Turn your rut into a groove.

am--7 Nice solo run, wandering around the neighborhood here and there. It was kind of a patchwork of all former morning-run routes. The pace was decent after I got going. 

pm--6.5 Went to the middle school to do wave hills, back to the high school for 3 x 200 and 3 x 100, and finished w/ a Harts cool-down.  

am--6.75 For the 2nd day in a row, my running partner has flaked out, but the solo running has been nice. I hit the usual morning run w/ a tiny extension. Everything felt pretty good even though I was worried about my knee. 

Last night, my knee started to develop a dull ache when I bent it to about 90 degrees. I was worried it might runner's knee or something. But, that pain wasn't a problem after I started running especially when I remembered that I knocked my knee on a door yesterday.

pm--5.5 We ran to the middle school to do grass loops and then back to the high school for striders. Everything felt great. 

am--6.75 Nice morning run in the slightly-colder-than-yesterday air. It's been a high mileage week for me so far, but the legs still feel pretty good. I'm front loading because I'm not sure how the weekend mileage will work. 

pm--6 Harts warm and cool sandwiched around 3 x 600 @ a stronger-than-tempo pace and 3 x 100 @ a sprint in between each 600. These workouts kill me. Natural speed is not something I came with. On the other hand, it makes me proud to see the girls put a gap on me in such a  short distance.  

am--6.5 Had a nice little run this morning and realized that an argument is a one-sided discussion. 

am--3 In Flagstaff w/ the team. I could live in Northern Arizona.

pm--4 NXN course in the 70-degree weather.