I planned to do a track workout, but decided it would be more fun to run 1000m hard loops at Busey Woods. My left hamstring was tender from Monday's sprint workout, but after a 2 mile warm up it felt pretty good, so I went ahead and ran 7 x 1000m loops. I had forgotten how fun it is to run fast in the woods, as swift as the deer and the birds -such a liberating thing to do.
Thinking about this woods style of running, it is my strength and joy - hurdling logs, taking careful, yet carefree steps upon rutted dirt paths, slicing through narrow corridors of tall weeds, dodging trees - I feel more an athlete and pure animal than runner. Running on roads is for a different breed, of which I do not belong. | 