faster with age

     AM  Ran 8 miles in my MT 100s. Really nice weather. Picked up the pace on the last 1/2 mile to just beat the 8 minute guy. 7:59 AP.

     PM  4 miles easy in the dark without a watch. It was still unseasonably warm.

     8 miles on another nice day. Sounds like winter is on it's way back in for a while. 8:39 AP

     Wanted to pick up the pace today on some of my miles. Started with a 3 mile warmup progressing from 8:04 pace to 7:15 pace. Then tried to keep at least MP effort for the next 6 miles. I had to pay more attention to effort than pace because the wind was blowing about 20 MPH. Of the 6 miles 3 miles were direct headwind, 1 1/2 crosswind, 1 1/2 tailwind. I ran harder the last 2 miles directly into the wind at 6:55 pace [felt like 6:20-6:30 effort]. Averaged 7:01 pace for last 6 miles. 7:13 overall pace for 9 miles.

     4 miles easy on snow again.

     We left for San Diego yesterday and spent last night in Mesquite. I went out for an early run on the North side of town. It's a very nice area to run and surprisingly hilly. I've been having a little hip soreness the past 2 days so I only went 6 miles.

     I ran 8 miles at the beach in San Diego this morning. Some on the beach and some on the boardwalk. Right as I started my run it started to rain and I had a huge headwind. At least it wasn't very cold. After about 3 1/2 miles into the wind, the rain stopped and the wind died down some. This is where I was turning around to head back so I didn't get near the tailwind on the return as the wind I had been fighting. 7:57 AP.