Fifth marathon training (Details) week 11:

Monday:

well deserved leg rest day after Saturday-Sunday hills
Back maintenance programme by Fielding

Tuesday:

6-mile easy MAP run at sunrise - 70F, but cloudy
Get On the Ball - all round workout 3
(Appropriate stretch after every exercise.)

Wednesday:

9-mile MEP-speed combo run - start at 5:30; clear sky, blinding sun from sunrise
Mile splits: 9:02; 9:06; 8:33; 8:20; 8:09; 8:10; 8:10; 8:58 - rolling; 8:42
Lynn Robinson's Pilates Manual advanced programme

Leaving to Boulder tomorrow. Very spirited - it is always great to see our son - despite of the doomsday hot weather forecast for our planned 18-mile hill run.
I feel some pattern. When I last visited him, it was record -15F cold. Last July there was a record 110F high during our visit. Last January two-day snow storm. It seems Boulder always wants to challenge us.