Conditions: A much-welcomed cool off to 71 degrees and clear.

Warmer

1. Gate Openers
2. Lunge with Side Bend
3. Lateral Squat Stretch
4. Daisy Pickers
5. Dynamic Warmup on Field:
   1. Butt kickers
   2. High knees
   3. Carioca

Thang

1. Run East on Harvard to Lombard, North to Harrison, East to Columbus Park, stop at Field House cabana.
   1. 10 merkins (IC)
   2. 10 shoulder taps
   3. 10 mountain climbers
   4. 20 Big Boys OYO
2. Jog to Harrison/Austin (going toward Central, and behind golf course)
3. Sprints up the hill for 3 minutes – 80-100% effort
4. Fellowship Run back to AO

Mary

1. Box Cutters
2. Freddie Mercuries
3. Merkins

COT

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

A reminder of our connection to nature and its healing and restorative properties. While I appreciate the connection to my fellow PAX at morning workouts, I also value the outdoors component and the feeling of refreshment from being in the “wild.”