Day 307

• 5 miles
• 8:10/mile pace
• 0650
• From/To home
• Super easy 35 minutes followed by hard 5 minutes. 

Day 297

• 5 miles
• 8:12/mile pace
• 0730
• From/To Home
• Less effort on my part than I probably should've given, plus I think I'm just getting slower -- will have to remedy that...starting August 1...or after the Olympics...or after I turn 40....50?

Day 294

• 6.22 miles
• 7:39/mile pace
• 0635
• Richmond, CA
• Running in cooler weather is a much more comfortable experience -- seeing highway signs for Sacramento during my run kept me focused on the California International Marathon that I need to sign up for as well...though it didn't make me speed up at all because, well, I didn't feel like speeding up at all.

Day 293

• 5.83 miles
• 7:48/mile pace
• 0645
• From/To home
• Easy run with 10 x 30 seconds fast with 1 minute recovery.   Felt fine.

Day 290

• 3.74 miles
• 8:01/mile pace
• 0700
• From/To Pat and Kathryn's house -- Mount Pleasant, SC
• Another easy/slow run.   Really amazed at the humidity...I lived in Mt. P for 5 years and just didn't remember sweating so much....I didn't run much then though, so...

Day 280

• 5.58 miles
• 7:48/mile pace
• 0630
• From/To Home
• Easy run, new shoes really do feel much better.

Day 278

• 3.81 millas
• 7:52/milla
• 1730
• Playa Mujeras, Mexico
• Suplemento de la raya

Day 255

• 4.52 miles
• 7:31/mile pace
• 1420
• Prescott, AZ
• Treadmill run in the Prescott Resort we stayed in over the weekend -- the resort was on the top of a hill and I just didn't feel like running up and down it knowning that I had a hardish long run scheduled for the next day...pretty weak, I know, but I didn't feel bad about it, especially since I also got to watch some US Open coverage on TV during the run. 
• Training plan said 30-40 minutes "easy," so I ran for 34 without pushing very hard at all.  

Day 252

• 6.2 miles
• 7:12/mile pace
• 0540
• Richmond, CA
• Very strong headwind on the 'out' leg portion and equally strong wind on return...didn't intend to run this hard, but didn't want to run too slow, so pushing through the wind ended up resulting in a faster than anticipated pace, which I didn't want to negatively impact when turning around to run with the wind, so, whatever.  
• Found out after the run that Richmond, CA is the per capita murder king, having the highest numbers, woohoo!, glad I lived. 

Day 251

• 5.32 miles
• 7:44/mile pace
• 0415
• From/To home
• "Easy run" included 11 x 25 second fast efforts with 1 minute recovery between. 

Day 238

• 4.44 miles
• 8:26/mile pace
• 0610
• From/To home
• 30-40 minutes "easy" was on the schedule, I decided I would do short of 40 at a slow pace on account of the fact that I was/am worried about the fact that I've developed hemorroids.  Yeah, seriously, woke up fine yesterday, somewhere around mid-afternoon I started feeling something and by night and through to today I have I guess inflamation?   Anyway, this is a bad subject, I will stop typing about it now.

Day 234

• 5.39 miles
• 7:25/mile pace
• 0540
• From/to home
• An "easy" run...I really do hope that after I train for a few more weeks/months that I can consider such a pace to be "easy."   

Day 231

• 5.2 miles
• 7:43/mile pace
• 0630
• From/To home
• Training plan said 30-40 minutes "easy," but unfortunately I decided to look up the authors definition of "easy," which turned out to be not what I would consider easy.   His definition is 30-60 seconds slower than race pace, which means I needed to run 7:50ish per mile pace, which isn't real easy....once again thinking that my goal may be too ambitious, but whatever, I've set it, so now I must keep pressing on.   Haven't looked at tomorrow's prescription, think I'm just afraid to. 
• 231 is what I remember Bo Jackson weighing in college.   I really loved Vincent "Bo" Jackson.   I still do.