Turn your rut into a groove.

pm--7 Came home w/ a headache and nearly wrote off the running for the day but ended up hopping on the tready and banging out some miles, watching Lennon NYC. What an interesting dude!

am--6.75 Nice morning run w/ a buddy up and around Santa Clara. 

pm--4.25 Once again, some tready miles. Hit a few fartleks--4 x 30 sec. @ 10k pace followed by 30 sec. @ 5k pace. Feels good lately to pick it up. Twas also good to run after a weird bummer day.

am--10.5 Nice long(er) run this morning. No watch. No worries. Just headed out w/ nothing for breakfast but a glass of water. (This accounts for the weight loss.) Twas very enjoyable. It feels like the running is really coming back. 

am--9 I went out for a nice holiday run on the Barrel Roll and Sidewinder trails. Hit them backwards. There were nearly 3 times more runners than I've ever seen out there combined. In fact, I saw Logan w/ some of his kids and an old neighbor from Pine Valley Town Homes. All the climbing--~1,000 feet accumulated--about did me in, but I was able to keep it pretty even overall. I love running out in the hills.

I almost forgot. Happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for family and friends, the beautiful area where we live, including the glorious trails, my wonderful daughters, and a wife who puts up with all of my idiosyncracies. 

am--8 Out-and-back on the old Swiss Days course out to the old highway. On the way back, I hit 4 tempo miles. This is my 2nd week running an out-and-back like this. I think it is beneficial. The back miles were a little quicker than they needed to be, but I was feeling it. 7:40 average for the whole run. It feels like I might be breaking on through. 

pm--3.5 Late-night recovery miles on the tready. Left achilles is pretty tight. 

am--5 Easy tready miles. The body is wasted from the quicker miles yesterday.