Turn your rut into a groove.

pm—3.5 Warm and cool around the Kosmin. Kids looked good today. RHR—52.

am--2.5 Good run to the bank and back w/ a nice group. We have some committed freshmen. RHR--52. 

pm--6.25 Green Springs past the churches. We got to hear Upsy's impressions. Pretty funny stuff. 

am--7.75 Zen to Moe's w/ Andy in some of my favorite shoes. (They are the envy of nearly every CrossFit dude.) The climbs had me beat today, but I still had something left as we finished. Getting fitter. Climbing on the trails would work wonders for me right now. RHR--52. 

am—10 Sugarloaf w/ a smattering of longer tempo reps at various paces. Felt good, and we had a nice group. Freshmen are crushing it. RHR—54.

am--1.75 Weights and Harts+. Chilly morning but decent run. RHR--51. 

pm--6.25 Telegraph out-and-back. Coach laid it on the line--you don't race if you don't do all your runs. Most of the girls like the idea because they do what they're supposed to do. It's fun to have motivated workers on the team. 2k on the erg when I got home, listening to Belle and Sebastian. 

am--2.5 Bank and back. Light crew w/out the freshmen. RHR--52

pm--5 Warm and cool and 2x hill circuits. Kids are getting excited for the meets this weekend. 

am--1.5 Weights and Harts+. Jada was there today. Yay. RHR--52. 

pm--5 Middleton. I love this run even though it always seems like a tough one to get into a groove. First meets tomorrow. 

am--5 Pizza/Bank/Running Center Loop. OK morning. I felt achey and old, and I'm out of the habit of being 15 minutes early. RHR--53. 

am—8 Kidney Loop around the barrio before the meet. Good way to end the week. A nice 8-miler is one of my favorite runs. RHR—54.

pm—5 A run. Spring Break brought many great things, but running suffered. 

I did finish The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. It’s a dystopian novel that is getting some buzz because of its serialization on Hulu and our current political climate. Not sure if it’s timing or what, but I didn’t love the book. The heaviness of the story and the way it affected my mood subsequently left me cynical.

pm—5 Another run. I did take my runs a little easier this week. That’s a part of training that I’m still formulating, the development of pace throughout a training cycle and its effect on aerobic fitness and injury prevention.

pm—3 A quick run before watching my nephew play soccer. He’s quite the player.

am—5.75 Barrel Roll w/ Adam. Always a good chat in the hills.

Finished The Great Gatsby again. 

am—10 Long run via the Parkway w/ some pickups. Holt came w/ is, so I was able to help those that were having a rough day. RHR—50.

am--1.75 Weights and Harts+. RHR--52.

pm--3.25 I didn't run w/ the kiddos because we're getting ready for the PV Invitational. I ran when I got home and added 1k on the erg (4:20). 

am—2.5 Bank and back. Varsity skeleton crew. RHR—52.

pm—3.75 Ran around before, during, and after the workout.

am--1.75 Weights and Harts+. Really nice morning. RHR--52. 

pm--4.75 Green Springs and barefoot striders. We had some visitors from Alaska run w/ us. It was fun to get to know them. 

am—6 Hart’s/bank/reverse DI. I tried to get a bit more this morning because we have the PV Invite this afternoon. 

pm--4.25 Jaunt around the 'hood w/ my neighbor after a long but fun track day. 

am—9.5 Sullivan for the tempo/long run. It went a lot better than last week, and the girls looked strong. Addi really brought her A game.

am--1.5 Weights and Harts+. Probably the last chilly morning for a while. RHR--53. 

pm--5.75 Telegraph to Trailers loop via Sandberg's w/ some extension near the school. My legs were feeling it today. 

am--5.25 Telegraph out-and-back w/ 6x striders. Fairly uneventful but had a nice chat w/ Caroline after. RHR--54. 

am--1.5 Weights/Past the Whale. Good pace and nice convo. RHR--54. 

pm--5 Trail to Nowhere and back through the PVMS neighborhood. It's a fun time to be a a Panther. Erged for 10 minutes.

am--6.25 Beautiful morning on the White Reef and Tipple trails near Harrisburg. I have never run out there before. The trails are very runnable w/ great views of the Red Cliffs Reserve and the Quail Lake area. Nice way to start the day. RHR--53. 

am--8 SC Parkway out-and-back. I try to get stronger throughout the run. That happened today. RHR--55.