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So I did my first ever Park Run this Saturday, while visiting my gf in Southampton.
Got a little over enthusiastic at the start, ran along the dirt to get into the front group of 20 or so, felt like a king for the first half mile, before suddenly hitting a wall and watching what was probably about 100 people slowly pass me while I considered which bit of foliage would be best to throw up in. Found a bit of pace again towards the last mile and finished with 22:25, which put me at 110/549 runners and is also a few seconds slower than I have run 5k at some point during a half, according to Strava.
Bit disappointed in myself as I think I could have been at least a minute or so quicker if I had just ran at my own pace, but this was my first time at actually trying to be quick over this short a distance.
Also my final excuse is that I was very hungover.