AZ Run Dad

10 miles on mostly soft surfaces around Gilbert this morning. Kept it pretty easy. I took my headlamp so I could run on the canal. I think I need to do this more often. At the hour I normally run I'm not sure I want to cross paths with anybody out on the canal though.

6 miles easy + 6 x 100ish strides. I was a sweaty mess after this one.

8 miles with the last 4 in 23:26 (5:47,52,56,51). I pushed a little in the warm up which wasn't smart because I was hanging on at the end of this one. I'm not pleased with the effort I had to put in on this one. I would have been better off going 24 flat for four and feeling strong. It's hard to gauge with the heat here though and when it got tough I did back off a little but not enough. 

8 miles easy around Gilbert. 

10 miles: Progressed from 7:05 down to 5:52 over the run. Every mile got faster which was nice. The dew point was down a bit this morning and it made a huge difference. I felt like I was cruising along at 6:30 pace and that hasn't happened for a while. Good solid run today..

9+ miles this morning. I took my headlamp and made it onto the soft surfaces which I was a little afraid of with my 3 am running time. I felt safe though and had a good run. I ran at a moderated pace and did 4 x 10 sec sprints when I finished. I don't have any hills close enough to my house to the hill sprints on my morning runs so flat it was. 

8.3 Warmed up about 4 miles with some drills and strides then I did 10 x 200 w/200 jogs. I did these on the road. I averaged 34 and felt pretty good. I was still a little bit of a challenging workout but I felt in control. I am feeling fitter even though I am relatively slow right now. I guess the best thing is that my body feels 100% healthy which is great (and rare).