Warm Up: I tried a dynamic warm up that I'd read about over here. I really liked it and I didn't think I would. I read the warm up last night and forgot the 'knee to chest' and the 'figure 4' but I did everything else on her list. My favorite is the 'trail leg' warm up. It really loosened up the hips nicely.
Run! I had to do seven miles today because it was on my schedule and also I needed to burn enough calories to have Chipotle later on in the day. I wanted to take it faster than my long runs but didn't have a specific goal in mind other than 'go a little hard'. When I came on to Lake Nokomis there was a dude running on the bike path, sort of parallel to me running on the pedestrian path. So, yes, I took it as something of a personal challenge to go faster than the dude. It took a while to catch and then pass him and then in another half mile or so he'd peeled off the lake but I was flying by then. I was shocked when my app came on and read some of the mile splits I was running. I hadn't meant to go that fast because I didn't think it was possible. But I was all "I'll keep going like this until I want to stop". Nice to get a runner's high every once in a while.
Don't poop your pants! As is the motto at the end of so many of my runs, I was flying along until the last mile. Then I slowed down because I had to poo. So long Runner's High! I did not poop my pants but my plans for a quick ab session and then a nice cool down and stretch where dashed. Sigh.
Pictures Since I kept up such a break neck pace, I did allow a couple of pictures. The moon was setting over Lake Hiawatha as the sun was coming up and it was pretty amazing. And then there's the egret fishing. I think that egret lives at the lake because I see it fishing there all the time.
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