Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--3 Some easy miles around the neighborhood, trying to make this a habit again. 

pm--3 Keeping up the habit on the tready. 

pm--3.5 Some tready miles at the end of the sickness. If I can work myself back into some kind of shape, running will be a joy again. 

pm--8 Stationary bike miles. I can feel my knee and hamstring tighten and know that biking is the better option.

pm--4 Another treats run, watching "In the High Country" w/ Tony K. The best part--not a reflection of the quality of the film because it is great if a bit short--was the interview w/ his dad on the bonus features.

I finished my 1st book of the year, Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman. He's always a fun read.

pm--4.5 Past SCHS and back. It was windy, and I am weak. Overall, it's good to pit the weak will against the weaker body. The Clifton 1s I'm running in are cushionedbut not very responsive. Not sure how I like that.

pm--12 bike miles while I watched "Unbreakable" about the Western States Endurance Race of 2012(?). It is really fun to see the personalities and the drive. Makes me want to get into nature. 

pm--3.5 I ran down and looped through a hole or two of the golf course. It felt hard.

pm--5 Hit the Anasazi Trail to the T up top. Felt as good as I've felt on a run in quite a while. But there is still some something or other in the hamstring area. Also, I saw Chad MF Perkins. That was fun. What a great dude. 

pm--4 Some decent miles. Two days in a row. 

am--4 Serenity Lane our-and-back. Felt okay. 3 days in a row running.

pm--11.5 Bike miles, looping into Ivins. I rowed 3k in just over 13 minutes. When my leg feels tight, I will default to a plan like this. The rowing will swell me in no time.

am--6.5 Bike ride to my parents and back w/ a 7-mile run on the Anasazi Trail. That's a pretty big day for me.

pm--3 These days off are never in-the-middle regarding running. I was left trying to get a few miles in tonight after dinner had settled. I did get to spend some time with my 2 younger kids today. That was fun.

I finished a book about a Catalan detective with a taste for fine food, Murder in the Central Committee by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. 

pm--4 Serenity out-and-back. I got a Lomilomi massage this afternoon and then went to watch my daughter dance. I finally got out the door at 8:30 and put in a few miles. 

pm--3.75 Did some looping through the golf course and back through the roundabout. Last night was a dud because of various things. 2 hours of Young Mens didn't leave much time for anything else. Tonight, I was trying to talk myself out of running, but Morrissey wanted to go, so....

pm--5.5 Biked the devil's mileage w/ a run on the Anasazi Trail thrown in the middle. It was hard at first, but I found my desert legs.

pm--3.75 Rough run after a lazy day. 

pm--5 Serenity w/ some messing around in those neighborhoods. Tonight's run couldn't have been much better. The chill in the air, the clear winter sky, the Clifton 4s, and Vampire Weekend all coallesced to make this one to look back on as to my purpose in running. 

pm--4 Tready miles. The goal is to run within myself and to increase pace slightly every mile. The last 2 days have been great running days.

pm--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead and back. Haven't done that in a while. It seemed to be wind in my face both ways.

am--3.75 Ran to Dixie Dr. and back through the golf course before heading to state drill.

pm--5 Anasazi just over the top and back. This trail is rejuvenating my running. Perfect day. The hordes of people and their dogs substantiate that.

I finished The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. Classic sci-fi. I enjoyed but wouldn't have enjoyed more delving into the mythologies of the main societies.

pm--5 Took it easy.

pm--4 Up Serenity and back on a cold night. I like these later runs. Tonight's mostly came from the fact that the wind was crazy in the afternoon, so I waited until it died down. 

am--5 Most of the old morning route via Serenity. One of the colder mornings this winter, but new-shoe bounce helped.

pm--4 Anasazi to the top of the ridge and back. I was in a time crunch, but the weather was nice.

pm--5.25 Old Swiss Days trail to the end and back from mi casa. I started out dragging but ended flying. Love those runs. This is the 1st time I've done 5 days in a row in at least 2 months. (Mojo's coming back.) 

