Turn your rut into a groove.

am--4.75 A fav route w/ The Benjamin Martin. Felt okay. I'm going to miss collaborating w/ BM.

pm--5k on the erg. Need to do more of this.

am--3.25 First day of xc. Good number of kids out.

am--3 Canyons and back w/ some calisthenics after.

am--4 Run w/ striders after. Got 5k on the erg later.

am--2.5 Chill short run on grass w/ 6 x 500m w/ 2-min. thanks recovery on the erg. Hopefully, rowing will be a good strength builder.

pm--3.5 Tready miles because I turned off the alarm instead of hitting snooze this morning.

am--5 Anasazi by my lonesome. Felt dece even though it was already toasty at 9:00.

am--4.5 Towards Halfway Wash w/ a nice group. Glad I mixed it up today.

am--3.5 Dece run out and back on SC Drive. Ran w/ my track peeps. That was good.

I also rowed 5k on the erg in 23:09.

am--5 Card Fartlek w/ 9 total pickups. The kids were antsy. It's okay. There still working on feeling pace.

pm--4K erg w/ 6 x 500 at 2:07.5 per 500m.

am--4 A preview of the TT course w/ 4 x striders after. 

am--5 West Canyon Trail w/ 6 x 2-minute pickups. Smaller group today. Good pushes though.

am--5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Nice chat, as always, and a good way to end the week. I need more dirt and more climbing in my life.

am--5.25 Fartlek on the TT course w/ different paces--between tempo and cv--from 30-90 seconds w/ equal recovery.

I finished a fun book about baseball, folklore, and mythology. It's called Summerland by Michael Chabon.

am--4 Nice run w/ a good crew. Finished w/ a semi-heated discussion of coaching philosophy.

am--4 Anasazi to the top w/ Tom. Nice chat w/ a podcast recommendation.

am--3.25 Big Rock, chatting w/ Emma and Joseph. Sounds religious, but it really wasn't.

pm--3k on the erg.

am--6.5 Pioneer loop w/ Aspen and Eliza. Boy, did they run well. Seem pretty fit for a month into the season. I was dragging a bit. 
 

pm--20 minutes on the erg for 4364k. 

am--5 Anasazi to the creosote w/ Tom. Nice chat and good running. Perfect way to end the week.

am--7.25 A longer run w/ 3 x 5-minute tempo w/ 3-minutes recovery. The girls ran well. If anything, I had to hold them back.

am--3 Grass loops w/ Andrew and Ben while the kids did their scavenger hunt.

am--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead w/ Ben. Nice chat. It's been such a blessing to know the dude. He makes a place better. 
 

I finished Wizard And Glass by Stephen King. It's the 4th installment of the Dark Tower series, which is a good mix of dark fantasy and western w/ some horror elements.

am--7.25 I had to get out in the dirt today and add a bit more here and there to achieve the monthly climbing challenge. It's been probably 18 months or so of climbing at least 2k of vert every month. It's the one performance aspect of running I've grabbed onto since the beginning of COVID.