Notes
Winter Warm-up 12k
Really solid first road race since April. Was worried when I saw Matt Miller of Belmont fame before the race. He told me he was training 80+ miles per week, so I thought he was going to dust me. In the end, he didn't hang with the group for two long and it ended up being me, Snellen, and Bill Martin (also doing 12k).
At around 4k, I started throwing in some surges and then broke away from Snellen and Bill at the 6k line (getting the 6k victory in spirit). Definitely positive split, going 5:05 pace the first half and 5:15 pace the second half, but that's less because I was hurting and more because I didn't have anyone helping or pushing. I think I could have maintained that 5:05 pace, though I would have had to dig. Finished really relaxed.
All in all, the race was much better than I thought it would be. Really happy with my effort and how relaxed I felt.