Weather - 70 degrees, sunny. Great day, and I had an awesome workout. Did some intervals around the Busey Woods loop. I changed the usual route so that I was jogging the length of the boardwalk and running the dirt trails hard. I did not bring my watch and did not count how many loops I ran, so I based my run on feel. I am guessing it was 7 x 700M hard, with a 500m jogging recovery on the boardwalk. For a cool down I ran 800m barefoot in the grass.
I felt tremendous, it is my favorite workout because running hard in the woods is such a pleasure - the sights (saw the same 4 or 5 deer each time I ran a loop) and smells (honeysuckle was in bloom, inhaling that beautiful fragrance amid a hard 700M makes the experience bittersweet) make me forget any discomfort I am feeling. Afterward 4 sets of strength exercises and stretching in the park, and 35 minute walk home. The next 3 days will be easy, then I will run a 5k on Memorial Day in Danville. #188 z.m. - #101 | 