Notes
Pretty good effort , this. Very happy. Cool to cold day, but tempered by almost nil wind and a reasonable amount of sun. Starting in Rikuren wave gave me a good brisk open start and I probably crossed the mat within a few seconds of the start. Got into a pretty good pace that felt fairly easy. I checked that my breathing was comfortable. Was a bit surprised to find it was sub 4:00 at the 1k mark, but decided to just hang with the ryhthm I was in. PAce varied a little with slight headwind, slight changes in grade. But the course was mostly pretty flat and very nice road surface. A few tight turns here and there, but mostly just straight on James and don't spare the horses. I knew was close to PB pace, but not really ahead of it, and so it turned out to be as I finished only a few seconds slower than my half PB at Kanagawa two years ago. Maybe if I'd been a bit more conscious of my actual PB target I might have snuck under, but I certainly felt I was going as hard as I could over the last few km. I'm not quite sure where and how I could better this to record a new PB. Anyway, a good hit out.