Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--6 Anasazi to the homestead and back. It was warmer today, but the breeze kept the temps from being a detriment. I actually felt good for once.

pm--4 Tracy miles while studying songwriting.

pm--5 A Nice jaunt around the vecindario on an otherwise beautiful evening.

pm--6.5 I ran from my house to the Barrel Roll trailhead and back. The run felt hard today. 

pm--5 Around the upper neighborhood. Felt like junk most of the run.

pm--6 Anasazi Trail. Not a bad day. My body wants slower, especially at the beginning of a run, so I'm giving it what it wants. 
 

I also finished The Uneasy Chair. It's Wallace Steiner's bio of Bernard DeVoto. Interesting, well-written book.

pm--4 Some easy miles later than intended.

am--8 Wandered in the dirt w/ Decker. Guys slowed us towards the end. Good run and good chat, nonetheless.

pm--6.5 Anasazi Trail to the top w/ Cholla extension on the way back. I haven't run on that portion of the trail for years. I might be adding it once in a while. 
 

I also finished the Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall. As a department, we made a list from the current novel sets we have and decided to read any off the list that we haven't previously read. This was that for me. A good book for what it is.

pm--4 Easy miles you start the week. I'm not sure where we are in this pandemic, but the silver linings keep appearing.

I finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. It was a quick and quirky read. The narrator must be on the spectrum. The chapters are all prime numbers, and he calms himself by going through cubed numbers. His family life is heartbreaking.

pm--5 Sidewinder. It's been a while, but I rediscovered why I love this trail--persistent climb, beautiful view, cruise back.

pm--6.5 Anasazi to the fork w/ the lower graveyard extension on the ay back. Felt decent after I got going.

pm--4.5 Nice run w/ my neighbor. Beautiful evening.

pm--5 Some slow miles watching a music bio, Strange Negotiations. It's about David Bazan. He's one of my favorite songwriters.

pm--5 Grass Valley Road. Frizzing.

pm--4 Some miles while I finished Strange Negotiations.

pm--5 A run up near the Canyons and back. TIL that the one of the songwriters in Squeeze wrote the band's lyrics and the other wrote the music and melodies. Interesting team work.

pm--6.5 Anasazi Trail, past the homestead and back. Nice run. The temperature was warmer but still pleasant. I had a bike family leapfrogging me for a while, but once we hit the incline, it was over.

pm--6 Chuckwalla to the point w/ the Paradise Rim extension. The route is seldom traveled, so I ended up 2nd on the segment leaderboard even dragging myself through the heat, my quads screaming because of my one-punch-man workouts the last few days.

pm--4.5 Defaulted to the tready and watched a chunk of the 2009 Wimbledon Final, Fed vs. Roddick, one of the great sporting events of my life.

am--7.5 Anasazi Trail from trailhead to trailhead. It was a good run, even though I think 10:00 am might be the worst time of day for me to run. A lady stopped me on the trail and said she had seen some rattlers mating near the part of the trail I had just traversed. She showed me a picture. Not sure if Decker would count this in his snake totals or not. I didn't see or hear anything. 
 

I also finished Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. Lots of quotable quotes.

am--6 Morning route to the Canyons and back, trying to beat the heat. Just focused on an easy build w/ a negative split.

pm--5 Serenity w/ some here and there. Negative split again. I'm motivated by power pop and about fed up w/ remote teaching.

pm--6.5 Sunbrook out-and-back. Good run. I still managed to negative split, even with it being a slight descent on the way out.

pm--5.5 Ran around trying to get some elevation gain around the neighborhood to no avail. I'm tired lately, but the running has been pretty good.