On another note, I've had some vertigo this week. I tried the Epley Maneuver. What a trip. 

pm--6.75 I cruises along Santa Clara Dr. and hit the beginning section of the Anasazi Trail before turning around. It was kind of hard, but my legs are holding up. This was my 1st full week of running in a while.

pm--4 Some lazy miles this evening. I missed the root beer mile for the 1st time in tears.

pm--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead and back. I'm loving this trail lately. I feel like I know every line. 

pm--3.25 Some miles after everything else.

pm--5.5 Anasazi Trail to the end of the exposed single track and back. I have it a good push a time or two. This trail is rejuvenating me.

pm--5 New Route. I just tried to keep it easy and relaxed. I love my wife and running.

pm--6 Anasazi Trail for the 3rd time this week. This trail is bringing perspective and helping to remind me of the days past when I really fell in love w/ running. On another note, I got a new watch that has a percieved effort component that, consequently, affects a recovery component. And after most of my runs, the watch says I need 50 hours of recovery. Not sure if it's the fact that I'm working back to fitness, that I'm not sure what is a hard or easy effort, or that my max heart rate might be higher than the age-graded heart rate, but I don't believe the recovery time or the effort feedback. I'm sure it's a combo of all 3. I'll keep tabs on this stuff going forward. 

pm--7 Rim Trails. This is one of my favorite routes, but I haven't run there for quite a while. I'm working back to fitness. It's fun but kind of hard.

pm--5 A jaunt around the neighborhood, exploring my new bike-path run. I'm trying to take some runs consciously easier. It'll come.

pm--6 Anasazi Trail. Felt blah for the entire first half but better on the return trip. Funny enough, my heart rate was 95-115 for the first 3 miles when I was huffing and puffing and having a tough time and then straight to the 180s when I was feeling light and smooth. My heart always gets going when I run, but the feedback was weird today. I'm not sure how accurate this wrist monitor is. 

pm--3 Sandwiched a run in between the business of the day. Also, I kissed a goat in front of a hoard of teens.

I finished Great Expectations, again. Nice book about redemption.

am--4.5 Up Serenity and down through Lava Cove. Felt decent, and my body responded well to a less-than-12-hour turnaround.

pm--6.25 Anasazi Trail w/ Decker. It was nice to catch up and enjoy the bountiful rain. Rain in the desert is awesome.

pm--6 Around the neighborhood in a slight chill. At times, I felt smooth. Other times, sluggish. 

pm--5 Similar route to last night w/ a figure-8 thrown in. Also, if anyone needs to explore new music, give John Vanderslice a try. I can't get enough of his newest album, "The Cedars." It may not be for everyone, but it is for me. Did some research on wrist heart rate monitors, also, that put me at ease a bit. That's all for now. 

pm--7.5 Anasazi Trail all the way to the valley and back. I was tired climbing on the way back. This is probably my longest run in about 4 months.

pm--4.5 Nice, relaxing run w/ my neighbor.

pm--4 Basically, up to the Canyons and back. The HRM was on the fritz again.

pm--5 Some tready miles. My leg and knee are feeling tight, and my foot has a weird tweak that disappeared when I started to run. Decent start to the week. 

I finished Pastoralia by George Saunders over the weekend. It's a short-story collection. I'm a fan of the form at the moment. 

pm--4 Late getting to the run, but I ran.

pm--5.25 To The Canyons and back w/ mi vecino. I'm feeling lethargic lately. Not sure what's up w/ that.

pm--5.75 I've been feeling a bit funky right after school, so today I didn't get out until after dance practice. Started slow and felt peppy by the end.

pm--3 Got a Real late run in. No zero.

am--7 Anasazi sandwiched w/ the bike. There were some 55kers on the trail. Their nerves seemed to go when I caught them and told them I wasn't racing. 2 miles in is way easier than 28 miles in.

pm--7 Messing around on an old route, I enjoyed the beautiful evening. 'Twas a peak moment.

pm--3.5 A bit sluggish but ran. That's a win. 
 

I also finished The Great Gatsby again. It feels relevant. Also, Fitzgerald hit it out of the park w/ his prose.

pm--5.5 Anasazi to the rock art and back. Nice day out.

pm--4.25 Messing around the neighborhood w/ my neighbor. It's amazing how the perceptions of nearly everything have shifted in 24 hours.

pm--3.75 Default to the tready because of the drizzle. I watched a bit of the track meet. It's weird to be a spectator only.

pm--7 Ran around the upper neighborhood. Most of my road runs are variations of loops through the area.

pm--8 Anasazi Trail, trailhead-to-trailhead. Tried to take it easy and enjoy the weather. Caterpillars are housing on the blackbrush. Did lots of yard work after. 

