Running 9:04 [5] 3.0 km (3:01 / km)
shoes: Spikes
Bit disappointed to miss out by just a few seconds but I suppose I can't complain too much running 27 seconds quicker than I have done before.
This was the last race in the summer series and I should have realised the winning time would be slower, only 8.58 instead of below 8.30. Ended up in the bunch running too slowly on the first lap. I was slowly overtaking people but I didn't keep my eye on the lap times enough and only realised with 800 to go I needed to run faster, but then somehow ran another 73s lap.
400m 74
200m 35
400m 71
400m 73
400m 73
400m 73
400m 73
400m 69 (35/34)
km 3.00, 3.03, 2.59 ish
Definitely fitter than this time last year when I went out at the same speed and got slower and slower.