Today we ran the Tour du Lac de Joux- a "break" from Saturday hiking. The 24k race around Lac de Joux started in Le Sentier, Switzerland at 2:50 pm, warm, but plenty of shade and a light breeze for the afternoon run. The first half of the race consisted of mostly rough trail running- rocks, roots, leaves, grass, some tight switchbacks, a bit of shoe-sucking tar, until reaching the little town of Le Pont on the opposite side of the long lake. The return journey offered long stretches of paved pedestrian trail and 1.5k on a narrow boardwalk. The constantly changing footing and the lovely views kept things interesting for the long run, and was great training for the upcoming Jungrau Marathon. We were both happy to finish the full loop. After the run, we walked a little on the trail and waded out into the lake. (We also got cool Swiss Army knives as the race prize!)
