12pm, 43 degrees and a slight breeze. 8.2 mile run today with 10 100-300 yard hills built in. Hills ranged from what I would consider slight to significant. Running time was 56:49 (6:56s). I'm having trouble figuring a few things out. The pace I'm running seems to be quick, perhaps too quick, considering 2-3 months ago my base pace was in the 7:20 range. It seems now that its around the 7:05 range. The workouts are not easy, but I've also put a few pounds on and surely lost some degree of fitness having only ran about 10 times in the last 5 weeks. I guess it seems that the pace is faster than I should be going, and it doesn't feel easy, but then its certainly not 'difficult either'. Somewhere in between. I just don't know if I should go with this and assume that my body has made a jump, or if I should back off for fear of crashing later in the training cycle. It honestly 'feels' about where I should be for a base run, but the actual ppm seems too fast. | 