see you sometime.

i got out for 35 minutes of trail running last night (headlamp in tow). i forget just how much i like 1) unstructured training and 2) running at night. on top of that, there is a new section of the ice age trail connecting the other sections i run on that starts 3 minutes from our house...sweet. that means, from the house, i can run for 60 minutes on trail (120 round trip) with only a few pavement crossings. i followed that up with 10 minutes of core work and foam roller work. i need to fix my knees, and i definitely found some 'hot spots' at the insertion of the quadraceps tendon above the knee.

i've also got the bike room set up for winter training and/or tinkering. it really is nice to have a little space to 'play.' now i just need to get the vcr hooked up to the television so i can watch my old tour de france tapes. while professional cycling is a joke, 'the look' is still a very motivating moment...

i also made a little more progress on my group paper last night. i'm close to calling it good, my goal is to have both sections finalized sunday night. that will be a relief to get those 10-12 single spaced pages off of my desk (and on to the 20-30 page monster that is awaiting my keyboard).

happy friday.