Weather - 78 degrees, sunny.
The maple trees in town are turning bright red and yellow, so I decided to run to Busey Woods and the park to admire the changing foliage. This is a beautiful time of year to run in nature.
I have been lucky this week, most of the days my allergies are not as bad and I am getting longer and deeper sleep, which should help me during my race this Saturday.
My legs are feeling great, no injuries, so I will be going to Farmdale at close to 100% muscle capacity. My respiration still sucks, but that's the way it goes, I will work with what I have.
The past two weeks I have been thinking maybe I should do some speed work to put some stress on my body, but I think that is a bad idea. I remember Bruce Fordyce saying that when you are not feeling at 100% running strength, most runners believe they need to work harder, but it is better to take it easy and do less. And I also recall Frank Shorter's famous saying "It does not matter what you do during the 2 weeks leading up to the marathon, the work done before this period is what matters". So running easy seems better than running hard this close to the race.
After the run 4 sets of strength exercises, stretching, and 30 minute walk home.
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