Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--4 some miles in the dark o' the basement.

am--8 Reverse loop around Santa Clara and stopped you watch some young bucks bound over an agreed upon distance for roughly 10 minutes. Good start to the day.

Biggest week of the year, so far.

pm--6.5 Tready miles while starting The Last Dance. I watched nearly all of Jordan's career on WGN as a kid, but I'm still blown away. 

pm--5.5 Chuckwalla run on Isis's anniversary. It was toasty out, but the downhill on the way back was good. 

pm--3 Watched another episode of The Last Dance but had to walk at the end. I was feeling a tweak or two in the hammy.

am--5 Barefoot grass loops at the softball field. I took the last two days off becuase some hammy twinges on the run the other day. Consequently, I decided to go close to home and take it easy. This was just what I needed. The loops took me about 30 minutes, and the high-powered sprinklers were on in the same area the whole time. Must take a lot of water to maintain what amounts to an inch or so of grass spread across an outfield. I'll have to do a run like this at least once a week. 

pm--3 Some easy miles after a big dinner on our 18th anniversary. 

pm--4 Ran and did some grass loops, again. I love them. 
 

I also finished The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare. I'm in the process of looking into stuff for future teaching.

pm--4 Got out w/ my neighbor. It felt rough tonight. He got new shoes and was pushing the pace. 
 

I finished The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. It's an award winning YA book written in verse. Quick read w/ contemporary themes.

pm--5 Some Miles, catching up on The Last Dance.

pm--5 My motivation comes and goes, but eventually I start feeling bad about being a slug and head out. The barefoot grass loops w/ Robert Nesta on the buds was perfect.

am--5.5 Anasazi Ridge w/ Adam. Nice chat about Radiohead, Tool, and other things. By the end, I was feeling beat. 

am--5 Some barefoot grass loops w/ 6x striders. Trying to mix in a variety of paces again. 

pm--7 A little longer run up around the Canyons. I'm thinking I need to make better food choices. 
 

I finished The Leavers by Lisa Ko. It's on my list of contemporary fiction TBR list. It reminded me of a shorter, better version of The Goldfinch. Deals with culture, language, and finding your place.

pm--6 A decent run w/ some barefoot grass and 4x striders. I felt pretty good.

am--5 Ran into Green Valley. My quads are trashed from idk what, maybe bending down to tape balloons for the graduation parade. Felt beat. I had to mix in a couple short walk breaks. 

am--3.5 Just a few miles at the end of a tired week. Hope I bounce back after a rest day. 
 

I finished The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Brutal and funny, the book is a well-written example of meta fiction. I would recommend it.

am--5 My regular Orem run up 400 E. and back. I felt okay. It seems like shoes w/ cushioning that gives and, thus, allows too much pronation on my funky right foot makes my inner knee ache a bit more. 

am--7 My usual Tuesday grass run w/ 6x barefoot striders. They were slower today. Who knows why? I do like getting some striders in, though. 

pm--3 Some easy miles, working on form. 
 

I finished There There by Tommy Orange. It's an interesting novel told from multiple perspectives that coalesces at a powwow. 

am--5 New usual w/ the Lava Cove return. My legs were dead. The run never really got going. Who knows?

pm--5 Some easy running while I study to be a water bender.

pm--5 Some miles.