95 Min Run (Push) --161--

LOS FELIZ/SILVERLAKE -- Woke up early and headed out in the early dawn hour down Los Feliz Blvd loop and back. Nice and easy. Stopped back at the house for a water and started going a bit faster on the first half of the Silverlake Reservoir loop.

Felt great at the turn and felt great all the way back. A key moment was at the little park on the backside, where a woman joined up from another street just before that steep hill. She actually took a detour to get around me as I went on the park path. I just bounded up the hill using the good form and she ended up dying by trying to muscle up. I was very surprised at the amount of strength in my legs after something around 7.5 miles.

And there was strength the whole way home. Really great run. Really impressive leap forward. Somewhere just under 11 miles, I think. The pace for most of it actually felt pretty strong.

Being a morning runner actually seems like something I'd like to be now. Getting old.