I also finished Get in Trouble by Kelly Link. It's a collection of short stories, each with a supernatural twist or two. 

pm--15 I biked to Kayenta and back. Nice views.

pmer--4 Up Serenity and back. Starting to feel a bit lighter on the traffic.

pm--5 Mixed it up a bit on the route tonight. Trying to practice what I would preach w/ a negative split. 

pm--5 Tready miles, watching the pilot to Northern Exposure. Love that show.

am--8.25 Hit Barrel Roll w/ Decker. The climb, chat, and sprinke was great. 

pm--4.5 Night run up the road. Sluggish at the end of my biggest week in a while.

pm--3 Just getting in a run. Started school again, and it's not the same without the kiddos. 

pm--4 A little run around the neighborhood. Planning a down week. Parts of my body are craving it. 

pm--5 Loop at Chuckwalla, up Beck's Hill and down Turtle Wall. Nice afternoon. I'm thinking my Suunto calculates elevation gain different than Garmins because I end up with almost 150 feet less than others on the same route. 
 

I also finished Animal Farm by George Orwell and Joseph Smith: the man and the seer by Hyrum L. Andrus. The first reminds me a lot of the political rhetoric of today. The second provides a portrait of an interesting historical figure, using primary sources.

pm--4 Ran and watched a World Series game from '95. Skinny Manny!!!

am--7 Anasazi w/ a new extension off the hill from the homestead. I just took it easy and enjoyed the beautiful day. Only downside was the smoky sky from someone burning a lot of weeds. The soundtrack for the day was Life and Death of an American Fourtracker by John Vanderslice and The Worst You Can Do Is Harm by The Long Winters. It was an '02 kind of morning. 

pm--6 Chuckwalla w/ extension to the point. It was warm out, and folks are recreating. I hope they let us work at school for the duration of the pandemic. Not sure I could work from home.

pm--3 I almost didn't get a run in today. Age caught up with our Basset virtually overnight, and we had to put him down. We were a minivan of sobbing idiots on the way to the vet. Moses was his name. He's been my profile pic for years. I'll leave him there for a while longer.

pm--6 Anasazi to the homestead and back. It was warmer today, but the breeze kept the temps from being a detriment. I actually felt good for once.

pm--4 Tracy miles while studying songwriting.

pm--5 A Nice jaunt around the vecindario on an otherwise beautiful evening.

pm--6.5 I ran from my house to the Barrel Roll trailhead and back. The run felt hard today. 

pm--5 Around the upper neighborhood. Felt like junk most of the run.

pm--6 Anasazi Trail. Not a bad day. My body wants slower, especially at the beginning of a run, so I'm giving it what it wants. 
 

I also finished The Uneasy Chair. It's Wallace Steiner's bio of Bernard DeVoto. Interesting, well-written book.

pm--4 Some easy miles later than intended.

am--8 Wandered in the dirt w/ Decker. Guys slowed us towards the end. Good run and good chat, nonetheless.

pm--6.5 Anasazi Trail to the top w/ Cholla extension on the way back. I haven't run on that portion of the trail for years. I might be adding it once in a while. 
 

I also finished the Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall. As a department, we made a list from the current novel sets we have and decided to read any off the list that we haven't previously read. This was that for me. A good book for what it is.

pm--4 Easy miles you start the week. I'm not sure where we are in this pandemic, but the silver linings keep appearing.

I finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. It was a quick and quirky read. The narrator must be on the spectrum. The chapters are all prime numbers, and he calms himself by going through cubed numbers. His family life is heartbreaking.

pm--5 Sidewinder. It's been a while, but I rediscovered why I love this trail--persistent climb, beautiful view, cruise back.

pm--6.5 Anasazi to the fork w/ the lower graveyard extension on the ay back. Felt decent after I got going.

pm--4.5 Nice run w/ my neighbor. Beautiful evening.

pm--5 Some slow miles watching a music bio, Strange Negotiations. It's about David Bazan. He's one of my favorite songwriters.

pm--5 Grass Valley Road. Frizzing.

pm--4 Some miles while I finished Strange Negotiations.

pm--5 A run up near the Canyons and back. TIL that the one of the songwriters in Squeeze wrote the band's lyrics and the other wrote the music and melodies. Interesting team work.

pm--6.5 Anasazi Trail, past the homestead and back. Nice run. The temperature was warmer but still pleasant. I had a bike family leapfrogging me for a while, but once we hit the incline, it was over.

pm--6 Chuckwalla to the point w/ the Paradise Rim extension. The route is seldom traveled, so I ended up 2nd on the segment leaderboard even dragging myself through the heat, my quads screaming because of my one-punch-man workouts the last few days.

pm--4.5 Defaulted to the tready and watched a chunk of the 2009 Wimbledon Final, Fed vs. Roddick, one of the great sporting events of my life.

am--7.5 Anasazi Trail from trailhead to trailhead. It was a good run, even though I think 10:00 am might be the worst time of day for me to run. A lady stopped me on the trail and said she had seen some rattlers mating near the part of the trail I had just traversed. She showed me a picture. Not sure if Decker would count this in his snake totals or not. I didn't see or hear anything. 
 

I also finished Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. Lots of quotable quotes.

am--6 Morning route to the Canyons and back, trying to beat the heat. Just focused on an easy build w/ a negative split.

pm--5 Serenity w/ some here and there. Negative split again. I'm motivated by power pop and about fed up w/ remote teaching.

pm--6.5 Sunbrook out-and-back. Good run. I still managed to negative split, even with it being a slight descent on the way out.

pm--5.5 Ran around trying to get some elevation gain around the neighborhood to no avail. I'm tired lately, but the running has been pretty good.

pm--4 some miles in the dark o' the basement.

am--8 Reverse loop around Santa Clara and stopped you watch some young bucks bound over an agreed upon distance for roughly 10 minutes. Good start to the day.

Biggest week of the year, so far.

pm--6.5 Tready miles while starting The Last Dance. I watched nearly all of Jordan's career on WGN as a kid, but I'm still blown away. 

pm--5.5 Chuckwalla run on Isis's anniversary. It was toasty out, but the downhill on the way back was good. 

pm--3 Watched another episode of The Last Dance but had to walk at the end. I was feeling a tweak or two in the hammy.

am--5 Barefoot grass loops at the softball field. I took the last two days off becuase some hammy twinges on the run the other day. Consequently, I decided to go close to home and take it easy. This was just what I needed. The loops took me about 30 minutes, and the high-powered sprinklers were on in the same area the whole time. Must take a lot of water to maintain what amounts to an inch or so of grass spread across an outfield. I'll have to do a run like this at least once a week. 

pm--3 Some easy miles after a big dinner on our 18th anniversary. 

pm--4 Ran and did some grass loops, again. I love them. 
 

I also finished The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare. I'm in the process of looking into stuff for future teaching.

pm--4 Got out w/ my neighbor. It felt rough tonight. He got new shoes and was pushing the pace. 
 

I finished The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. It's an award winning YA book written in verse. Quick read w/ contemporary themes.

pm--5 Some Miles, catching up on The Last Dance.

pm--5 My motivation comes and goes, but eventually I start feeling bad about being a slug and head out. The barefoot grass loops w/ Robert Nesta on the buds was perfect.

am--5.5 Anasazi Ridge w/ Adam. Nice chat about Radiohead, Tool, and other things. By the end, I was feeling beat. 

am--5 Some barefoot grass loops w/ 6x striders. Trying to mix in a variety of paces again. 

pm--7 A little longer run up around the Canyons. I'm thinking I need to make better food choices. 
 

I finished The Leavers by Lisa Ko. It's on my list of contemporary fiction TBR list. It reminded me of a shorter, better version of The Goldfinch. Deals with culture, language, and finding your place.

pm--6 A decent run w/ some barefoot grass and 4x striders. I felt pretty good.

am--5 Ran into Green Valley. My quads are trashed from idk what, maybe bending down to tape balloons for the graduation parade. Felt beat. I had to mix in a couple short walk breaks. 

am--3.5 Just a few miles at the end of a tired week. Hope I bounce back after a rest day. 
 

