Trying to improve my running

Ran up Beacon Hill. I wanted to do a couple of laps, but to hot and tired. I did do a couple of quick "sprints up the hill after coming back down the first time I made it up 50 vertical feet each time about 30 seconds of sprint each.

Ran around passey loop and out to Ina.

Ran around the hospital while on call.

Ran on the trail by my house only a couple of miles before a 4th of July breakfast. It is humid now (not quite as hot though only 80s).

Ran up Wasson peak with a friend from church. It is so much better to go running with other people I am able to push myself more. Even though i haven't been training as much as last year my time was only 7 minutes off my best time for this run. I think the main reason is having someone to keep me going when I want to stop and walk.

Ran up Wade road to the pass on picture rocks road. I was going to just go back home from there but figured I would hike the hill right off of the pass for some extra vert. It was only a hike because it was very steep and rocky without a trail.

Ran up Wasson peak again today. I was 2 minutes slower than on Saturday, confirming what I thought about having someone to push me.

I was pretty tired this morning from yesterday's runa nd I played racquetball for a couple of hours last night. The run was slow up Wade road.

I was even more sore today from racquetball. I couldn't believe it. I wanted to get some hills so I did the trail by my house and went up the saddle of sombrero peak. I admit the steep parts were only a hike both up and down. Humid morning.

Ran up Wade and back down artesiano.

Wade road.

Ran up radar tower hill 2x.

Ran up Wasson peak again today. Nice rainy day very humid. I had a little knee pain coming down which slowed me up a bit. I was able to run more of the uphill than last time.

Ran 2 times overnight while on call. both were just over 4 miles.

Wade road.

Wade road. This was the fastest feeling run up the road since my appendectomy.

Ran up Tanque Verde ridge on the east side of town with John. It was a really great run very nice on that side of town haven't ever been over there. I will have to try it again. Legs are pretty tired this has been a good week with 7000 vertical feet.

Ran again in the evening up wade road. Still pretty hot even with the sun down.

Ran out to beacon hill and then went up it one time just for fun. I was slow going up the hill and walked a decent bit. I'm not sure if the 4 previous miles made me slow or the fact I still had 4 miles to get home did.

In the evening I did 2 more miles to bring my daily total above 10.

Ran up Wasson peak with Sean and his friend Mark Who showed up in a weight vest, long pants, long shirt and boots. I thought either this guy is going to kill us on this run or he is going to die because he has no idea what he is doing. It was the latter. The running time on the run was excellent, but we ended up waiting quite a bit for Mark. That is probably why the moving time was so fast. I ended up having to ditch them towards the end so I wouldn't be late for work. 

Oh yeah also saw the first rattlesnake of the year on the trail.

First run was while on call around the hospital.

In the evening I went out again and got a few miles in in the trail. It was made all the better because it was during a thunderstorm. It would have been better if it rained harder but can't have everything.

Tan up beacon hill 2 times. First time I have seen other runners there. A group of high school cc runners came at the end of my second trip.

In the morning I ran up Wasson peak. It was pretty muggy. So much so that there was a fog across the valley. That is my 6th trip this year. Maybe I will get as many trips as I did last year.

Second run was just after a pretty heavy rain. I went on passed loop and had a ton of mud with the trail washed out in several places. Fun run.

Wade road. Super muggy.

2 runs today the first was around the hospital while at work and the second was on the local trail. The second run was pretty hot at 930 AM.

Ran up Beacon hill to try and get closer to my total vertical feet goal for the month. I don't think i am going to make it but I got closer than I thought I would. I wanted to get 30000, which would have equaled my vert for the whole year to that point. I'm at about 25000 now.

Went up Wasson peak again. I went later in then i would have liked and it was hotter than usual. A little bit slower. I saw another rattlesnake on the trail. I may have to start carrying a snakebite kit with me.

Ran on the local trail saw a tortoise, which is better than a rattlesanke. My goal for this month was to get 30000 vertical feet. I had only been able to get 30000 for the entire year prior to this month so I realistically thought I would be lucky to get 20000 but I was able to get almost 26000. I guess we will see how next month goes.