Sat 10/26 - AM 85 minutes incl. half-marathon

Return to Falmouth, first time since DNFing at the 18 mile mark of the marathon in 2010. Much more easily digestible race distance this time around, and after last weekend's dismal experience I knew not to have anything resembling high expectations. That and the fact I had to get up well before 5 AM to make it to the race site with time to spare. Happily, the field was far from competitive and by the 5k mark I was all alone in the final money spot. This coincided with the course turning into the wind, right along the shore until about 6.5 miles or so when it turned back towards town. While this took care of the wind the next few miles were on the curvy rolling part of Falmouth shared with the marathon and the big summer race. Not my favorite as I couldn't tell if anyone was close enough to be worried about. By 9-10 miles I realized the next guy was close enough that I wouldn't be shutting down into glorified cooldown mode as hoped, so buckled down the final 5k enough to consolidate my spot. Splits:

5:45 (just like last week)
5:58
6:03
6:06
6:15 (into the wind now)
6:16
6:21
6:14
6:16
6:17
6:17
6:09
6:06

Not even getting into how disgustingly slow the pace was in the first place. At this point the overweening fatigue, lack of fitness and being "functionally injured" with the right hamstring are just parts of the landscape and there's no use bitching about it. Other than the aforementioned wind, the conditions were near perfect temp and humidity-wise. In lieu of a cooldown went for a nice bikeride on the rail trail (which also was miles 4.5-6.5 of the course) down to Wood's Hole. All in all an exceedingly pleasant day.