I'm not sure if it was taking some time off of doing hard workouts, waiting until the temperature wasn't utterly oppressive, relaxing from my previous fixation on pacing with several days of running unplugged, or a combination of these, but I set an all time personal record this week. I hit a 3.12 mile run in 24:29, averaging 7:50 per mile. The sub-25 minute 5k was a revised version of my goal to get a 5k distance run in under 30 minutes, but as I worked my speed up, I ratch

I've been posting recently about my new morning routine that I'm experimenting with. The first facet I dug into was my endeavor into daily journaling and today, I'm focusing on meditation. Meditation, mindfulness, focused breathing; call it what you will, but I've found it to have an awesome effect on my mental approach to my day and the way I feel in general. This is a subject that I've started to pursue learning more about now that I've tried it out for several days, but