Turn your rut into a groove.

am--2.25 Down Lava Flow and back.

pm--4.75 A good run around the SC Heights w/ some fun chat.

am--5.25 Ran to and from practice. No run this afternoon because we're taking the oldest to college. 

am--4.25 Heights run w/ most of the boys. I like mixing it up w/ them once in a while.

am--7.5 Some work at BHNP w/ 3 progressive tempo miles at the end. It was fun to push and struggle a bit.

am--6.25 Slept in a bit and hit Anasazi w/ Adam. It was good to catch up and a nice way to start Labor Day.

am--5 Worked on tempoing w/ some of the level 2s. I didn't run this afternoon because of miscommunication.

I finished A River Runs Through It And Other Stories by Norman Maclean. Made me want to move to Montana and plan my life around fishing and card games.

am--4 Easy stuff on the bike path w/ the girls.

pm--2.25 Lava Flow w/ a good crew, chanting and clapping and singing. It's pretty hot right now.

am--4.5 Canyons and back w/ 4x striders after. 
 

pm--2 A couple around the neighborhood. Discovered a secret trail.

am--5.5 Tuweap hill work w/ the varsity girls. Pretty impressive running from them.

pm--2 Success! In May, we got 2 pups. One is a Walker/Bluetick mix, and I'd hoped she would be a good trail buddy. I took her out this evening. She ran well, right on my heel. I only had to give a tug or 2 to keep her nose steady. She also seemed to handle the heat well. I'm pumped.

am--6.5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Some nice chatter today. 
 

I finished Less by Andrew Sean Greer. It's a globetrotting tale of a gay author post-breakup. Contemporary lit.

pm--2 Easy afternoon. I slept in a couple hours to give my body a chance to fight the runny nose I had over the weekend. 

am--2.5 Lava Flow w/ a good crew. 
 

pm--3 Won the scavenger hunt w/ Jax, Addy, Carys, and Abi.

am--5 Old morning route before heading up north for pre-state. Felt decent.

am--4.5 Sandy route by my lonesome, running on low sleep because of a cluster headache. It was fun to see the new state course, and, as usual, some kids were up, some were down.

am--4 Heights w/ the level 2 boys. It's nice to mix it up once in a while. 
 

pm--4 Anasazi to the top w/ the hound. She did great at double the mileage of the last outing. She did balk once because she needed a potty break. It's fun to have a trail buddy. 
 

I finished a great book today, Clint Smith's How The Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America. Very thought provoking and more evenhanded than Coates's book. It's a must read for history buffs and humans in general.

am--4.5 Bear Claw Poppy from the bottom. Decent morning. 100th trail run of the year.

am--2.25 Lavaflow and Arrowhead, past the huffing bear 2x.

pm--4.5 Nice run, talking to Lee and Sara respectively.

am--5 Worked w/ a group on the BYU workout. Didn't really notice the temperature.

am--2 Ran w/ a fun group, stilling but going.

pm--5 Nice afternoon run in the 90-plus weather w/ a nice and chatty group. Good way to pull me out of the cloudy funk from this morning.

am--4 Run through the neighborhood w/ 6x striders after. The striders felt good.

am--5 Hit the Sandy train path and went towards Corner Canyon. The weather is beautiful. This part of SLC is a fun place for a run.

pm--5.75 Warm run w/ Thomas on Anasazi. Nice chat. We decided that despite the desolation of this particular trail the expansiveness of the view delivers.

am--2.25 Chill morning run w/ the crew.

pm--6.25 Modified BYU workout w/ the Atkin crew. It was 94 degrees.

am--2.25 Easy run toward the softball complex.

pm--4.5 Vineyard w/ mostly Addy and Abi. Fun to chat about life.

pm--6 Grass 800s w/ a great crew. Nice weather to boot.

I finished Letting Loose the Hounds, a short-story collection by Brady Udall. It has a familiar, western feel. One of the author's writing teachers was also my writing teacher. One of us has put more of the knowledge to use than the other.

pm--6 Sunset and DD trail w/ a good group of girls.