I finished The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Brutal and funny, the book is a well-written example of meta fiction. I would recommend it.

am--5 My regular Orem run up 400 E. and back. I felt okay. It seems like shoes w/ cushioning that gives and, thus, allows too much pronation on my funky right foot makes my inner knee ache a bit more. 

am--7 My usual Tuesday grass run w/ 6x barefoot striders. They were slower today. Who knows why? I do like getting some striders in, though. 

pm--3 Some easy miles, working on form. 
 

I finished There There by Tommy Orange. It's an interesting novel told from multiple perspectives that coalesces at a powwow. 

am--5 New usual w/ the Lava Cove return. My legs were dead. The run never really got going. Who knows?

pm--5 Some easy running while I study to be a water bender.

pm--5 Some miles.

am--3 Some more miles.

I finished The Power of Myth, the book-length interview between Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell. Campbell's wisdom makes sense of life and deepens my own beliefs. I also finished Narrow Road to the Interior and Other Writings by Matsuo Basho, the great haiku master. 

pm--3 Some barefoot grass loops. I had to cut it short because something about the air irritated my throat, and I was coughing like crazy. 

pm--4 Some easy miles while studying firebending. 
 

I also finished Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon. It's a detective novel set at the end of the '60s. The PI is something like the Dude navigating his way through the quirky counterculture that is trademark Pynchon. I have a few more of his books to tackle. We'll see how the summer goes.

pm--4.5 Some decent running on the tready. It's been a good friend this week.

pm--5.5 Some grass loops and 6x striders at the softball field. Nice reprieve from the triple-digit days.

pm--4.5 Some running while watching Charles Bronson as "Harmonica."

pm--3.5 Late run. Glad to get something in tonight.

I finished Sing, Unburied, Sing, a much acclaimed novel by Jesmyn Ward. It picked up in the last 30 pages. I wanted more of the magical realism throughout the novel.

pm--4 Some good, sweaty miles. I think I might actually start some kind of training plan.

pm--5 Another decent run. My legs seem to get tired before the rest of me.

am--3 A run.

pm--3.5 An easy run to get the week started.

am--4.75 Got up and out earlier than normal. For some reason, I pushed the pace a bit and did about 10 minutes of what would probably be considered tempo work for me at the moment.

am--5.75 Some grass loops and 6x barefoot striders. 
 

I finished McSweeney's No. 46: Latin American Crime Stories.

am--4.25 SC Heights Loop. Felt good once I eased into things. These morning runs have been nice.

pm--3.75 I was home alone w/ my younger kids this morning, so I didn't run until later. This week has helped me to realize that a nice run in the morning is the best way to start a  day. 

am--5 Grass loops and 10 miles on the bike after. This morning exercise thing is fun.

pm--3 Some miles. I don't have much help w/ the little one this week, so there will be some defaulting to the tready. 

pm--4.5 Some more tready miles. I felt decent today. 

I also finished The Natural by Bernard Malamud. Good book. Good writer. And I finished it on the day they decided there will be baseball. 

pm--5 Easy stuff w/ some water bending on the tube. 

pm--4 Some tready miles. 

pm--3.5 Some more miles on the tready.

am--4 Anasazi w/ Tom. 

pm--4.5 Night run on the most recent usual route. 

am--5.25 Made my way to practice. Many alumni were there, and it was fun to chat w/ the kids. Pretty good turnout. 

am--6 I woke up w/ a headache but got out anyway. The run was okay. Sometimes I push it a bit on my own. The legs like a quicker pace while the lungs like a slower pace. hard to find the sweet spot. 

pm--3.25 A run after a lazy day. My dad retired for the second time today.

pm--6 Barefoot at the softball field. I thought the heat and sore legs would zap me, but today's run was one of the better runs of the week. 
 

