We need a meaningful update..

Oh, the dry stuff.. I've done about 5 weeks of progressively steady & hard training, you know, progressive overload and managed to get more fit while my Achilles healed..

Amazing right? But not really.. I just managed to rest it pretty strategically between sessions, ice a couple of times a day and so there you go.

It is now time for some sharpening, reducing the volume by a little bit, we'll start it all over in about a week and a half.

The less dry stuff.. well, I'm attempting to stay engaged outside of the massive hours in the sports stuff. I've been reading voraciously, and need to add a few more books to the que!

I've plowed my way though some fiction lately, specificly I've been revisiting Frank Herbert's Dune Trilogy. Lots more going on there then the simple story I've been enjoying so much, in different iterations mind you, since I was thirteen years old.

What's kept me coming back are the core values each of the key characters are imbued with, they are classic tragic heroes, love that when it's written well.

The great "new" discovery is the running commentary around government, laws, religion and where they intersect.

I wouldn't have come back to these if I hadn't heard that his son (Brian Herbert) had written several prequels which, naturally, I read too. They are different from the original body of work with the main distinction being that Brian Herbert wanted to create a more accessible Dune for folks just discovering the Dune world.

I've also recently read Bill Bowerman's Biography, "Men of Oregon" (Kenny Moore); most folks will know Kenny Moore from Sports Illustrated. He was the right person to write the book due to his relationship as an athlete to Bowerman and his writing palmares. The story of Bowerman is nothing short of amazing, touching and powerful.

If you feel like you've lost touch with your core values picking up "Men of Oregon" should get your brain wrapped around getting re-acquainted with them.

At any rate, on to Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink" and "Tipping Point". I'll let you know how it goes.