5 miles done while the payroll calculates.  15.4 for the day.  Not bad for a Monday.

 

Eta:

 

Also, this, although I have never actually logged 300 in a calendar month:

 

Last 30 days:	303.2 mi

ZOINKS!

Running out and back, north from my house:

 

South from my house:

Great for hill sprints! Not for anything else.

I’d move 🤪

sdWhiskers, if you run east or weest, is it somewhat more moderate?

Yes and no. My suburb (and many here) is essentially on a mesa. If I only run east or west, it's mostly flat for 2-3 miles each way before hitting a canyon. But if I run north or south, there's immediately a canyon. If I want to run a loop, the drop off is inevitable. So when trying to fit in a workout with X miles at MP, it's hard to avoid annoying elevation, unless I run much smaller loops on top of the mesa.

Re: pace vs. effort - I did a marathon plan (BAA) that had the hill repeats uphill at 10k pace and downhill at marathon pace. They started at 300 m. and increased to 800 m. climbs at 3-5%. No mention of doing it by effort, so I did them by pace. There was supposed to be a rest between repeats, which was hard since I was training in winter.