I finished The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. He's one of my favorite writers, and detective fiction is one of my favorite genres. This book mixes both. Yay for the combo.

am--4 Anasazi--same as last week--w/ Tom and Adam. Nice run and chat. 

am--4.5 Loop around the heights. Felt decent. I like running in the morning.

am--5 Some barefoot grass running w/ 6x striders.

am--5 Up around the Canyons. We had a student leadership conference this week. It was interesting but a lot of fun. I believe the children are our present. :)

pm--4 Slept in and hit a few easy miles this evening. 

am--6.5 Some grass loops in the sprinklers. These runs are always nice and refreshing. 

am--5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Lots of good convo today. I need to check out All Day in the Sun Records, Douglas Rushkoff, Nonviolent Communication by a guy named Rosenberg, and I'm sure there's something else I'm missing. 

am--5.5 Some more grass and striders. My striders were peppier today even though the morning was hotter. 

am--5 Green Springs w/ J Rog, Ry, Ness, and Addib. It was fun to catch up. Looks like we might try again before everyone heads off to school and marriage.

am--4.5 Looped around the Heights before watching Arsenal defeat Liverpool and heading to Lake Powell.

am--6.25 Anasazi to the Homestead w/ Tom. I'm glad we're back in the habit. 
 

I finished Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. It follows the generations of two half sisters from Ghana--one a slave and the other the wife of a slaver--to America and back. Quite an engaging read.

am--4.25 Serenity/Lava Cove loop. Felt a bit sluggish.

am--5 Some grass loops at the softball field. Muggy this morning.

am--4 An easy jaunt around the neighborhood before class. Looks like rain in the hills. 

am--6 Grass Loops. I'm hitting the grass 2x a week. It's relaxing and prepping me for going full-sandal in the future, if I ever so choose. I wish the threats of rain would come to fruition. 

am--5.5 Drove to the fields to watch the PVXC time trial and run w/ the kiddos. Fun stuff. The team's looking good.

am--5.5 Out-and-back on 400 E. in Orem. It always feels like work up here, and it wasn't much cooler than home.

am--4 The ravine path to The Canyons and back. 
 

I finished a great book, Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. It's a book made of an old father's diary to his young son. Lots about character and relationships.

pm--5 Some running around a leisurely pace. Sweated a ton.

am--7 Nice grass run w/ 8x striders. After the run, my back is feeling tweaked. Not sure what's going on w/ that.

am--4 Some easy miles. The back is feeling better.

am--5.5. Some more grass loops. I'm getting 5-6 miles of barefoot running in every week. I love the loops and the soft grass. 

am--6.25 Anasazi w/ Adam and Tom. Saw a rattlesnake traveling across the trail. It wasn't aggressive at all. Decent week.

pm--3.75 Long day of class, so I did some slow rolling this evening.

am--5 Primary grass run of the week. Nicer temperatures this morning.

am--4.5 Heights loop. I felt pretty good overall this morning.

am--6.5 Some more grass with a few things on my mind. First, PVXC is ready to rock. I'm pumped for them but a little sad that I'm not involved. Second, our return to work has some holes. For every 3 precautions, there is 1 that negates them. I'm left wondering how much of this is for perception's sake. 

pm--3.5 Some easy miles after a long day.

am--6.25 Anasazi, the usual Saturday run, w/ Tom. He gave me some cd's to sort through.

pm--4 Some running this evening after I decided to catch a few more zzzzzs this morning.

am--5 Grass run. This morning's run coincided w/ a 6:30 am preteen football practice. The coach lugged a boom box blasting The Final Countdown by Europe. Man, those boys were ready to aggressively attack puberty. It was mildly heartwarming. The run was nice.

am--5.75 Artic Circle w/ Jacey, Jenessa, J Rog, and Carson. Great people. Jacey's pretty fit for being home from her mission only a week.

am--4.25 Set out for an easy run and ended with 10-12 minutes of real tempo for my current fitness. It felt good. First masked day of school went pretty well. 

am--5 Some grass on a Friday. I saw Coach Jensen on my way home.

am--6.25 Anasazi w/ Tom and Adam. On the way, I saw SCXC working hard. Good run.

pm--3 A few miles on a full stomach.

am--5 Grass loops, starting in the dark. This first full week of school will be a real speed bump.

am--6.25 Some miles w/ PVXC. I did some counter loops on the grass at a snail's pace. Steamy morning. 

pm--3.75 I had a late night so didn't run this morning. Then I had an endorsement class after school. I finally got a run in later. Decent.

am--5 Some grass in the dark. I have some itchy bites on my legs. Wonder if it's from Tuesday's grass run.

