Intervals tempo 12:30 [5] 3.2 km (3:54 / km) +40m 3:41 / km
4 x 3 min. tempo runs. Stop during one tempo run to check on the black raspberries. It takes me 17.55 seconds to evaluate the patch. Verdict: Not ready, but great wild berry potential.
Running 44:18 [3] 8.0 km (5:32 / km) +60m 5:20 / km
To, between, after runs. It is hot and humid. The speed comes back with the tempo runs. I hypnotize myself, suggesting that I run the Wyoming hills. Reading the Swampfox AP notes gives me the daily inspiration to get in the right frame of mind. I replace attack badgers with local stupid barking dogs. Rabbits are stand-ins for antelopes. Foxes stand in for, well, you figure.