Notes
Well, well well. On the cycle over I gave myself a 25% chance of breaking my 5km PB of 24:46. In the end I smahed it by 90 seconds!
Ran it with Katerina and her boyfriend at the Olympic Stadium. Initially I tried to follow the 24min pacemaker and hang on for as long as possible but it was a bit congested at the start so I decided to leave him behind and let him catch me. Ran free the first km and was surprised with the 4:36 time - the PB was on. The 4:18 for the 2nd km really worried me as I had visions of me blowing up and having to walk. It got a bit hilly after that so I was expecting a plus 5min time for the third km but no, still under! After that it was just a question of hanging on. Had little left at the end, wouldn't even say I sprinted but the split for the last km is still pretty fast.
Happy days! Best VO2Max of any outdoor run greater than 1km - ever! Also, the race time predictor says a 10km of 49:16!