Yesterday I decided to go out to my local CVS pharmacy and get a tiny plastic digital camera for $9. I can get some very lo-res pics of the day to day Umstead grind.

I did a lactate threshold run today and was able to pretty easily run 5 min. miles for 4 miles with some good hills involved. This isn’t a monumental achievement, but I remember working harder to do this same run about two months ago. I’m getting more confident that I haven’t lost a step. In good spirits, I threw in some trail running on my cool down and took the Loblolly trail back into the park.

It’s finally getting warmer here, and I’m ready to lose the hat and gloves and get out the smelly cotton t-shirts for a couple of months.

Here's on somewhere on Turkey Creek and on the right is my favorite part of the Loblolly trail - wide open, grassy, just like home...for about 30 seconds.