With Holly. Actually felt pretty darn good today, despite yesterday's race being in my legs. I was a little stiff for the first mile or so, but after that, I honestly didn't feel any different than normal. I promised myself that I would keep the run as short as necessary to ensure that I was getting a good recovery, but before I knew it, I was up at the city creek watershed boundary with Holly. Having been 4.6 miles out at the turnaround, and still feeling good at a bit short of 9 miles before making my final turn onto 4th ave, I decided to do a tiny bit extra near the end of the run to get the run up to 10 (I seriously hate ending on an incomplete mile), so I did a slight loop through the top of downtown. :) Run was extremely easy, so I literally took 1:27 to run 10 miles. Granted, it was mostly on trail (7 of it, with 6 on singletrack) and had 1000'+ gain, but still, it was really casual. I've come to realize recently that doing a run this easy is just exactly what the body needs sometimes. My legs feel pretty much flushed out from anything lingering from yesterday, and, while I'll wait until probably Thursday to run another workout, I just feel hungry and ready for more high-quality, intelligent, and fun training. |