Turn your rut into a groove.

am--7.5 Still the sole parent of the weekend, so I hit some tready Fartleks--3x (3 min., 2 min., 1 min. w/ 2 min. recovery). All of the pick-ups were from mid-7s to low-7s. Felt pretty comfortable. 

am--7 Grapevine out-and-back w/ 8x Striders. It was a nice relaxed run today. Most of the girls could feel last week in their legs. RHR--55.

am--3.5 Grass Loops on the alternate field. Overall, the girls team had fun being goofy. Love it when they let themselves have a little fun and do some good running at the same time. RHR--50. 

pm--3.5 Just a few miles on my own. 

am--5.5 Time Trial #1 for the kids. I got in a couple miles setting up the course w/ Holt, warmed and cooled w/ the girls, got 4 loops of rolling hills, and a nice set of barefoot striders. Super pleased w/ the kids. They are really taking in the training this summer, and it shows. I love the feeling on the team. RHR--56.

pm--3.5 Just some miles by myself to try to keep up on my doubles. 

am--4.25 City Creek Trail. I have never actually been on this trail before. It was a fun run. The kids were beat enough to take it easy on me this morning. RHR--55.

pm--5 Moe's w/ Bro. Thomas. We had a nice run in the heat w/ some great chatter. Runs like these bring me joy. Sans socks btw. 

am--3.5 Temple Quarry Trail. We had a fun run in the rain, and a few more girls joined the front group. Off to baseball games. RHR--55.

am--4.25 treaty run with a 18-minute progressive tempo.

pm--8.5 Longer run w/ a quick finish and 8x striders. I felt pretty good on the run, despite the fact that I missed morning practice. (It was a late, late night getting home from Cali.) Back to school and back to meets tomorrow. Here we go. 

am--5 Grass Run at Sandstone. Had a rough time getting all the kids registered for the season, but most of them pulled through. Many of them had a great meet at the Cedar All-Comers. 

am--4.5 Long Hill Repeats (2x) on the Old Man Hills at 75%. The girls ran stuck together well. Last day of summer (for the kids). 

pm--3.5 Sunrise Run in the sneaky heat. Had fun chatting w/ the crew. 

am--4.75 Firestation Run backwards. It was toasty out, but the ac in the school seemed to be on the fritz. That surely helped this afternoon. Nice start to the school year as well. I'm excited about my classes.

am--7 DI/AC+/DI Reverse Adapted. Had a nice run this morning. I love getting in a few miles before practice and then running w/ the kids, and then adding a couple more miles. This morning was everything it promised to be but was a tad humid. RHR--51.

pm--2 I'l say 2 miles, setting up the course for our Desert Relays. Ended up calling it due to lightning. Lightning didn't seem to be such a big deal "back in the day."

pm--8 Long Run in the Hot Sun. It was a scorcher out today, but we made it. I ended up doing most of the run w/ Josie, Ellie, and Meskerem. Good to have that out of the way this week. On to the meet tomorrow. 

am--6 DI/AC+/Costco Loop. Today was draggy. My legs and body are still feeling yesterday afternoon. We had a small group this morning w/ decent discussion. 

pm--3 Coning and Deconing the Desert Relays course. It was a sweaty, fun experience. The Relays, I mean. 

pm--4 Grass Run @ Sandstone. I slept in a little this morning. The body told me to do it. We had a nice run w/ a decent group. I added just a bit after. RHR--56. 

am--4.5 PH and AC+. Nice morning run w/ a smattering of Robertsese. RHR--60. Won't I ever bounce back this week?

pm--3.75 Drove the cooler to the sandhill to do 5 x 1 min. hill intervals and ran down main to meet the kids. After, I ran the cooler back to the school and ran up to Harts(?) to meet the kids. Still pretty hot out. 

am--5.5 DI/AC+. Nice fun run w/ the girls. We are getting pretty good w/ our ball skills and sharing the rock among the team. I'm excited to watch them run together tomorrow.

pm--3 Traditional Sandberg's prerace run. The kids seem to enjoy being together and are having a ton of fun. 

pm--4.25 Airport Desert run w/ Thomas. A nice balmy jaunt, snakeless but not joyless. Fun day w/ the way the PV kids represented today. Proud of them and their effort. Keep it rolling. 

pm--9 Long Run w/ 2x (1 min. and 2 min. pick-ups w/ 4 min. recovery) and 4x Striders. Same route as last week w/ far better results. For one thing, we had a much bigger group. We have a great group of girls. RHR--55. 

am--5 DI/AC (almost). Decent run w/ the level 3 girls. We kicked the ball a bit, but it ended up being too flat. Bummer. 

pm--3 AC w/ Neon Spider fun at the turnaround. I, of course, didn't go into the tunnel. What can I say? I hate fun.

am--5 DI/AC. Good run w/ a large group this morning. We had some girls running w/ us that we usually don't. It's fun to see kids believe a little bit more. 

pm--2 Setting up and taking down the time trial course. The kids packed very well and cut chunks of time off of the last time trial. The kids are really responding to the program this year. It's fun to be a part of this. RHR--52.

am--7 DI/AC+/Alt DI. I got a few more miles in this morning because I have a dentist appointment after school. The temps were nice this morning, but I still sweat like a mutha. RHR--55. 

pm--7 Grass loops and a bit after I got home. I had every intention of going to morning practice this morning but was congested and thought the extra hour would do me good. Nevertheless, I felt like a turd all day. 

am--6.75 Hilly Run from Sullivan Park up the Washington Parkway. We made right to the roundabout and flipped. We had the Maceys w/ us today. That was cool. Striders after. RHR--54.

pm--9 Long Run w/ 8x striders. We ran up Main Street and up through Green Springs. The temperature was measurably better than the last 2 weeks. Once again, we had a good group. There is a great feeling w/ these girls (and boys) this year. RHR--52.