Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--4.25 Figure 8s around my neighborhood because my wife wasn't feeling well, and I wanted to be close if needed. Added 7x :60 @ threshold w/ :60 jog between and 4x strides. 

am--5 Anasazi w/ Abigail. Nice to catch up. She's a fascinating person.

pm--6.25 Anasazi after the 1st work day of the year. I love the dirt.

pm--6 More Anasazi w/ some exploration. I also finished A Guide to Christian Living by Lowell L. Bennion. 

pm--5 Anasazi after dark w/ a dim headlamp.

pm--6.5 Anasazi to the creosote. 

pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ LG out and all of Chipmunk. I also finished an alternate history/fantasy book called She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan.

pm--5 Anasazi w/ my neighbor under the Wolf Moon. 

pm--5.75 Variation of Barrel Roll after finally breaking the inertia of the week. 

am--5.25 Laps around Nielsen Grove Park in the snow.

am--8.5 Anasazi to the homestead w/ LG both ways. I also finished a nice poetry collection, Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara.

am--5 Green Valley Loop in the cold morning. Felt pretty good most of the run. I was glad to get out after a couple busy days. I also finished The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura. Simple and quick read.

pm--7 Anasazi w/ the Chipmunk lollipop. Was dragging a bit.

pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ LG both ways. Listened to some interesting music talk. 

pm--5 Truncated Anasazi w/ some music chatter.

am--6 Orem/Provo loop w/ Lover's Lane at the end. I also finished a great writing book, 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost.

am--5 Lover's Lane out and back. Felt better today than yesterday. It's funny how when you let it come to you things often work out.

am--4 Anasazi w/ Tom. Great to catch up. 

pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ LG on the way out. I'm wondering if it was too beautiful for February, and then I remember the wind. I finished a book that's got me discarding things that don't spark joy: The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.

pm--6.5 Same route as yesterday w/ 200 fewer feet of gain. Not sure why my watched wigged yesterday. I'm feeling a little sluggish. 

pm--6 Barrel Roll w/ Elusion x2. Nice weather except it's February.

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. Decent finish to the week. 

pm--Anasazi w/ LG. I'm on a Radiohead kick lately. Also wishing I understood Kendrick's appeal a bit more. 

pm--5.75 Anasazi. Not much else to say.

am--5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Nice chat about many things.

am--Biked 10.5 while James ran. Nice to catch up.

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG out. 

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. I finished a great book by Twyla Tharp called The Creative Habit.

am--5.5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Good chat.

pm--5.75 Barrel Roll w/ a pod. I finished a book about a Mormon-adjacent writer, Vardis Fisher: A Mormon Novelist, by Michael Austin.

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. Feel a bit sluggish, and it was above 80 degrees today, but it's good to get out.

pm--3.25 Truncated Anasazi on a busy day.

pm--7 Anasazi w/ LG and Chipmunk loop. Decent run once I got going. I'm learning to let the run come to me more and more.

am--5 Heights Loop w/ my neighbor. It's fun to run in the roads and feel like I can still run sub-9 pace fairly comfortably. I also finished another install on Mormon thought by Kristine L. Haglund called Eugene England: Mormon Liberal. He was an interesting man that I relate to quite a bit. I wonder how he would feel about things if he were still alive.

pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ LG. When I get out, I'm happy, but it takes more effort these days.

pm--6.5 Sane Anasazi route as yesterday.

pm--5 Truncated Anasazi after helping a bit at the track meet.

pm--8 Fooled around on Barrel Roll and Sidewinder on a beautiful day.

pm--5 Truncated Anasazi after a day of finishing up some grading.

pm--7 Anasazi w/ Chipmunk and LG in the overcast afternoon. Watched a pretty good movie called Weathering with You tonight.

pm--6 Barrel Roll w/ Elusion x2. Kind of dragging on an overcast afternoon.

am--3.5 Short Anasazi run/hike w/ a buddy visiting from Oregon.

pm--6.5 Anasazi again on purty day. My legs are a bit beat, and my back is tight. Otherwise, life's great.

pm--5 Anasazi to get 4K of climbing this week. Good week. I also finished the source book for my favorite anime, Run with the Wind by Shion Miura.

