Turn your rut into a groove.

am--4.75 A chilly Heights run. This week will be a little easier because my evenings are packed.

am--3.5 A few miles w/ Ben, chatting about training and looking for viable hill for workouts.

pm--5.75 Barrel Roll CW. I tried to push it a but today and went under 9-minute pace for the whole run. I biffed it once.

pm--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead w/ Ben. Beautiful weather and nice company.

pm--3.25 First day of track. Small group of the commits. It's suddenly chilly in the afternoon.

I finished Art Spiegelman's graphic novel MAUS for the first time. Like a few other graphic novels, it felt a bit loose on plot and character. 

pm--3 An easy run to the ball fields and back. Kip work before and fresh-swing-speed strides after.

pm--3.75 Tuweap w/ Abigail, Aspen, and James. It felt a little harder today. I've backed off my mileage to "build" w/ the kids, but my body feels better w/ a few more miles a day. 
 

I will finish To Love as God Loves by Roberta C. Bondi. She is one of my favorite spiritual authors. Her work follows the thinking of the desert monastics from the early Christian era. Good stuff and a pretty quick read.

am--5 A nice Heights run before the storm, listening to Desire by Dylan. Oh, to marry Isis!

pm--4 Harmon's trail at a decent clip w/ hip activation before and fresh-swing-speed striders after. I like the form-style striders.

pm--7 I hit the snooze this morning and got out this evening instead. Found my way to SC Parkway for 4 x 1-min. pickups. I tried to incorporate the fresh, swing, and speed forms into the pickups. Focusing on form might've pushed me a little faster than intended, but, oh well. 
 

I finished Keep Moving by Maggie Smith. This book is part poetry, part maxims, part journal and all compelling. 

am--5 Anasazi to the creosote w/ Tom. We had a needed chat. He's a dear friend who is a good mix of supportive and honest.

pm--4 SC Drive. Nice bigger group today that stayed pretty packed. The kids were having fun.

pm--5.5 Rhythm run w/ fresh, swing, and speed striders after. The rain mostly waited for us to finish our run, and groups are starting to come together.

pm--3.5 Tuweap w/ a mixed crew. It was a little chilly, but the company was great.

am--5 SC Heights loop w/ some rhythmish light tempo on the return.

pm--4.5 Coaches run w/ Ben to chat and let the kids have some space. Form striders after. 

am--5.5 Ran to the school and toured the neighborhood w/ Abigail and Aspen. 
 

pm--4 Frontside of Anasazi to blow off some steam, but sometimes thinking on a run works me to a slow boil.

pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ Decker and happened into Ben just past halfway. Good dudes, good dirt.

pm--4.25 Ran to the golf course only to get booted. The group vibe is great.

pm--6 Rhythm run w/ 20 minutes ~7:40 pace. Small but solid group. We did form striders after. 

I finished Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg today. This is an interesting read about communicating with others. 
 

am--6.25 Ran the Sullivan trail w/ some notable PVXC girls of yesteryear and added a few more miles w/ Holt and J Rog. It was fun to catch up. I've been lucky to have been a part of some great people's lives.

pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ the Chipmunk loop addition. Nice run in the light rain.

am--5 PV Main Street from the cabin to the entry of the park and back. It drizzled a little but didn't snow and wasn't as cold as expected. 

pm--5.5 Sluggish Anasazi variation. It was as good as always. 55 degrees while I was out there.

I finished Fools Crow by James Welch. Although, it took me a while, it was a great read and a nice examination of the intersection of dreams and reality.

am--6 Woke up w/ a headache, so I didn't get out w/ the team. Anasazi and Chipmunk while listening to Erik Davis talk about Philip K. Dick. PKD's stories are wild. The run had a bird theme w/ 2 Candian geese honking on a cliff above the river and a roadrunner successfully outrunning me. Decent weather before the storm.

am--5.25 SC Heights w/ fresh-swing-speed striders after. Decent run w/ a small crew.

am--4.5 Decent run down the old road to Green Valley after a long night. Nap time is coming later.

am--7 We did some Igloi-style work at "lighter" tempos. Nice morning of running in the drizzle.

I finished one of the trippiest books I've ever read--The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick. His books are mixed for me because they're thought-provoking and compelling, but they're also pretty heavy. 

am--5 River Trail w/ a decent sized crew. Abigail and Sophie ran very well today. I had to slow them down a few times.