all had a great time - I don't know what it is about that run, but running the 10K on Kelley's Island is always a lot of fun. Don, Beth, Mark and I all got awards in our age groups, which is always a bonus. We then had pizza & salad after (annual tradition) and got on the 2:30 ferry home. All in all, a great weekend and a lot of fun!!
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