Ran 7 miles at 9:45 pace today, and it was already kinda hot when I went out mid-morning. I've knocked at least 30seconds maybe a minute off my pace since I started doing fartleks, hills, and just generally pushing the pace this last spring. Plus I've been making improvements in my strength training, and I don't have to worry about being humiliated by the near-dead, although I still get chicked by a student athlete of some sort once in a while when I run down by the river near the U of M campus.