This is my running blog so I will start with my weekend run. I sucked. BIG time. It was cold, windy, and raining. I cut my planned 10 miles to 6.5.

Now, the good news. This morning I dragged myself out of bed (after a couple of angry smacks at the snooze button) at 4:45 and hit the pool. This is my standard Monday activity.

Over the past 5 months I have dropped my strokes per length in the pool from 30-33 to 26-28. This has taken a lot of work. Then this morning something odd happened.

On Monday mornings I am slightly groggy and mildly irritable. (especially when certain spouses yell to me from the comfort of our nice warm electric blanketified™ bed to bring the garbage down to the street when I am already running late (Not that something like that happens in the Golbeck household (notice my excessive use of brackets. (I should probably close them)))). Back to my point, this morning was one of those groggy mornings, but somehow something clicked. This morning I was touching the wall in 23-25 strokes and I was noticeably faster. I have no explanation for this at all. However I will gladly take this consistent improvement.

Especially on a Garbage Monday.