Notes
8:47 out and 8:33 back which was surprising as I was blowing out of my arse at the end. This is the first time I've ever had the thought I could win a race. We started off and I was immediately in a lead group of four feeling very comfortable with the pace. To be honest after a few minutes I was thinking, should I take this on? