Hyde Park - Serpentine Last Friday of the Month 5k. First attempt at any fast running since the marathon, after a month of recovery and easy running. Not surprising that I wasn't feeling on my best form then, with a slight sore throat developing as well.
Decided to try 3:45/km pace (18:45 total) which is what I did in this race last November just before starting spring marathon training. I held just under that for the first half but slowed down a little later on, though I finished well and wasn't too far off the target at the end. This is well short of what I was capable of running a few months back (I did the July LFOTM in 18:12), but not too bad a run I guess given the recent marathon, and it's still a while before I'm trying to get up to full fitness again.
Rough adjusted km splits - 3:42, 3:44, 3:50, 3:50, 3:44.
Results - 52nd out of 270