Culver City, CA, December 1, 1974. Ran 2:52 four months after resuming regular (and extensive, up to 100mi/week) running. I had not run a road/track/XC race in over seven years. Found out running lots of long runs with some of them at marathon pace was great for doing Ms. Did not know how fast to go and went too slow from mile 5 through 16+, ran last 10K in under 39 and past half of the people in front of me. Decided running slowly enough that you can race the last third was a good way to go -- continually passing people was a great antidote to the fatigue of the last 30 minutes.