Starting to get the mileage back and had my first "long" run this past week. 9 miles. Now in a few weeks 9 miles is going to be a mid week workout but it is worth noting. I have been working on pacing for the last few weeks as well and while I have dropped a few seconds off my normal pace, I feel that it is going to keep me from crashing towards the end of long runs. There is nothing more frustrating than having a good pace going and having it fall off drastically with two miles to go.
I just finished reading "Born to Run" a few days ago (I may have been the only runner never to read it) and it was phenomenal. I understand that there are parts that may be exaggerated, but as a minimalist runner, that is starting to dabble with running on trails, I could not put it down. I highly recommend it.

Again, not all that much to report, just trying to keep my legs underneath me and run injury free...