Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--5 Some tready miles. My leg and knee are feeling tight, and my foot has a weird tweak that disappeared when I started to run. Decent start to the week. 

I finished Pastoralia by George Saunders over the weekend. It's a short-story collection. I'm a fan of the form at the moment. 

pm--4 Late getting to the run, but I ran.

pm--5.25 To The Canyons and back w/ mi vecino. I'm feeling lethargic lately. Not sure what's up w/ that.

pm--5.75 I've been feeling a bit funky right after school, so today I didn't get out until after dance practice. Started slow and felt peppy by the end.

pm--3 Got a Real late run in. No zero.

am--7 Anasazi sandwiched w/ the bike. There were some 55kers on the trail. Their nerves seemed to go when I caught them and told them I wasn't racing. 2 miles in is way easier than 28 miles in.

pm--7 Messing around on an old route, I enjoyed the beautiful evening. 'Twas a peak moment.

pm--3.5 A bit sluggish but ran. That's a win. 
 

I also finished The Great Gatsby again. It feels relevant. Also, Fitzgerald hit it out of the park w/ his prose.

pm--5.5 Anasazi to the rock art and back. Nice day out.

pm--4.25 Messing around the neighborhood w/ my neighbor. It's amazing how the perceptions of nearly everything have shifted in 24 hours.

pm--3.75 Default to the tready because of the drizzle. I watched a bit of the track meet. It's weird to be a spectator only.

pm--7 Ran around the upper neighborhood. Most of my road runs are variations of loops through the area.

pm--8 Anasazi Trail, trailhead-to-trailhead. Tried to take it easy and enjoy the weather. Caterpillars are housing on the blackbrush. Did lots of yard work after. 

I also finished Get in Trouble by Kelly Link. It's a collection of short stories, each with a supernatural twist or two. 

pm--15 I biked to Kayenta and back. Nice views.

pmer--4 Up Serenity and back. Starting to feel a bit lighter on the traffic.

pm--5 Mixed it up a bit on the route tonight. Trying to practice what I would preach w/ a negative split. 

pm--5 Tready miles, watching the pilot to Northern Exposure. Love that show.

am--8.25 Hit Barrel Roll w/ Decker. The climb, chat, and sprinke was great. 

pm--4.5 Night run up the road. Sluggish at the end of my biggest week in a while.

pm--3 Just getting in a run. Started school again, and it's not the same without the kiddos. 

pm--4 A little run around the neighborhood. Planning a down week. Parts of my body are craving it. 

pm--5 Loop at Chuckwalla, up Beck's Hill and down Turtle Wall. Nice afternoon. I'm thinking my Suunto calculates elevation gain different than Garmins because I end up with almost 150 feet less than others on the same route. 
 

I also finished Animal Farm by George Orwell and Joseph Smith: the man and the seer by Hyrum L. Andrus. The first reminds me a lot of the political rhetoric of today. The second provides a portrait of an interesting historical figure, using primary sources.

pm--4 Ran and watched a World Series game from '95. Skinny Manny!!!

am--7 Anasazi w/ a new extension off the hill from the homestead. I just took it easy and enjoyed the beautiful day. Only downside was the smoky sky from someone burning a lot of weeds. The soundtrack for the day was Life and Death of an American Fourtracker by John Vanderslice and The Worst You Can Do Is Harm by The Long Winters. It was an '02 kind of morning. 

pm--6 Chuckwalla w/ extension to the point. It was warm out, and folks are recreating. I hope they let us work at school for the duration of the pandemic. Not sure I could work from home.

pm--3 I almost didn't get a run in today. Age caught up with our Basset virtually overnight, and we had to put him down. We were a minivan of sobbing idiots on the way to the vet. Moses was his name. He's been my profile pic for years. I'll leave him there for a while longer.