Oy, I start the week with the best of intentions and suddenly it's Thursday and I'm running in the evening after work. Been one of those weeks, too many 11- and 12-hour workdays and other weeknight activities keeping me out late. I did get out a bit on Tuesday and run striders/plyos/form drills with a few of the kids I coach, so I haven't been a total slug. But I desperately needed tonight's run, so I headed to Illahee Forest Preserve after an intense and long day at work. (The corporate bosses are in town.) About 30 minutes of wandering around in there, even found a new connection I didn't know about. Felt wonderful to just be alone and running in the woods. So relaxing that I could feel my body getting loose and the muscles unwinding as I cooled down and drove home. It was almost painful, that's how wound up I had been. I don't get that stark of a physical sensation very often, but that's what happens when my body is really tense for a few days and hasn't run much in the past few weeks. I was craving one. Hopefully the running continues. I'm getting a little race plan for the rest of the summer/fall together, which is always good motivation.
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