pm--5 Anasazi after a slow start to the week.

pm--6 Barrel Roll after school.

am--5.25 Truncated Anasazi before a funeral and the VGk game.

pm--5.25 Truncated Anasazi w/ LG. Finally getting out this week. My legs and body feel a little beat.

pm--7 Anasazi w/ backward Chipmunk loop. Felt good after a crawling start. 

pm--5.25 Anasazi like Wednesday in the middle of 2 wedding celebrations for kids I've coached. Such joy.

pm--3.5 Slow burn in the tready. I also finished a great book in poetry by Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook.

pm--5.25 Canyons and back. Somehow my watch saved the run at my midway pit stop.

pm--5.25 Anasazi to the top before the GooBlurs reunion. Fun day and night.

pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ LG both ways. Sore but good.

I finished a great book about poetry called The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo. It's one a person should read every few years. I also finished A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger.

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. Dragging in the warm weather.

am--4.25 Hit the trails w/ Tom. I had a crummy running week but biked to and from work everyday and did a 10-mile ride while James ran this morning. 
 

I finished another Japanese novel in translation, The Great Passage by Shion Miura. It's a quick read about putting together a dictionary.

pm--5.5 Truncated Anasazi after dropping the ball on running for a few weeks. I have been biking to work.

pm--5 Anasazi to the top. I was able to learn more about Meister Eckhart and dodgers the biggest gusts of wind. 

am--4.25 Truncated Anasazi w/ Tom. Hit 50 trail runs for the year. 

am--5.5 Anasazi w/ my neighbor. Good start to the week.

Biked to and from school.

Biked to and from school and finished Human Wishes by Robert Hass.

pm--5.75 Trad Barrel Roll. Felt good to get out. I also rode to and from work.

am--4.75 Sidewinder w/ Tom. I also finished Winter Stars by Larry Levis and did some SCHS team building by helping a colleague w/ yard work.

pm--4 Anasazi from the 3-mile side because the other road is closed.

pm--5.75 Rim trails w/ just a bit up top. Nice to get out.

am--4 Pioneer Parkway and the bike park. 1st weekday morning run in a while. Nice way to start the day.

am--4 SC Drive and the new bridge. 2 mornings in a row.

pm--6 Anasazi w/ a cemetery extension because some construction on the road to the trailhead. Good week of running.

pm--3 Dixie Dr. out and back. Glad I got out. Struggling with consistency and some eating habits. 

am--4 Old morning route. Morning weather is perfect right now. Also finished Ender's Game for the umpteenth time.

am--5 Heights. Been getting some mornings in. That's good for me and good for summer running.

am--6.25 Barrel Roll lollipop before my youngest's baptism. Nice day.

pm--3 To Valley View and back w/ my neighbor. I also did the bike miles to and from work and finally finished Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins. I enjoyed his work more 20 years ago.

pm--6 Barrel Roll w/ 3x strides. Just cruising in the dirt, listening to a Q and A w/ the singer from Idles. Funny and refreshing. I'm going to try to incorporate strides or pickups in most runs.

pm--6.5 Anasazi is open again, so I ran it.

am--4.5 Buffalo Park Loop x 2.5 w/ 4x strides.

am--4 Old morning route in the beautiful morning. I also finished God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut. He never grows old for me.

am--4.25 Nice SC Drive run w/ 4x strides before graduation.

am--7 Anasazi w/ Chipmunk loop. Nice morning.

am--5.25 Truncated Anasazi w/ an old runner.

am--3.75 Short Anasazi w/ a man and his dogs. I also finished John McPhee's The Crofter and the Laird.

am--4 Old morning route on a nice morning w/ 5x pickups.

am--7Anasazi w/ Chipmunk loop.

am--3 Quick 3 before a day of meetings. 

am--6.25 Anasazi variation while listening to some chatter about old Northern Exposure episodes. 

am--4.25 Rainy run around the neighborhood w/ 4x strides at the end before a special event for a former runner. I also finished The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo.

am--6.5 Anasazi variation while listening/ more NE and some '90's rap.

am--4 Anasazi w/ Thomas.

am--5.25 Anasazi by my lonesome. Overcast skies felt nice.

