Notes
Ate some beetroot the night before, and pasta. Woke up 3:20am to get the first train. Had a slice of toast and a coffee for breakfast, and most of a Weider gel whilst waiting at the start. Got to the start early, but a lot of waiting around - 30mins before going onto the highway, 40mins on the highway.
Still, started off well and was running freely quite quickly. Km times were all over the place (I think the markers were wrong) - 3mins 27secs, 7mins 39secs, 4mins 28secs, 2mins 54secs, 4mins 30secs, 3mins 57secs 4mins 4secs, 3mins 26secs and 4mins 2secs. That gives a 5km split of 18mins 27secs and second half of 19mins 59secs - I think that is wrong; first half was into the wind and I didn't feel like I was slowing on the second half.
Quite a few undulations on the course which meant the effort level was very uneven.
No prize, and time was a bit disappointing - I expected more from myself.