Bikram yoga

Went to 8am Helena class this morning in Tempe. Had a pretty good class, I think I'm doing better at camel.

Wellsite PR

This morning ran down the canal to the well. Got a PR by a little over a minute! 4.9 miles.

Sunrise

At lunch today ran up to Sunrise peak again, this time for the other end, at the end of Via Linda. The route is much shorter, and thus much steeper. It really isn't very good for running, too many steep grades. 4 miles.

Paradise

At lunch today ran from 104th trailhead down Quartz to Paradise to Gateway loop to Bell pass intersection. Lower legs and feet hurt like hell the first couple miles, got better after that tho. 5.2 miles.

Bikram yoga

Yesterday morning went to 6am class in Tempe with Cindy. I was pretty sore and stiff for some reason, elbow hurt a lot.

Short Golf

At lunch today ran this loop, about 30 seconds off pace. It was a beautiful day out, nice after all that cold weather back east. My stupid toe blister hurt a bit but not too bad. 4.12 miles.

Washington run part 2

Yesterday morning I ran again from my brothers apartment. This time along the Potomac to the Jefferson Memorial, then north FDR memorial, the Vietnam war memorial and the Lincoln Memorial. Next ran down Constitution Drive to 17th up towards the White House until New York Ave where I got blocked by a long military parade. I ended up running along the parade to 15th, went down that to Independence Ave, over to 7th and back home. About 5.7 miles.

NYC yoga

We took the Amtrak train 3 nights ago to NYC. The next morning (2 days ago) I got up and walked the block and a half in the freezing cold (it snowed alot while we were there) and went to a Bikram class in midtown Manhattan, Bikram Yoga NYC. The class was on the fourth floor of its building about a porno store. The teacher was a french chick and the only odd thing was she made me rotate my mat for single leg stretching postures.

Washington run

I just got back from my trip to visit my brother in D.C. today. The first day (3 days ago) I ran in the early morning from his apartment on 6th and I street south of the Capital, along the Potomac to the Washington Monument, down the north side of the mall to the Capital, back down the south side of the mall to 7th and back to his apartment. It was coooooold out and i managed to create a big blister running in my old shoes I brought. It was extremely cool running there seeing all that stuff. About 4 miles.

early Yoga

Went to a 6am class in Tempe today with Cindy. It was tough getting going but once the class got started it was business as usual, maybe a little less flexible, but it went good.

Horizon-Windgate

The cold I caught on New Years Eve finally went away enough to go running today. At lunch ran up thru Windgate from Horizon park, just enough past Union Hills this time to get the 10k distance.

Quartz

At lunch today ran up Quartz to the sign that says no entry past this point without a permit (yea right). Anyway, made it all the way to Lost Dog intersection without stopping or walking (1st time) and generally had a good time, the canyon up there is nice. A little over 10k.

Yoga

4:30 class in Scottsdale with Christina. I was a little wobbly for some reason but I didn't suffer too much and finished strong.

Gateway loop

At lunch today ran the gateway loop from the Union Hills trailhead, with no walking on the way up. Did I mention NO WALKING :) 5.2 miles.

Desert Classic

It was very cold this morning. I ran at south mountain, about 2.3 miles down Desert Classic trail, then back to Beverly Canyon, up and over to the main road and back to the car. About 5.5 miles.

Gym

Yesterday morning went to the gym with the wife. Rode the bike about 9 miles and ran 5k on the treadmill. Around lunch time us and the boy rode our bikes to the light rail opening on Main street in Mesa, about 5 miles away. On the way back Jordan got a flat so I did a good old fashioned spin class sprint the last 3 1/2 miles home to the my truck and went back and picked them up.

Yoga

9am class this morning with Mandy again. Good class, nothing special in particular, felt great afterwards.

Bell pass

At lunch today ran up to Bell Pass again. In the last 1/2 mile I caught up with, passed and beat to the top a couple of bike people. That was pretty damn cool. 7.2 miles.

Yoga

4:30 class in Tempe with someone named Mandy. She seemed to be pretty new, quoted a lot of chapter and verse Bikram stuff. Good class regardless.

Sunrise

At lunch today ran to the peak. This time went the last bit to the very top as well, the view was incredible, in all directions. It got pretty cold and I just missed the rain. About 6 miles.

Yoga

8am this morning yoga with Helena. This was the 4th class this week, it gets easier with repetition for sure. Once again played racquetball with Jordan after lunch.

Yoga

8am class with the lovely Kat. A little stiff today. It was great going out into the cold after class. A little later played a couple games of racquetball with Jordan at Dobson.

Yoga

Class today at 4:30 with Eric. Dude is pretty strict, I got very tired.

Big white rock

At lunch ran up Quartz trail past Lost Dog intersection and then up the hill to the big white thing. Turns out it is some weird giant slab of quartz sticking out the of the ground, maybe 5' wide, 8' high and 50' long, pretty cool. Brutal 8 minutes from the trail up to it. About 5.5 miles.

Yoga

4:30 class with Mary Catherine. I think she digs me, I got lots of personal attention tonite. It was a great class.

Horizon-Cactus

During a rainy lunch hour ran from Horizon to Cactus/Frank Lloyd Wright intersection along the usual route. About 6.6 miles.

Spin

Went to spin this morning with Laurie (I think), good workout as usual, the bikes at LA Fitness pretty much suck tho. After played 9 at Fiesta Lakes with Jordan.

Inspiration Viewpoint

After work today ran to inspiration viewpoint this time by way of desert park trail. It was a great run and I hauled ass for the last half hour. 6.6 miles.

Yoga

Went to class at 4:30 again with Crystal. Good class, got down on elbows in fixed firm and got feet again in camel.

Northsite PR

At lunch today ran from the office to Northsite Park and back via Sweetwater bridge. Got a new PR by almost 8 minutes, I seem to remember having big calf problems the last time I ran that route. 5.58 miles.

Yoga

Went to 4:30 yoga yesterday with the lovely Crystal. She has got her rap down way better now, but I loved it when she said to bend my forehead to my knee. That would really hurt I think. I grabbed my feet for the first time in camel pose, I was smiling like a retard.