Have I hit a plateau?

The Groton Road Race results are available now, so I have been looking at them and at past results too.

Here is how I have done over the past few years:

2003---51:14 8:16 185th out of 448 median time: 52:47

2004---Didn't run

2005---49:30 7:59 133rd out of 418 median time: 52:34

2006---46:31 7:31 103rd out of 446 median time: 53:03

2007---44:41 7:12 326 out of 912 median time: 48:37

The median time this year was really fast because Groton was chosen as the location for the championchip race for New England and thus attracted a higher caliber of runners.

2008---44:34 7:11 57th out of 371 median time: 53:24

Most years I enjoyed a minute or two gain from year-to-year. This time I did better by only a paltry 7 seconds. Now admittedly, I didn't push as hard this year as last, but this should be more than made up by the better conditions this year: It was cool and there were far fewer runners--so that should have helped.

2009---45:45 7:22 46th out of 435 median time: 58:05

It was unseasonably hot this year and this slowed runners down by 4-5 minutes.

Photos by Jim Rhoades The Runner

ADDED:
2010: did not run
2011: 52 44:47 7:13 44/284 M 22/104 Median: 55:06
2012: 66 44:14 7:08 62/254 M 20/69 Median: 53:42
2013: did not run
2014: 46 44:23 7:09 39/202 M 8/50 Median: 54:56
2015: 40 44:44 7:12 35/190 M 6/48 Median: 55:36
2016: 38 44:30 7:10 30/197 M 4/55 Median: 54:46
2017: 80 48:55 7:53 54/194 M 22/59 Median: 57:12

Pictures from 2016 race: 1/2 mile from the finish.

About 1/2 mile in--the tall guy next to me wearing white runs the Grand Prix, so we have gotten to know each other. He always beats me but I can keep up for about a mile.