PM: what an amazing solo run today. My first time in this town, just decided to map a random preserve and run to it hoping there'd be a trail through the hills/forest up there. Threw on my watch and ran out the door towards where I saw it on the gps. Low and behold, I reached the end of a road after 3 miles and found a place laced with hiking trails. Ups, downs, hard turns, rocks, trees, logs to run over, dry hard packed earth, completely covered by trees, one-person wide, not a single other person seen in the 5.5 miles of trails I ran before deciding I was going to trip on a root from being too tired. What an exuberant, surreal experience. I haven't had miles like that fly by in a long time. The 3 miles mostly downhill back to the waters' edge was just icing. Not bad for a planned off day. Off day tomorrow maybe... | 