pm--3 AC. Coach Beattie got me to double in the triple digits. Hard but good.

am--4 Shorter Anasazi in the California haze. 

pm--4 Some running in the evening.

am--5.5 Grass loops in the dark. It's still pretty warm in the mornings.

am--5.5 Did my thing while the kids did hill circuits.

am--5 Grass loops. I saw the SC crew this morning. Lots of kids w/ a good pack. 

am--7 PV Main Street w/ some longer pickups. From the start, I didn't attempt to hit the CV pace assigned to the kids, but I was moving faster than I have for a while. Makes me think I've kept myself in okay shape but could use some actual training. (Thinking face.)

am--7 A good run through Dixie Downs north w/ 5x 60-second pickups. My hammy was acting a bit funky at the beginning of the run, normal during the run, and a bit tight after.

pm--5 Sone easy miles, feeling through tight hamstrings. Seems like they aren't as cringy when I focus on lifting my knees.

am--5 DI and Bank w/ the girls. They get after even on the short morning runs.

pm--3 Some treasure miles after a long day.

am--5 Some grass miles w/ 4x 60-sec. pickups at ~7-min. pace.

pm--3 Extended DI loop w/ Beattie.

am--5 Anasazi on a beautiful morning. Even if it's only morning temps, autumn shows promises of arriving this year.

pm--6 A decent run w/ 4x 60-sec. in the low 7s. 

pm--5 Grass loops in a cooler evening. I did have to struggle, however, w/ the wind. I thought about striders but aborted halfway into the first. Didn't want to push the hammy.

pm--5 Anasazi to the creosote on another cooler afternoon. We might be out of the triple digits in a few days. 

am--6 Newer morning route w/ 5x 60-sec. pickups. I tossed and turned all night, but, surprisingly, it was easy to jump out of bed this morning. What an autumnal morning it was. This morning was a little cooler than it normally is in the beginning third of September. 

am--5 Grass loops in the dark. I got slobber attacked by some fluffy dogs and had a good chuckle when, with my bare feet getting colder, the line "The lunatic is on the grass" came through the earbuds. PF, not the plantar fasciitis version, makes most things better.

am--5.25 Anasazi w/ Tom and his buddy. Seems like Fall comes in the morning. It was so beautiful this morning.

pm--5 A decent run watching the LA-SD game. 

pm--6 Tready light tempo. The tempo amounted to about 15 minutes of 7:45 pace. It took more focus than it should have. I'm bringing some different paces to try to work on my fitness. Kind of fun.

am--DI and crushing it through the hood w/ the kiddos. Finished up the run trying to keep up w/ Beattie.

pm--6 Heights Route w/ 5x 60-sec. pickups. The pickups felt good because my form becomes more efficient and fluid at a quicker pace. 

pm--5 Grass mikes w/ 4x striders at the practice field. What a beautiful evening even if it was a bit hazy. The new Flaming Lips LP is great, a return to form.

am--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead on my own. Good run.

I also finished The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. Quick YA read.

am--5.25 Up towards the Canyons.

am--5.75 A nice grass run. I needed a slow burner. Homecoming week is stressful.

am--4.25 A decent run w/ what amounted to a tempoish finish for the last 10-12 minutes.

pm--5.25 Anasazi at noon. Didn't get out as soon as I'd have liked to because of decorating for the dance. Homecoming week is over. Woohoo!

pm--1 Had to abort because of some issues.

pm--6 Tready miles, watching some 2nd-rate English teams punt the ball around.

am--6 DI/bank/RC. A few different loops and some time w/ the PVXC girls.

I also finished Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, again. The gift keeps on giving.

pm--3 Long day, so I defaulted to a few on the tready while watching playoff baseball.

am--5.5 Some grass miles w/ 4x striders.

am--5.25 Anasazi w/ Tom. The conversations are always good w/ this guy. He keeps me grounded and a bit weird.

pm--5 Jaunt into Sunbrook. I felt decent even though dinner was still sitting heavy.

pm--5 Default to the tready w/o baseball because the playoffs are on different networks.

pm--5 Anasazi in the fall heat, still 90s down here. The desert cures most ills.

am--6 Nice run in the cool w/ 5x 1-min. pickups at ~7-min. pace.