Age is just a number.

Easy 10 miles this morning.  No time, just ran comfortable.

Easy to medium effort 15 miler through the Draper foothills via 20th east and back down home. Undulating terrain zig zagging back north.   Easy, going out at 7:30-8/min pace and then coming home at 7/min pace slowly progressing to 5:50/mile pace at mile 13. Last half cruising in at 2:48.

Not feeling particularly speedy today, but not dead either and it's understandable considering the intensity and mileage of last week. Being the case I've got to bring down the amount of quality work this week to balance things out and regroup again.   As James Bond was fond of saying; "Speed kills my dear".  

AM-Easy 8 miles at 7:20-30ish pace.  Just logging easy mileage again.  No hills/ 7th east out and back.  79-80 degrees.  

A nice toasty jaunt jaunt through the asphalt jungle this afternoon.  Ran some fartlek at the end for 5 miles dropping just below LT pace then backing off for a minute or so.  No rigid splits, just applied effort.  80-90% mhr for the last 5 miles.   12 miles total with first 6 at 7:00-8/min pace to keep heart rate down.  12 miles total.   Thermometer showing a 101 degree reading at the school. 

AM-6 miles on 7th out and back with light fartlek. 10x2 min hard /1min easy.  Exactly 6/min pace avg for total time of 35:59.  Last 3 quarter splits in the 1:13-1:16 range.  Faster than expected on the flat, but was wind assisted however.  Legs felt really good today..

PM-Easy 6 miles recovery at 6:45-7:30/mile.   

PM2-3 miles jogging with my neighbor late evening. No time.  

AM- Ok,  I've got my 15 miler done today, my 5000 calories of Cafe Rio is down the hatch and beginning it's recovery job.  I'm now ready to blog and take a nap since it's my day off.  Started late this morning after getting much needed sleep last night and it made all the difference.  Finally a good solid 8 hours only interrupted once by a two year old rolling off the bed onto the floor.  Jeez.. our kids sleep like gorillas I swear!

Anyway, I have 15 miles with a progressive run at sub six  pace and then opening up again on the last 3 miles coming home between 5:06, 5:10, and then again for the last one in 5:10 also.  Had some tail wind there..   My fitness level seems to be really coming up on a endurance level now.  I don't feel as much fatigue and stiffness on these now and the heat does not bother me too much anymore.  A few more more weeks and then hopefully I'll start to peak by dropping the mileage and doing some short and fast VO2 work.

PM-5 miles easy on the recovery loop by trax and old Midvale.  No time, just went slow and easy to get some recirculation and aerobic backfill. 

Easy 6 miles on 7th no time today. Just kept it really easy to help recover from this week.