Building miles

Ran 10 miles this morning with hills. Looking for long downhill sections to simulate St. George. Of course what goes down must come up. Ran down Ladera Vista - Up Taylor Draper, down and up on Floral Park, down and up Raincreek Parkway then cruised home. At Boston, I overheard Steve and Larry (after a few beers) talking about Larry's running style. Steve was making a big deal of Larry's paw back. I tried last week to pay attention to that part of my stride and realized that I haven't really put effort into the paw back portion of my stride. So today, I focused on my stride, controlled speed on the downhills with soft foot strike and relaxed legs. Relaxing on the uphill with shorter stride and pushing off with my quads instead of my toes. On the flatter sections working on the paw back portion of my stride. I averaged a 7:03 pace. The last time I did this run I was very happy with a 7:30 pace. As I headed out, I passed Rich Yavorsky in my neighborhood. I'm going to have to run him off, I like being the fastest guy in my little neighborhood. Alternatively, I could just run faster than him. Hmmmmm.