am--5 Up by the high school. It was a hard run for whatever reason, but I threw in 5x:60 in the mid-7s.

am--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG to the creosote. Felt quite a but better than yesterday. 

pm--4 Tready miles while listening to a less-than-verbose interview w/ J. Mascis.

am--6.5 Anasazi on a beautiful morning.

am--4 Dixie Dr. and back w/ 4x :10 pickups. Felt rough.

am--4 Dixie Dr. w/ 4x :60 pickups (sub-8ish--I'm pretty out of shape) and 4x :10 pickups at the end. Felt better today and decided that if I'm not in the trails I'm going to throw in some pace changes.

pm--5.25 Tready miles in the low zone w/ 10-minute row after. That took it out of me. Exercise feels good. I need to get into a positive sweat habit again.
 

I also finished Fleshmarket Alley, a John Rebus mystery, by Ian Rankin and Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashberry. 

am--4.25 Anasazi w/ Tom. Nice chat about everything after an evening of schooling on the finer aspects of house and techno.

pm--6 Light aerobic treadmill work and 7x :30 w/ equal rest on the erg.

an--6.5 Anasazi on a nice morning. I'm a little beat from yesterday but want to find that resilience that comes from consistent running. I also finished Going Postal, my 1st Terry Pratchett.

am--6.5 Anasazi before seeing Elvis Costello and the Imposters. He's one of my favorite songwriters. The 1st half of the show was lackluster but the 2nd half ripped.

pm--3.5 Slow tready miles. Just getting used to sweating again.

an--4.5 Another tready run w/ 2k in 9:19 on the erg.

am--6.5 Anasazi in the smoky morning. Felt decent. I'm starting look at measuring exercise by time again, aiming for 5+ hours a week. I also finished the Dupin stories by Poe. I'm on a detective fiction kick.

am--7 Anasazi on an overcast morning. It was maybe a bit warmer than normal, but the temperature didn't rise for hours.

pm--5.5 Slow tready miles. I actually enjoy these runs mentally.

am--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. This has become my go-to route. I also finished A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle.

am--6 Anasazi w/ LG out. Listened to a podcast about one of my favorite ever tv shows. I also finished Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. It's a Sherlock mystery but actually features more Dr. Watson.

pm--6 Slow and aerobic tready work. Really trying to get 4-6 hours per week.

am--5.5 Anasazi. 'Twas actually in the 60s when I started. Good to begin a day in the dirt.

am--5.25 Anasazi w/ Tom to finish off the week.

am--5.5 Anasazi in the morning. Days are so much better when I beat the heat.

am--6.5 Anasazi w/ LG listening to some Dylan. Sometimes he hits like nothing else can. 
 

I finished two books: The IC Toolkit by Jim Knight et al and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie.

pm--4.75 Slow tready miles while listening to an interview w/ The Descendents.

am--6.25 Anasazi on a nice morning. Looks like 4 days a week and between 4-5 hours of running is doable. Can I increase it to 5? We'll see. I finished a Miss Marple mystery, The Moving Finger.

am--6.5 Got out to Anasazi again. I've wasted some of the beautiful mornings this week. 2 more detective novels down: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers and The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. I forgot how much I liked reading hard boiled LA stuff.

am--7 Cruised Anasazi while learning about the trivium. Fascinating stuff for a nerd. 

am--6.5 Anasazi while learning about an old album I've become obsessed with--Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk.

am--5 Same as most other days but just a little shorter. Nice week after a slow start.

am--6.5 Anasazi while listening to Marc Maron interview Peter Guralnick about early rock and roll. Really fascinating.

pm--4.5 Slow tready miles after a day of work. Need to get my butt in gear in so many ways.

am--7Anasazi w/ the Chipmink lollipop. Learned a little about Meister Eckhart.

am--6.5 Anasazi and a BPB interview. Made for a nice Saturday morning. 
 

pm--3.5 Slow tready miles to hit 5 hours of running this week. 

am--4 SC Drive and Vineyard back w/ my neighbor. Fun to hit the roads again even if I need to struggle to adjust. Saw some xc kids. 

am--4.5 Heights w/ 3x :60 @ mid-7s pace. 'Twas fun to pick up the pace a bit. I don't do it enough. Saw the xc kids again.

