EDIT
Results:
http://www.bristolandwestac.org/2016/10/26/aztec-w...They've robbed me of a valuable second! Time amended to 17:49.
PB! Finally.
3:36
3:32
3:35
3:38
3:32
Boom. Very busy at the start; boxed in for at least 1k before the field spread out a bit. This probably helped me not go too fast. Pushed really hard up the hill on the 2nd and third laps as I know that's where I usually lose time. 2nd i was able to accelerate and felt ok, but by the third my legs were entirely lactate and I couldn't maintain the pace by the top.the last 2k were pretty grim but I knew it was going to be a pretty good time so held on.