Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--6.75 Anasazi w/ LG out. I love this route. 

pm--6.75 Anasazi w/ LG out while listening to a podcast about Elon. I stopped to change episodes and forgot to restart my watch for a while, so Strava isn't accurate today. 

pm--6.75 Same as the other runs this week. I love the climbing and being away from the world. 

pm--4.25 Random trails w/ Tom. Trail run 100!

pm--5 Finally got out this week w/ my neighbor and looped around Sunbrook.

pm--5 Truncated Anasazi in the dim evening. Good to get out.

am--3.5 Way old morning route w/ some :60 pickups and strides after. I need to do stuff like this more often.

pm--6.75 Anasazi via LG. Nice time in the dirt.

pm--4.5 Didn't get out, so I ran in. Kept the pace easy and even.

pm--5 Anasazi after dark w/ my neighbor. A little slower because of footing but nice and peaceful.

pm--7 Anasazi w/ LG and Chipmunk loop. I was a bit tired but glad I got out. I also finished The Annotated Book of Mormon.

pm--6.75 Anasazi w/ LG on the way out.

pm--8.5 Anasazi via LG to the end of Chipmunk and back. Listened to a interview about Mitch Hedberg.

am--4 Anasazi w/ a neighborhood crew. Good to start a week w/ a run. It's been a while. I also finished The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich. It was not what I was expecting but better than expected.

pm--6.75 Anasazi @ a holiday pace. Just enjoyed being out. Seems like quite a few families do a Christmas Eve hike.

pm--8 Anasazi w/ Chipmunk loop and LG both ways. Wasn't sure how long I was going to run but ended up making it a little longer.

pm--5.75 Trad Barrel Roll on tired legs. Learned a lot about Akira Kurosawa. I also finished Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami. Someone said each chapter is like a haiku. I would tend to agree. And all of the chapters work together to paint the picture of an intriguing relationship.

pm--6.25 Anasazi on a nice afternoon. I hit 100k of climbing for the year. 

am--5 Heights Loop after accompanying James and Tyler on their workout. 

pm--4.25 Truncated Anasazi w/ LG out. I had a weird stomach bug that wreaked some havoc over the weekend. Feeling quite a bit better. I finished 2 books recently: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa--a book about friendship, memory, math, and baseball-- and The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman.

Although, in some ways, this year wasn't the best running year, I still found joy in climbing (100k gain), trails (112 runs), and books (59). Additionally, I switched from coaching xc and track to coaching teachers. It's been a good switch for the current phase of life.