Did a workout on the local cross country course. There is a 4k and 5k course and because there is a 4k race on this course next week we did that one. We did one loop to warm up (and a little more because we took a wrong turn) and then planned to do 2 min hard, 2 min easy x8 but I was with Ted and he was doing 2:10-15 and I was always 15 seconds behind him so I finished strong to wherever he was. And he started on the 2min mark. So it ended up 2:25-2:30 hard x8 with 1:25-1:30 recoveries. We did 2 loops of the course during the workout. There was a doe and her two baby deer eating grass at one corner of the course. They weren't scared of us at all and stayed throughout the run. Afterwards we cooled down with another loop of the 4k. It was dark by then but just light enough to see 4 big deer running across the course at an incredible speed. It was a good workout especially because it got me away from worrying so much about the times that would have been bad on the track in this heat. | 