Trying to improve my running

Fartlek run up Wade road. I did 20-25 sec sprints 11 times my pace was about 6:00 - 6:30/mile for the sprints. A couple of the downhill sections the split was even sub 6 min. I felt pretty good it is nice having a day of rest. AP: 7:45.

Ran up beacon hill. I wanted to do a couple of trips. Unfortunately I ran out of time. I was able to do 1.5 laps up the hill. It seemed easier than last week. I did have to stop 2x on the 2nd trip.

Went up Wasson peak this morning I love running this at sunrise it is so pretty. I felt really good today. I did the run pretty fast. I was able to do the first part of the switchbacks a 2nd time after coming down. The switchbacks are getting easier. AP: 11:32.

Slow long run today. I only had time to dot he run on roads. I went up wade road at first that is where I got all of my vert int he first 4 miles. I tried to focus on keeping my HR down and not focusing on the time too much. The first couple miles had a high HR it always does I'm not sure if that is the strap trying to figure my body out or my heart just waking up. After that my Average HR was 150 or less, until the end when I realized I needed to hurry abit if I was going to make it home to take my daughter to school. AP: 8:19

Ran on the trail by my house. It was a nice easy trail run. AP: 9:25

I wanted to do 15 mountain miles today. I was going to go down to Mount Wirghtson to get some altitude as well. Unfortunately I didn't have that much time with family and church responsibilities. I opted to do a couple of trips up Wasson peak. Instead of just going up and down the same trail 2 times I took some different trails. It was fun the other trail up to the ridge is steeper than the one I usually take. I think it has the same vert but gains it all at once instead of having semiflat sections in the middle. That was a really hard mile. I think it was more difficult also because I did it after having already gone up one time. I am going to need to do that section more often though. It is much more rocky though and not as nice a trail. It was a beautiful morning spent in the desert. It is starting to get hot. I ran out of water towards the end. I also saw the first snake of the season.Time 2:45:36 AP 12:07.

Beautiful sunrise run up Wasson peak.Time 1:27:12 AP 11:27. A little windy o/w beautiful morning. I love spring and fall in the desert.

Ran up wade road. It is hard to get up early enough to get in 10 miles or more. My goal was to do 11 miles. I had watch issues which took some time. Nice run after I got started. AP8:10.

2.5 laps up beacon hill. It is hard to get motivated to start this run. However, it feels great once I get to the top of the hill.

Did 6 miles at about 10k pace. Two of the miles were uphill so they were just over 8:00/mile. However I guarantee I was putting in significant effort (ave HR 160s). The downhill miles (4) were much faster AP 7:24. I did 2 warm up miles. Then after walking my daughter to school I did another 3 miles slow AP 8:40.

First run: I wasn't able to do my long run on Saturday as my baby was born. That put me behind my mileage plan for the month. It was really weird I got this pain in my foot on Saturday even though I didn't go running. I decided it might be a flair of gout. I've never had gout before but the pain was right at my 1st mtp. Hopefully this won't become a problem. The first run was slow because I was pushing my toddler in the stroller in the wind. AP 8:40.

2nd run: ran with my neighbor which also made this run slow. I thing it was good for the toe pain. AP: 8:57.

Ran up wade road again. I felt pretty good. I did the last 5 miles at either 8 min pace or 7:45 pace depending if it was uphill or downhill. AP 8:13.

Did 2.5 laps up beacon hill. It felt really hard today. Maybe because of all the miles earlier this week.

Ran on the trail by my house for a couple of loops this morning. Nice morning for a trail run. AP 9:31.

Ran up wade road. AP 8:05.

Had to break the run up today because of my sons tball. I ran up Wasson peak for sunrise. Nice run. I did feel a little more tired than usual. I haven't been sleeping as well with the new baby. The time was still about the same as it has been recently. AP 11:32. Distance 7.8.

The 2nd run was in the heat of the day (only 85), the heat really seemed to sap the energy. I'm going to have to get used to the heat or else no sleep. After the run I felt pretty nauseas. I was worried I was coming down with the same thing my family all had. It passed after sleeping though so I'm not sure now. It might have just been exhaustion with dehydration. I did this run on roads. Distance 9.2 AP 8:27.

AM: did a run up wade road. I did the first 3 miles slow. Then did the last ~3 miles 1 min <7 min/mile pace and 1 min slow. I ended up doing 12 sprint minutes. My average pace for the fast minutes was 6:44. PM: couple of easy trail miles. It was dark adding a level of difficulty.AP 9:16.

Only able to get one lap up beacon hill today. Work and family are taking time. My foot was hurting quite a bit last night as well.

A little over 10 miles up wade road. My watch died after only a mile this is the second time this has happened despite it saying I had a ~70% charge when I started the run. AP: 8:10.

Nice slow run on the local trail. It felt really good to be on the trail. I think next month I am going to try and do more than half of my runs on the trail. The new shoes feel really good as well. AP: 9:12.

Slow run up Wade road. AP: 8:12

Road run today because I didn't have time to do a long trail run today. I tried to push the last 30 minutes the pace for the last couple miles 7:57, 8:28 and 8:27. My hr was at 150 for those last couple of miles. I guess that is kind of a moderate pace for me especially after having done 13 miles. Total time 2:07:17. AP 8:20.

Ran on the local trail today. Went further up sombrero than usual. I forgot how crummy that trail is to run on. If I could learn to run quick on that without spraining an ankle I would be awesome. AP: 10:43

3.5 laps up beacon hill. I was pretty tired on the last trip up and had to walk a good portion of it.