Notes
Ran a 44:39 in brutally windy conditions. The first 3 miles were pretty mild, but the back half of the course was tough. Splits were 7:04, 7:08, 7:07, 7:12, 7:17, 7:16, 1:32 (6:30 pace for last .24). Felt great through the 5k mark (22:10) and thought I could negative split, but the last 3+ miles were terribly windy and I couldn't speed up, much less hold pace. There were a couple of stretches where I had trouble just staying upright! Still, it was 57 seconds faster than my blow-up at Nookachamps last month, so I'm happy about that.
I'm going to drop down to a 5k next month to see if I can improve on my time (21:19) from December.
My friend & club-mate Dan L. ran a blazing 39:29 (first time going sub-40) to win our age group, so a big congrats to him!