starts and stops

So I slogged my way through the Walpole Labor Day 10K yesterday, 7th place, 38:29. This was sort of my perfect storm for a slow time: Still recovering from nasty speedwork two days earlier, a hilly course that runs long (somebody said 6.4 but that is probably overstating it), and had just spent six hours in the car driving to Maine and back. The good news is that I feel fine today and have a sense that I'm ready to leave the current fitness plateau behind. Any day now...