New route for this fast end of season 5 miler. The new route used the upper half of the old course but in reverse and nearly 2 laps. More ups and downs than before but by the second lap you know what's coming...good if you can keep the pace up or bad if you hang back knowing there are more hills to come.
Aiming for sub 35 mins, set off too fast as usual.....under 6 mins for the first mile, gasping to just over 13 mins at 2 miles. Mile 3 ran as a recovery to be just under 21 mins, picked it up again and got to 4 miles in 27:54, set up just about right and then took it too easy up the last hill through the park and along the road to the finish and overall lost about 20 secs in the last mile and finish in 35:15.
Good end of season burn with nearly 300 runners turning out. Well organised by the students and good changing facilities with soup, sandwiches, tea & cakes in the cafe after.
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