US Nationals 10k #2 (not a pursuit!)

I thought today was a pursuit, and was looking forward to having lots of guys within a few seconds to do battle with. Apparently it was always individual start, so I'm not sure where I got the pursuit idea from. I was feeling pretty tired, but optomistic of my chances to post a good result in skate. I had a good opening split, top-15 with start number 54. We clearly had rocket skis. I knew Swenson had lapped in 11:17, so when I lapped just after 78 started, I knew I was less than a minute back. Unfortunately, I faded off and lost more than minute on the second lap, losing about 20 places in the progress to finish 51st. Needed a little more snap in the legs!