am--5 Old morning route up past the high school w/ 9x :20 w/ enough recovery to do another. Felt good to throw in some pickups. I'm also just finishing up The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.

am--4.5 Harmon's Trail w/ James and Tyler. Feel like I might be getting something back.

am--5 Canyons and back w/ Tyler. Starting to feel better on the roads.

am--7 Anasazi w/ some Northern Disclosure. Nice way to finish a bigger week.

am--4 New bridge on the first day of school. First time I heard about designer missions.

am--5 Heights w/ 5x :60 threshold pickups w/ until we were ready recoveries (~2:00). Days like this feel good.

am--5 Green Valley Loop w/ my neighbor. Controversial LDS history has come up lately.

am--4.5 Old morning route w/ 10x fartlek strides on the road. Felt okay even if it was a bit warm this morning.

am--5.25 Canyons by my lonesome. Slightly fatigued but feeling a bit stronger every few days.

am--6.5 Anasazi by my lonesome. I've had 2 good weeks in a row. I also finished a new-to-me detective novel, Fer-De-Lance by Rex Stout.

am--4 New Bridge route. We were a tad bit faster today.

am--5 Heights w/ threshold pickups--:60, 2:00, :60, 2:00, :60 w/ :60 recovery. It felt good. I like change of pace work. I also finished The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. Short and brutal and an influence on Camus.

am--5 Green Valley loopish by my lonesome. I saw a small doe and buck by the alfalfa field. 

am--5 Old morning route w/ 10x stride fartleks all under 6-minute pace, good for me.

I finished The Poetry Home Repair Manual by Ted Kooser.

am--3.25 Towards Canyons and back. I helped with the chain gang in the heat last night and was beat this morning. Getting out was a win.

am--4 Anasazi lite w/ Tom. 'Twas good catching up.

pm--3.75 Slow tready miles. Nice to hit 30 3 weeks in a row. Consistency is a beautiful mistress.

am--4 New Bridge route on a tired morning.

am--5 Heights w/ 5x threshold pickups--2,1,2,1,2--w/ :60 rest. Ran into and w/ Abigail for a while.

am--5 Green Valley Loop. Felt okay on the morning of a biggish day. I also finished another detective novel, The Lauhing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö.

am--5 Old morning route w/ 10x fartlek strides. Change of pace feels good.

am--5 Canyons and back by my lonesome. 
 

pm--3.25 Anasazi truncated on a little cooler afternoon.

am--5.75 River trail w/ my buddy while his car was getting serviced. Slower than other runs lately, but it was a nice end to a good week. We also saw the Quinns and Mia.

am--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG on the out. Beautiful morning. 

am--5 Heights w/ 5x 2:00 threshold w/ :60 active recovery. The change of pace feels real good.

am--Green Valley loop. Sluggish morning w/ warmer temperatures.

am--5 Old morning route w/ 10x fartlek strides. I love these days.

am--4 Sycamore bridge route. Feeling it in the legs and the soul.

am--6.25 Barrel Roll w/ Elusion. I was beat after a long week. 

am--4 Been a rough week for me. Woke up w/ a headache a couple mornings. I did finish one of the grittier detective novels I've read, James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia.

am--4.5 Sunbrook. Rough running week. I had some sinus issues that hurt my sleep and left me w/ a couple morning headaches.

am--4 New bridge w/ my neighbor who was struggling w/ digestive issues and subjected to walking most of the 2nd half. I finished Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage tonight at work. 

am--6.5 Anasazi w/ LG on the out. 

am--4 New bridge route. Good to start the week w/ a run.

am--5 Heights w/ 5x :60 threshold reps--faster than threshold, actually--w/ :60 active recovery. I love pickups.

am--5 Green Valley loop w/ some good discussion. Faster than expected today.

am--5 Old Morning route w/ 10x stride fartleks. Another happy day w/ a change of pace.

am--5 The Cantons and back via the wash trail.

am--7 Anasazi w/ LG out and Chipmunk loop. Learned about some of the historicity and authorship of the Bible. Beautiful morning. It's starting to cool off. I finished another detective novel, The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald, today and enjoyed it. Now on to the 87th Precinct.

