Arbor Day 10K

Sunday was The Arbor Day 10k.  Dobesh, Gibson, Roche, Byers, Garrison and The Bird Man, were all on hand (also on foot).  On paper, Byers was the favorite, after having posted some blazing mile repeats earlier in the week.  Roche, the crafty veteran and comeback story of the year, toed the line (the line back with the 8:00 pace group).  Roche, only seven years removed from being the 75th fastest NCAA 10K (30:56) athlete in the entire Country relies primarily on yoga supplemented with 5-15 miles a week as a means of exercise (not training).
















These 6.2 miles hurt.  Fortunately an April 10k is not a fantastic indicator of October Ironman fitness, at least I hope not.

The splits looked like this:

Average HR was 170.  Having hardly even seen the mid 150s in many many moons, my heart hated me.  It felt like my heart was three sizes too small.