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@Alf0nse
Attempted one of my annual running goals to try and manage a 17something 5k.
I did 18:40 and 18:10 in the past 12 months and thought with a race on a circuit, I might manage it.
Completely overcooked the start. At the first 500m I felt great but also suspiciously quick. To a peak at my watch and saw I was running at a totally unsustainable pace more in line with a 15min 5km. Took my foot of the gas..but from then on it felt like I was drowning.
Hobbled over the line with a 19:34 which is fine & all but i can do that without having to share a course against a bunch of mega fast kids