Weather - 57 degrees, sunny. A strange day for running, not only for the pleasant weather, but also because of the route and the way I achieved the mileage. The park district had a day long sabbatical at the Lake of the Woods forest preserve. I arrived early and ran 4.5 miles along the roads and golf course. After 3 hours of group work, I ran 4.5 miles during the lunch hour on the bicycle path. When the afternoon group activity ended at 2:45pm, I ran another 4.5 miles on the Buffalo Trace trail. The temperatures varied for each run - morning, 35 degrees; noon, 45; afternoon, 57. The afternoon run was fantastic, it was unfortunate I did not have my shorts, but it was nice to slog the muddy trails without a jacket. I had forgotten how much easier it is to accumulate mileage by doing two or three shorter runs throughout the day, rather than one long run. If I had tried to run 13.5 miles in one go, my legs would be sore and dead. I think I should try to do more mulitiple-run days in the near future. #131 z.m. - #45
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