Relentless

afternoon - 9.25 2xmile.  Decided to go home and run my workout, but on the way home the Jeep died - it is almost 25 years old I guess.  Hopefully not a huge deal.  So I ran over to my parents' to have my dad help tow it home.  Then went from there around the Parkway and into Sienna Hills to warm up.  Hit the Dirt Mile and did 2 miles of Tinman and started to get the legs moving.  Decided 2xmile at around 5:30 would be a good start.  Did a 5:25 and :24 with 3 min recovery.  Felt good, had to work a little which was good.  Cooled home and a mile with the dogs.  (Adios 246)

afternoon - 8 Hospital/Sunrise Hills.  Ran the Hospital from the bottom up and stopped off at Sunrise for a 20 sec hill workout.  It takes me 5 to get to the top; so I did 2 sets of those.  (Lyte33 186.75)

afternoon - 9.5 Boardwalk. Ran up the River Trail to the end of the trail by the dump. Just a nice early winter afternoon - a little chilly and beautiful by the river. (Kinvara white 353.5)

afternoon - 10.5 Sullivan Loop. For those following the continue saga of the Desert Rat - my Jeep Cherokee - I charged up the battery the other day and took it to work today. It began dying part way and I turned off the lights, ran every stop sign and never signaled and somehow got to school (but Al had to come pick up Pyper since I was attempting to take her). So after school I decided to try and start it up - it did with very limited juice. So I did the same dangerous driving techniques on the way home with much more traffic and attempting to stay on the back roads. Next step, new battery. Hopefully that helps. To the run... Ran a warm up fown Hell Hole and the. Started a tempo on the Sullivan Loop. Goal was 5 miles. Started at Tinman and worked down a bit from there. 5:59, :48, :42, :32, :42. Got a bit tired by the end, but it was good to push myself a bit. (Kinvara green 260.25)

afternoon - 9.25 GS/PL/Midd. Hadn't done this loop for awhile, and my leg hurt from spraining my ankle the other day, but it warmed up; so I decided to do it. The desert was super awesome, but I was so bummed - like every time I go up here - because more of the desert is getting plowed up. Now they have taken the bulldozers all the way to the Desert Reserve fence. Please, stop destroying the desert! The sand was super good from the rains this week. (Kinvara blue 144.5)

morning - 14.25 DC. Ran around Bloomington/Hills and the River Trail with Logan, Steven, Aaron and Haydo. Nice run and an okay pace (faster than if I'd have been by myself) while having a good convo with Hayden most of the run. Fun to hear his enthusiasm for his college running - wish I would have been that into it. (Kinvara white 367.75)

Another good building week. And I made it through the end of the quarter.

Goals for next week: keep hitting a few moderate workouts and bring paces a little quicker, enjoy the Christmas ?season and time with the family.