Sun, May 12-Sat, May 18

Sun May 12: AM. A 2 hour run with MSRC on city and residential streets and various paths.  It was mostly sunny and in the 60s.

Mon May 13: AM. A 60 min run on the Mendota Lakeshore Path to Picnic Pt.  It was partly cloudy and 64.°

Tues May 14: AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay.  It was cloudy and 50.°  PM. A 30 min run on the Glacial-Drumlin Trail.  It was partly cloudy and around 60.°

Wed May 15: AM. Ran ~6 miles with the pastry club over city and residential streets.  It was mostly sunny and in the upper 40s.  AM2 On the track, ran 10,000m in 38:54 (6:13, 6:14, 6:17, 6:10, 6:13, 6:12, 94), ran a loop around Lake Wingra in 45 mins, then ran another 10,000m on the track in 38:02 (6:14, 6:03, 5:59, 6:12, 6:03, 6:02, 87).  Running total ~30k in ~2 hours 2 mins.  It was sunny and in the 50s-60s.

Thurs May 16: AM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay.  It was mostly cloudy and 53.°  PM. In Middleton, A 30 min on-shift run up and down Market St and the South Fork Trail.  It was sunny and 73.°

Fri May 17: AM. A 60 min run on the Mendota Lakeshore Path to Picnic Pt.  It was sunny and in the 50s.

Sat May 18: AM. Ran the Kent Kretchmar Klassic 5k course twice, the first time in 20:52 (7:23, 7:05, 5:47, 0:35), the second time in 19:52 (6:58, 6:50, 5:32, 0:32).  It was sunny and around 60°.  PM. A 45 min run on the Capital City Trail and around Monona Bay.  It was mostly sunny and 82.°

I'm feeling terrific. Things are really starting to click.  I'm lucky.  I'm winning.  I'm soaring with confidence.  Right now, I've got everything in the world going for me.  I don't think anyone can beat me.  Just by thinking that, I might be right.

I’ve had this stuck in my head for the past week— 

XTC - Burning with Optimism’s Flames:

☺

I can’t stop this grinning

So assume I’m winning