Notes
Upon arriving at the Canal, I was first surprised to see a guy bike by with what appeared to be about 200 Christmas lights on his bike and then to see that the Canal was open for skating.
Progression run by feel. Didn't look at the watch after warmup. Felt pretty good. Good to be on solid ground for a change instead of that springy treadmill crap.
Since I often need a reason to pick up the pace, I was fortunate to catch sight of a Nordic long blade skater going my way in the final km or so. Obviously, even if that skater were me and the runner were Haile, the skater would have to be going pretty easy not to be faster than the runner. About 14 km/h or 4:20 was enough to keep up with this guy, which turns out to be right on the appropriate pace. I was going to yell at the guy to let him know he lost the race and ask if he wanted to sell the blades but didn't.
There are small hills on this route.
Split Distance Pace
1 0.500 6:36
2 0.500 5:17
3 0.500 5:08
4 0.500 5:08
5 0.500 5:11
6 0.500 5:02
7 0.500 5:03
8 0.500 5:03
9 0.500 5:01
10 0.500 4:51
11 0.500 4:41
12 0.500 4:45
13 0.500 4:36
14 0.500 4:34
15 0.500 4:36
16 0.500 4:32
17 0.500 4:22
18 0.500 4:13
19 0.736 4:47