I was reading some of your other recent posts. As you stated, there is lots of good info on the internet. With regard to hot asphalt, I'm sure you'll find a few answers. A common one: If there are paint lines on the asphalt, then try to run on the lines. This is also good training for your control and balance, anyway. Personally I think one of the proper and reasonable answers is just don't do it. If the street surface is 160F, I don't think I would risk it. I try to run before sunrise in the summer.
One remark about the books. I don't necessarily treat everything I've read as an instruction manual or a field guide. I listen to my body as much as possible when running. Much of what I read lies silently in the background.... for a while. But it never fails, I'll find myself fighting a particular problem, or stumbling on a solution. Then I will say to myself, "Oh, so that is what Ken Bob (or Jason) meant by...."
Sure it would be great if I could learn all the lessons vicariously in advance. But the body doesn't always cooperate with the mind in that fashion.
Dan