Snowstorm 10K -- Sat. January 19

Reached Forest Park just at 9:30, so after signing in (and recklessly predicting a 41, not sure why) I went out for a sub-mile warm-up, just to make sure of the temp. Decided I could do it with shorts, and I wasn't the only one, as it happened. Not too much ice on the roads, even in the shady areas, so a pretty good run ahead, I hoped. I signed in with SRRC as my club, even though it's not exactly official -- kind of cool to have a club, enfin :-)

Ivan was there, too, for his first run in a couple of weeks, but looking ready for action; there was generally a good turn out, given the weather--over a hundred all told. As ever I was marking Steve O, and we headed up the hill at a steady pace with me a bit ahead. But at the top he attacked quite soon, and for the first half of the race he kept attacking and I kept defending. Several times I thought he'd go ahead, but I just had enough to keep pushing back. As we came to the three mile mark a GSH organiser yelled, "Go get him, Steve!" so I grinned and said to SteveO that that could work for both of us. He grinned right back and said if I was a Steve too I should take it and run; then he settled back a bit. As we entered the park again I vaulted the gate and gained a bit on him; but it was about then that I noticed the runner ahead had disappeared. He must have really pushed ahead because I never saw him again; meanwhile SteveO was dropping back a bit but still pushing me from a distance. No events from there to the end, except that I noticed that my time was going to be slower than 41, and that the numb leg problem surfaced, or seemed to, but then went away. Came in ninth, feeling good but having run pretty hard:

Time: 41:29
Distance: 10K (6.34 miles GPS)
Speed: 9.2 miles

Comment: first time to beat my 同い年（一つ違い）rival, and a solid time, but I've got a shot in two weeks (inshaallah) to go for a sub 40, I think. Just got to keep training as the semester gets going.
Pace wise, this was just short of my old "race" pace, and well short of my new one.