Grab Danville by the Balls!

We drove down on Friday, it took us over 4 hours because we stopped many many times. When we finally arrived at the Holiday Inn Express, we found a nice new hotel with a pool that looked like it had barely ever been used.

One of the stops we made was at Dick's sporting goods. I bought the kids a soccer ball and a indoor hockey set to play with in the hotel.

Friday night we took a swim and went to the Deluxe restaurant in Danville.

Jackie, Oliver and I at Danville's oldest and crappiest diner, the Deluxe.



Saturday we got up in morning and had a nice leisurely breakfast and then drove to the race at Kickapoo State Park. The park was about 17 minutes from our hotel, so we had plenty of time to get there.

On the recommendation of one of the other runners, post race we went to Jockos Pizza Inn. We also went to the pool Saturday afternoon for a nice post race soak in the hot tub.





Saturday night we went to a La Potocino for dinner. The food was pretty good, but we had to leave before we were ready because Oliver was not enjoying himself.


Sunday morning I got up early and drove back to Kickapoo to run the race course again. When I started, it was 4 degrees, coldy-wan-kenobi. It was nice to run on some legit trails for once. I am glad I made the effort to get up early because it was a beautiful morning and it is hard to find nice trails like this in the 'burbs.



When I got back to the hotel we hit the pool for the last time the ate some leftovers for lunch before heading back up north to the big city.