77F. 7:37 AP. Skunk day today, I saw 2 live skunks. Found out they are not intimidated by humans. The first one actually scurried up toward me, to meet me at the side of the road with his tail straight up in the air. Within a second I was running in the ditch on the opposite side; I don't think I've ever moved that fast. Did not get sprayed by either one, fortunately.
The run was great other than that. I'd planned to mostly take it easy but started to really pick it up on the way home. Last 6 were 7:24, 7:22, 7:19, 7:08, 6:53, 6:19.
I think I'm on the verge of an improvement spurt, but probably can't really assess that until it cools down -- this is a run I probably could have done this past spring but probably could not have pulled off for most of this summer.
Oh yeah, and I finally hit 70 miles in a week! I'll step back a little next week with about 50, then try to hit a couple more 70-mile weeks before rolling into my official training plan. | 
