Had a pretty awesome race! First mile seemed tough and I wasn’t sure how a 10k would go. A little confusing with both the 5 and 10k’s together for the first mile. At the split there were far less people on the course and my body felt warmed up and my second mile was a 7:20 and felt good. No changes in “placing” after the split. There were a few folks ahead of me and I gained a little ground on one guy but never got close enough to try to catch, and nobody was threatening me from behind. Felt like I kept a consistent pace and effort and didn’t slow down. Improving by one minute over a 10k a month ago is quite a nice payoff! Faster course than at Devens but still a nice improvement! Really like the 10k course! Open to traffic but nice and quiet residential to rural roads. Had an unmanned water stop in the 4th mile and my cup had a sheet of ice on it! Weather was dry and cool, perfect December race day! No discomfort whatsoever in ankle or knee or hip!