What an awesome day! Only bad part was setting the alarm....once we were up though, it was a great day. We drove to Grignan for la foulée de la Marquise race. This was an 11.2km trail run up and down and up and down along gravelly, rocky and a tiny stretch of paved, trails. At times, the trail ran alongside ancient farmhouses and vineyards so close you could reach out and pick a grape as you ran past. It was kind of like running the Seaton trail back home except the hills were longer and higher. Lori chose to start at the back of the pack, graciously not wanting to make everyone pass her. However, she found that she quite liked all the hills and on every hill would pass around 5 people or so. She
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