Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--8 Didn't get out yesterday due to a duhmb day at school and then a night on the town w/ the fam. We saw Frozen. If you're into musicals, you're in for a treat. Anyway, I let my frustrations go and decided to do my mile repeats @ 85% tonight. I did 5 x ~7:00. It felt surprisingly good. I leaned into them a bit and found that it was easier going. We'll work on that more in the future.

RHR--56

pm--7 An hour of recovery. I'm a bit scared about running in the chill of the morn.

RHR--55

pm--3 I intended on doing more than this, but the body, mostly the legs, said, "Basta Ya!"

RHR--57

am--6.75 We have something right after school until tomorrow afternoon, so if I wanted to run it had to be in the mole-dark cold. But I will say that a frigid winter morning--I know. It's still, technically, fall.--is one of the most peacful settings imaginable. Glad I got out.

On another note, I really like the Nike Pegasus. My love for the other Nikes on my podiatric palette is tepid at best. But these babies are beautiful.

RHR--60

am--6 Early morning snow run in Orem. A few mall loops w/ a bit of an extension. Winter is for pondering immortality.

pm--7.25 Lab Rat workout--4 min. @ 8:00, 7:15, 7:00, 6:50, and 6:45 pace w/ 2 min. recovery. Did core work after.

RHR--59 Bad sleep and heavy eating over the weekend.

pm--6.5 A nice, easy run for nearly an hour.

RHR--57

pm--9 Did my mile repeats on the tready @ 1.5%. These are tough and surely comparable to my soon-to-be half-mile grass/dirt loop. I went 6 x 1 mile @ 7:03 w/ 400 meter recovery. Felt comfortably hard. I will cycle back through the mile repeats @ 85% on the loop, starting w/ 4 x 1, followed by 5 x 1, and, finally, 6 x 1.

RHR--55

pm--6.5 Extended morning route in the evening. It was supposedly high 30s. I call no way. Chilly.

RHR--55

pm--4 Some easy miles. Nothing special. Longer run tomorrow.

RHR--51

pm--5.5 Not quite as much as planned, but the legs were fin w/ a bit less. I did ~25:00 @ steady-state pace--sub-7:30. Nearly 1/3 of my miles this week have been steady-state or faster. I'd like to keep about that much quality while inceasing the quality incrementally.

RHR--58

pm--6 Nice, easy 5 w/ 8 x 100m striders.

RHR--57

pm--4 weird week. Everyone in the house is sick & I've tried to be a comforting presence. On another note, I've found that, for me, the best way to sabotage anything is to put a plan to it.

pm--7 Nice little run to see if I remember how to do it. I scoped out a loop for repeats. It's a good one--.5 miles w/ a mix of grass, dirt, gravel, and a tiny bit of bike path. Ought to do.

pm--7.25 The old Swiss Days course w/ the extension to and from home w/ 8 x grass striders. No barefoot today. Felt pretty labored for the the first part of the run but eased into it and ended up feeling good.

RHR--54

am--6.75 Lower Zen to the water tower and back along the road w/ Tom. Love these runs.

RHR--54

pm--4 Merry Christmas everybody. Nice, easy run today on the tready. Didn't get my heart rate today. Santa woke me up.

pm--6.5 My mother-in-law tried to wow me w/ some new gear--Salomon trail shoes and a Nike GPS watch. So I decided to try out the new stuff on the full Rim circuit. The new watch measured a bit short of what the Garmin usually does. Perhaps, I'll have to head out w/ the Garmin just to retest. Fun run other than the gun nuts that apparently don't know that the SCRR is ruled by bikers and runners now.

pm--6 Anasazi run w/ the other Christmas shoes. That's what I get now for gifts, shoes. Anyway, the run was nice. Tons of people out on the trails. My legs are tired from the up and down of the trails.

RHR--54

pm--6.25 Yesterday's route, Anasazi to the Homestead and back, measured .25 longer with the Garmin. I'm interested to see about the Rim circuit next week. Tom and I had some good chat as usual.

RHR--58