Snowstorm 10K -- Sat. February 14

Slightly late start, after proper breakfast, but head off to Forest Park to arrive a little after 9:30: mild day and clear roads, so promising, but worried about numb-leg. Warm up with a mile--not enough really, but plan was to go out slowly for 4 miles, so I'd be warming up then. Nice turn out, not too many (90 ish); say hi to Steve O before start (he's lookign better), and then try lining up on black hat guy who overtook me both times I stopped with numb leg. He has a running mate already, so we make three. Quiet first mile, 7:00 pace, then stay with them and we end up a bit faster, with a 6:35, then slow back a bit to 6:58, and up again for for the fourth mile (6:30ish). That's my cue -- no numbness yet, so go for it a bit, and pull away from the two others, chasing a guy in a red shirt. Catch him as we turn to go downhill into the park again, and drift past him on the downhill, logging 5:59 for mile 6, then pushing out for the finish. Black hat guy is chasing too, and he nearly gets redshirt, but not quite. Finish quite strong, in 12th place.

Time: 41:57 (GPS 41:56)
Distance: 6.2 miles (GPS 6.37 miles)
Pace/Speed: 6:46s/8.87 mph (GPS 6:35s/9.11 mph)

Comment: definitely encouraging, if not a very good time on paper. After a mile and a half of going for it, definitely felt the numbness hovering, but backed off a bit and it faded. For now, it looks like that's going to have to be my m.o.

Extra miles: 1.4 @7:14s before and 2.67 @ 8:05s after