Notes
I felt much better than yesterday when I started out today and despite my hesitation to go away from town on the streets again, I did it anyway. This morning though I took every little side street and lots of stairs up and down to the edge of the lake and then back up into the neighborhood. At one point I looped around a school and found a dirt trail that was maybe half a mile long. It was so great being on single track dirt that I ran to the end, ran back through the adjoining neighborhood and did it again.
The best part of this run though was deciding to pay to go into the botanical garden on the lake front. Like the town, it was built in three levels and I ran out and back, out and back along the parallel tracks. It was truly the most beautiful environment ever. I was the only one in there early on this morning and I felt insanely spoiled having this gorgeous place to myself. I stopped before exiting to just admire scene from the gardens out over the lake, and I am pretty sure I have never seen a view more lovely in all the world. It was pure perfection. And my run wasn't bad either.