Road running race 45:52 [5] 10.0 km (4:35 / km)
shoes: Roclite 280-2015
40th anniversary Goddard 10k. We had great luck with the weather, 70s, full sun, low humidity. I like this course, 4 full laps plus another 2/3 around Greenbelt Lake, on a gravel path, and I set my P.R. of 35:04 here some time in the 1980s. Today I hit my target, and had a better run than any of my previous races this year. Lost some speed in the last lap, it felt like my legs were the limiting factor, not my aerobic system.
Club picnic afterwards, and it was great seeing some of the other old-timers who I used to run with nearly every day back in the mid 80s. This particular group has an average of about 10 years on me, and although a few of them are doing a lot of bike riding, none are running. I know that most of them ran many marathons -- 30 to 40 career marathons in several cases -- whereas I ran one. I suspect it's no coincidence that I'm the only one still running.
