Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--7 I did a different variation of an out-and-back today. I ran on the tready @ 4% for 6 miles, increasing speed up to  8-min. pace. The last mile, I increased the pace and decreased the incline incrementally. Although the pace wasn't as fast as my previous out-and-backs, it was still a challenging run. 

 On another note, I found out yesterday that I ran more miles in 2011 than Tony K. He's injured, and I'm progressing. Watch out. 

pm--7 Got home after going back to work for the year and realized that I was a little beat from the anxiety of getting into a groove. I totally intended to run for over 2 hours today but defaulted to the tready. I hit a warm-up then 10 x 100 at 6-min. pace w/ equal distance rest and a cool-down. A run is usually inevitable if I give it a little time.

pm--11 Hit the Barrel Roll w/ Sidewinder and finished w/ the Barrel Roll to the Sidewinder trail junction and returned on Precipice. I didn't get out until almost 4:30, so by the time I was done, it was well into the gloaming.

pm--10.75 I'm not sure what it is, but I've felt downright beat when I get home and end up putting off the run for a while. Inevitably, this leads me to the tready. Tonight, I really became intimate w/ the tready and hit it for 90 minutes while watching Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell in their interviews about "The Power of Myth." It's quite fascinating really. Tickles my hippie bone. 

pm--5.25 Ran w/ the kids to the double churches and back. It was good to get out w/ them again.

pm--10.5 I didn't get out until this evening because of family stuff, and when I did get out, I was battling a constant headwind. All in all, it was good to get a medium-long run in to top off the week.