Church Creek #1: the flat 40k analysis.

Let's get right to it.  My overall reaction to my performance:  "pretty good."   Here is the scenario:
Really hot, about upper 80's and humid like arm pits when I started at 11am-ish.  At the registration table, "Hey, is there, like, uhh, water at the start?"  "Yes, definitely."  When I overheard this I thought I'd be fine.  I got to the start house, where the water was NOT located, with about 90s before my start with an empty water bottle.  My bad.  Let's get to the analysis via quarters:
1st Quarter: about 15 minutes, about 6.2 miles:  AVG HR: 165, AVG W:297
2nd Quarter: about 15 minutes, about 6.1 miles: AVG HR: 164, AVG W 275
3rd Quarter: about 14.5 minutes, about 6.2 miles: AVG HR 168, AVG W 287
4th Quarter: about 13:18 time, about 6.3 miles:     AVG HR 173, AVG W 310

Things I did well that day:

1. showed up rested and fit, relatively.
2. had all equipment perfect (tires, computer, etc)
3. had fairly steady pacing, did not blow up!
4. warmed up well; had really good self-talk (yes, I talk to myself, a lot).
5. crossed the line with pretty high HR, going almost 30 mph

Learning moments from the day:

1. Water, water, water: should have left plenty of time to refuel prior to start.
2. I seemed to have forgotten what efforts of "pretty hard" and "all out" feel like when its time to get my 40k crackin'.
3. Q2: I held back too much, should have been more "pretty hard" effort
4. Q3: I also held back too much, should have been more like Q4, "all out."
5. It only takes a few minutes of loss of focus to screw the day.
6. maybe negative split was too huge (Q2 too slow).

I brought my average speed up a lot (from 24.9 to 25.7) on the final straightaway, I needed more time.  This is where Q2 and Q3 should not have been as low in effort.

There is also a specific Church Creek technique that I forgot to use also that lets you use the wind for smarter pacing.  I will be going back in August to shave off 1:14 to beat my best ever.
2010: 58:07....... 25.7 mph (speed from my data)
2008: 58:32....... 25.4 mph
2007: 56:53...... 26.2 mph (?)
2006:
2005: 57:55 ......25.7mph (won the 4s)