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. And one more book, Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands.

pm--4 SC area w/ Jackson, scoping out some routes.

pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ some Vine Deloria Jr in the air. I also spotted a neighbor w/ his hawk or falcon.

pm--5.5 Anasazi w/ LG intro after what felt like a longish day of work.

am--7 Rim trails while learning a bit more about the Swearing Elders. Geared down to avoid walking on even the steepest inclines. That's a win.

pm1--4.5 SC Drive w/ Jackson. The first part of runs feel like trash but get better a mile or so down the road. 

pm2--3 To Dixie Drive and back w/ my neighbor. Felt decent. I finished Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman. It's the book that brings Chee and Leaphorn together. Hillerman is a good cold-weather read.

pm--6.5 Anasazi after the end of 1st semester. Nice weather.

am--9 Sidewinder and Barrel Roll while listening to a podcast about SUNY-Cortland and Dr. Jack Daniel's.

am--5.5 Pine Valley long road w/ a Lloyd Canyon loop at first. It was a little rocky ugh at first but felt nice by the end. Saw Baggs.

am--4.25 Anasazi w/ Abigail and Aspen. 'Twas good catching up.

pm--6.5 Anasazi in a light rain. Had the trails all to myself with a mix of possible torchbearers for Elvis Presley's vocal stylings.

am--6.5 Anasazi w/ LG out and my neighbor. Decent morning. I also finished The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura. Fun book about forestry, rural life, and Shintoism.

am--4 Bridge route w/ my neighbor. Decent pace and steady heart rate.