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About 90 minutes from Louisville, is a small town of Dubois, Indiana - near Patoka Lake. It happens to be the home of SIPAC - Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center where my brother is the farm superintendent. The past two years, SIPAC has hosted a 4mile mixed terrain race to start off the family field day.
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| Pixie and I walking it |
The event is a very family friendly, laid back race whether you want to run or walk it. I am able to push our jogging stroller through the course. However, there are some parts that have rough footing such as going through the pasture. The trails through the woods are wide and easy to follow. There were a few hills and dry creek beds to cross that were rocky, but manageable with the stroller. There was a water station that you passed by twice on the course if needed. Once out of the woods you run on gravel until the finish line. So you pretty much run on every type of surface- pavement, gravel, grass, dirt, rocks.
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| Rooster finishing |
If you stick around after the race, there are a variety of demonstrations and activities. This year you learned about importance of good soil which helps produce forage which goats eat which helped them produce good milk and then make ice cream. My kids were able to milk a goat and then make some ice cream. There was also a forestry tour and geocaching available to spend the morning on the farm after the race. A fun way to spend the morning with family.
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| Learning about forage |
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| Milking the goat |
Milk a goat & make ice cream... that's not something you get to do at the end of every run :)
ReplyDeleteThat's true!
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