am--4 New bridge to start the week.

pm--6.5 Anasazi in the dark w/ my neighbor.

am--8 Reverse Anasazi on a beautiful morning while everybody else was celebrating heritage. I've had a rough week w/ sinus headaches and a water heater mess, but I ended the week on a high. I also finished Cop Hater by Ed McBain, a nice procedural detective novel.

am--4 New bridge at a decent clip in the crisp morning.

am--5 Heights w/ alternating :60 and :90 threshold bouts w/ :60 recovery, totaling 7:00. Felt good.

pm--5 Anasazi to the top and back. 100th trail run of the year.

am--5 Old morning route w/ 10x fartlek strides. My neighbor left me in the dust every rep.

am--4.5 Tour de Trail w/ Tom. Nice to catch up with/ chatter like the old days. I also finished Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. 

pm--5.25 Anasazi w/ my neighbor. Evening trail runs are nice.

am--6.75 Anasazi on a beautiful morning. I also finished 2 books: News of the World by Philip Levine and Breakthrough a translation of Meister Eckhart by Matthew Fox.

am--8 Longer Anasazi in the humidity. I was reduced to walking a few times. 

pm--5.25 Anasazi to the shoulder and back w/ my neighbor. My watch has been acting up. We'll see what's going on w/ that. I also finished 2 books over the weekend--A Marginal Jew by John P. Meier and Transparent Gestures by Rodney Jones. 

pm--6.5 Anasazi between meetings. It was beautiful out.

pm--5.25 Anasazi again on another nice afternoon. This weather is why St. George is the best. I finished another detective novel by Georges Simenon, The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien.

am--5.5 Anasazi w/ some Tom convo. Nice morning.

pm--5.75 Anasazi in a weird week for me. Seemingly lots going on in the afternoons and evenings, and my morning habit has dwindled. 

pm--7.25 Anasazi w/ an improv finish. Here's to hoping next week will be more conducive to running.

pm--4 Anasazi w/ Jackson. It was great to catch up.

pm--5.5 Anasazi again w/ Jackson on part of the out.

pm--5.5 Anasazi regular out-and-back w/ Geese on the ears.

pm--6 Anasazi before work on Halloween. 

am--5.25 Anasazi w/ Tom in a cool morning. I finished The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.

am--4 Dixie Drive and back. Good way to start the day.

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ Jackson and then some kids club exploration w/ Renstrom. I finished The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri. Not my 1st time, but I love his books.

pm--5.25 Anasazi, a bit w/ Jackson, before heading to Vegas for Korean-Mexican fusion and QOTSA.

pm--7 Anasazi by my lonesome, learning a bit about the life of Josh Homme. I just finished a book by Robert Arellano--Havana Lunar--who played guitar on one of my favorite Bonnie Prince Billy albums.

pm--5.5 Anasazi on a warmish day.

pm--5.5 Anasazi on a warmerish day.

pm--5.5 Anasazi after a longish day.

pm--4.25 Sunbrook loop w/ my neighbor.

pm--3 Heights run w/ Renstrom, scouting youngster routes.

pm--6.5 Anasazi before a song recital. 

pm--6.25 Anasazi after a day of work. Still think NXR is a fun event to follow.

pm--3.5 Run w/ Renstrom to plan. I also finished How To Know a Person by David Brooks. It is a quick and enlightening read.

am--6.25 Anasazi w/ my neighbor. Beautiful morning.

pm--3.75 Short Anasazi w/ Jackson. I felt decent.

am--6.5 Anasazi again. By my lonesome this time. I felt both beat and great. I'm grateful for time in the hills.

am--4.5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Nice morning.

pm--4.75 Course setup at PVHS w/ Decker, Logan, and Trey. 

am--4.25 Rally for Ally 5k and course cleanup afterward. It was fun to see so many PVXC alumni. Lots of love today.

pm--4 Lower Anasazi w/ Jackson.

pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ LG intro. This week was great for many things, but running wasn't one of them. I finished 2 books--Lewis and Clark through Indian Eyes, a compilation of essays from native authors, and Off Side by Manuel Vazquez Montalban. It was fun to watch NXN today.