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Being relatively new, I am modeling off of training plans but I try to maintain flexibility. Main model is Brad Hudson's run faster for intermediate. Idea is to increase weekly miles from 28 average and 42 peak for first marathon to high 40s average and high 50s peak and see where that takes my time. This was six miles easy with 8x20 seconds and 5:23 mile. I ran it on the treadmill at work due to the heat at lunch time. Total time 42:25.

 I'm currently of the idea that my easy miles should be in the 7:30 range even though my last marathon was at a 7:41 pace. This is likely too fast but I wonder whether I can handle it due to my relatively low overall mileage. So far, so good...

From work up Emigration Canyon and back. Steady increase in speed from 8:00-6:44 miles with 8:04 cool down mile. Average 7:30. 75 degrees.

Ran from home up capitol hill and into City Creek a little way. did 8x8 second hills on a nice even 6% grade at Girard and 200 W. Felt stronger with each one. 8:15 pace.

My legs were tired today but I didn't feel altogether bad. Reasons could be: heavy (for me) in-week mileage after a week off; mornings are always a bit slower for me; too fast a pace on the hilly stuff earlier in the week; two beers the night before; or I ran at 4 p.m including hill sprints then 6 a.m. when I usually do not do two runs that close together.

Loop from home to downtown to 600 E to 2nd Ave up memory grove, up a perilous trail to the Bonneville Road loop, back to the capitol, down capitol hill. So a run with some climbing and finding where a trail ended in memory grove. Average 8:40 miles including an 11:57 mile hiking up the memory grove hill. Minus that one hill, average 8:15 miles.

25 minutes easy on the treadmill trying out the new Sauconay Kinvara 3. Oh how I wish they would not make my pinky toes numb. Having 9E feet is no fun...7:56 miles. Legs still a bit tired but feeling ok.

Need to find good 15 mile + distance shoes for neutral runner with midfoot strike for a widefoot runner...

Easy run to break in new shoes. I have never worn Nike running shoes so I was skeptical but they felt great at SL Running. Ran from home up the Wall St hill around the capitol, down Bonneville Road and up the trail east from City Creek. I've never run the full length from there to HCI so I thought it would be fun and help hold my pace down. Averaged just over 10 minutes over the first six hilly miles and the time went down from there. I cut back at the JCC and ran through Federal Heights down 2nd avenue and N Temple to 200 W and back home. Just over two hours total and 8:55 miles with almost 1800 feet of total elevation gain. Legs felt great other than a little tightening in the right soleus muscle that started at mile six and never got worse.

Capped off my highest weekly mileage in recorded history!