Trying to improve my running

Hard to get going today. just run flat stuff. with small hills. was going to take it easy in my barefoot shoes. nothing spectacular.

AP: 8:19.mile 

I ran the loop by my house climbing to the saddle of Sombrero peak, with the second smaller hill on the way home. I was able to run further than last time, and the second hill on the way home wasn't very hard at all (no walking). I was only slightly faster than when I did it a couple of weeks ago  (11:16 today vs. 11:24 prior). It felt really good today though.

AP: 11:16/mile 

Ran the hill up to the radiotowers again today. I was trying to focus on running further up the hill. I made it a lot further than I did last Saturday (not surprising considering Saturday I ran 6 miles before getting to this hill). Additionally today I went back and ran up the hill partway after coming down. I think that will be my plan there is a gate partway up the hill and I will try and gage how far I can run past that gate and then run it again a little further each time. Today I was able to run 0.05 miles past the gate. On the second run I went back to the gate. I think I will try and run it again this week and maybe try and do it a couple of times a week until I can run the whole thing hopefully. Here is the Course.

AP: 11:41/mile 

Did the same hill today about the same results as yesterday. i probably should have taken a day off in the middle but I wanted to do something quick and i wanted to do that hill again this week. I was able to go a little further before having to walk today. I decided I am going to from now on do the lap from the bottom of the steep part til I get to the top and see what the split is that will give me something better to track.

 AP: 11:48

This was a road run up Wade road some small hills. Felt really good in the Merrell barefoot shoes.  The 3rd mile was in 8:41 and had the most elevation gain 123 ft. O/w all of the miles were under 8:30.

AP: 8:11 

This was a beautiful run in the drizzle this AM. I ran on these trails out in Saquaro NP about 3 miles from home. I didn't realize that there was much elevation gain, but I guess it turns out there was a decent amount it was just gradual over several miles. The loop was really nice and relaxing though. I was tired after playing basketball last night I think that and the run convinced me to not try and climb Sombrero peak today.

AP: 9:38