Trying to improve my running

Was supposed to do 8 easy miles. I wanted to try and go a little quick and keep my pace around 8/mile usually that isn't too hard. I wasn't able to go out until almost 9 am today though and it was super hot. I still feel kind of wiped out from this run and I think the only reason is because of the heat because this some run didn't affect me nearly so much last week.

This run was better than the run on Monday still hot. Running very far later than 7 AM is not pleasant in the summer here. And unfortunately sleeping less than 4 hours a night is also not pleasant.

Did 1.5 mile MP steady state runs x3 today. I decided that I would call my MP 7:30 that might be a stretch to keep up for a whole marathon but I need to try and stretch. My paces were: 7:14, 7:29, and 7:17 I felt pretty good considering the heat. The middle set was mildly uphill and into the wind.

Slow run up Wade road. It is so hot I was going to do 12 miles but 1 hour in the heat is all I can handle.

Slow run up Wade road very hot again. I will be glad to be done with the night shift.

I had big plans for today. I was going to do 20 miles at 7:50 pace. Unfortunately exhaustion from a week of nights, early rising baby and Arizona heat all combined to thwart me. I could only manage 11 miles at 8:10 pace. Better than nothing which I was seriously considering.