We are back from a busy weekend in parts north. On Saturday, I took part in the 15k, part of the Cherry Festival in Traverse City. I ran a respectable (to me) pace of 8:31/m, which is a good pace for me over that distance.

But that just began the fun of my day. After that, we went to the beach where Elena got to enjoy splashing around in the bay before we headed to the midway. I rode the elephant rides with Elena and Andrea took her down the burlap bag slide, which I used to love at Cedar Point.

We ate lunch at Amical, a favorite of mine, and I gorged on olive twists. But that was OK, since I had burned all that energy during the race. I also had a turkey and prosciutto sandwich. That was alright, but I prefer their pizza. We also watched the parade go down Front Street. One of the floats was sponsored by the MSU alumni association, and the band played the fight song, so the rest of the weekend, Elena was singing "Fight, fight, fight, green, fight!" Hey, it's close enough.

On Sunday, Andrea did the Interlochen triathlon in the state park and she beat her goal time by 13 seconds. The weather for both of our events was great. Now it is Monday, and we can both rest from our weekend.