The tide is turning

I have done 34 miles over the past 10 days, two of which I took off.

This morning I did another 4.4 miles/2 Rustin loops.

4:24 Half
8:20 Mile
16:02 2 mile
17:40 2.2 (1 loop)
21:10 2.7
25:10 3.2 (7:30)
32:10 (14:30) 4.2 (7:00)
33:29 (15:49) 4.4

7:36 pace

Yesterday, my son and I did a Penn Oaks run.
On way there
4:15 Half
8:05 Mile
16:00 2 mile
23:12 3.0
25:22 3.3
On way back home
1:30 .2
7:20 Mile
17:07 Street Rd/Westbourne
20:30 2.8 Creamery Rd
23:57 3.3

The tide is turning. I am still obviously weakened by my nagging foot injuries. this accounts for my having to put forth additional effort to do what I used to be able to do easily. What is encouraging for me, though, is the fact that my son is getting stronger and more in-shape. He was pushing (more like pulling) me onward during our run. We were supposed to go for about an 8 minute mile pace on the way there and about a 7:45 pace on the way back. Instead we ran 7:41 pace on the way to Penn Oaks and 7:15 on the way back home. In think he was testing his old man, dead set on going faster, and he did it more easily than I had anticipated. I told him that he should be his old man this fall in the 5K. (It may take him more time to beat me in shorter race distances.) He asked me if I were crazy. I told him that he would do it. The 17:16 I ran in the spring I will not hit again for some time to come.

With a current best in the low 20:00, hopefully he'll run 19:00-range as a freshman, 18:00- as a sophomore, 17:00- as a junior, and 16:00- as a senior.