Trying to improve my running

Pretty stiff today for my run. I didn't think I would be that stiff after only 14 miles I guess the extra effort to go fast really adds to the lactic acid production. AP: 8:45.

Hit the trail this morning. It felt really good the muscles were still stiff though a little less so than yesterday. I am going to need to doa  lot of trail work this month if I am going to get to my vertical feet goal (12,000). I felt pretty good about my pace on the trail (9:42).

I didn't have much time this morning because I slept in. I wanted to do some vertical so I drove to the trail close by my house. I only did 2 miles but was able to get 320 feet of vert.

First missed day of running excepting Sunday's since Thanksgiving. I guess i have kind of turned this week into a rest week following the race.

First run was up Beacon hill (only 2 miles). I was kind of amazed at how well I was able to get up this hill. I wasn't very fast but was able to get all the way up the hill without stopping. The steepest part of the hill is 20.2% grade over a quarter mile.

The second run was in the middle of the night while I was at work. I did 3.8 miles AP: 8:31. I was just taking it slow.

This run felt surprisingly good, given that I only slept for 2 hours since Friday morning(with 2 runs in the interim) prior to this run on Saturday afternoon. I really wanted to run up Wasson peak to get some vertical as well as some trail work. The first mile of this run is a gradual up hill. I felt like it was nothing. The next mile is mostly made up of semi-steep switchbacks. most times I have needed to walk at least 1/4 of this portion. today I was able to run the whole thing with only a short rest at the saddle. I then was able to run most of the rest including over half of the steep switchbacks at the end to get to the summit. It was so much more than I have been able to do prior to this. I then tried to push the downhill as much as i could to strengthen the quads for the speedgoat. I felt like the whole trip was the easiest trip up to the summit I have had. Comparing this to my prior runs up the mountain after it was over it turns out it was my fastest run by 20 seconds however since this was a little longer run it turned out to be 13 sec/mile faster. It was a lot faster than my most recent runs here.