Bret

AM - 14 miles early this morning before church.  Did the first 4.5 miles with Finn and then dropped him off at home and ran to Dan's house and did a few miles with him until returning.   Very humid but a decent run all the same.  

AM - 3 miles with Finn in the neighborhood in the rain.  No one was up yet to run with on this holiday.  Went out about 2 hrs later with Dan and the dogs on the trail for another 3.5 miles.  

AM - 5 miles with Dan from his house with Finn.   Daily training pace is returning to "normal" for me now gradually over the last month.   It is probably the combination of the hamstring issue being nearly resolved, putting in a solid 30-35 days of training over 50 miles per week, and though the humidity and dew points have not really subsided, the sun is now not up until close to the end of the morning runs.   Strava has this "fitness tracker" feature that is individualized with a number the moves up or down with your training and includes the 'relative efforts' that it tracks every day which includes HR and pace per mile and distance covered.   My Strava fitness tracker has shown a 29% increase over the last month - Not sure of the science involved or the accuracy of the conclusions - but I would say that it correlates to how I am feeling and what I am seeing in my default daily running pace.   Just need some cooler weather to blow in now...

AM - 4.75 miles with Dan and Finn from Wood Rd.   Not quite as quick as the last couple of runs, but still in the acceptable range.  

PM - treadmill workout 6 x 800 @ 3:15 pace 1/4 rest - good effort. 1 mile warm up and .75 mile cool down. 

AM - 5.25 miles with Dan and Finn in the neighborhood and golf course.  Recovery effort.  Legs were tired this morning.

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan and the dogs on the trail behind my house.  Felt like we were going to get some rainy weather today.   

AM - 4 miles with Dan and the dogs on the trail early before Dan's son's cross country meet at Milton.  Went with Dan later to watch.   George had a good race and it was fun to see a HS cross country race again.  Tough course good spectating areas and good competitive runners at all levels.   Dan had me running all over the place to see George at different points in the woods.  
 

PM - just under 11 miles late afternoon - cooler out because it was cloudy all day and a little rainy.  Ran surprisingly quickly after the first couple of miles.  It was not planned - but I just went by feel and enjoyed it.