The family went to Minnesota for the weekend to visit some friends who are expecting a baby any minute now. Silas and I skipped Friday's run, since it was a travel day, and we borrowed a brand-new jogging stroller to tour the St. Paul suburbs on Saturday morning. I had never been to Minnesota before and found it a bit hillier than I'd expected. Also, for being 15 minutes from the state capital, the suburb where we were staying was remarkably undeveloped. Si and I did a 6 mile loop but probably only crossed 9 or 10 roads; the first crossing was 7 minutes into the run. I also was able to cristen the borrowed stroller as we ran through a mud puddle under a bridge. We tacked on a little more at the end by running through the subdivision for 7.6 miles in 1:01:00. We passed 26 lakes in this run, which made sense of the fact that Minnesota has the highest per capita boat ownership in the US, a fact that is made up by me but is probably true.

We skipped Sunday's run due to weather and general malaise. C and S are spending a few more days in Minnesota. I slept in this morning to recover from travel but decided that I've been skipping too many runs of late. I flexed my work schedule a bit to come home in the afternoon to walk the dog and go out for a quick run on the greenway. There were more people out than I see in the mornings, including cyclists, more runners, kids walking home from school, and even a couple that appeared to be learning how to waltz. I started off at a pace that was comfortable but probably faster than necessary; it was modulated on the way back by a killer headache. I'll call it 6 in 46:22.