Running 9:29 [5] 3.14 km (3:01 / km)
ahr:139 max:148 shoes: Nike Zoom Streak LT4
Otago 3000m Spring Challenge. Got into the A race with about 10 others. Plan was to start out just under 3:10s and see what happened. Immediately two groups from the start, sat in the second for the first 800m, but the pace slowed after the first lap so I had to go to the front and drive it. Ran on the front at 76's for about 3 laps and most people gradually dropped off. One of the queenstown boys came through and led the last few laps, hung on and kicked a bit to get under 9:30.
Happy enough as it was bloody cold and there was a big headwind on the back straight. Ran really even splits (3:10, 08, 11), but felt like I was just stuck in fourth gear and couldn't really get after it. Think it was probably a combination of the conditions, the fact it was an evening race and the 10k race a few days before. If I ran again in a few weeks I'd hope to hit 9:15.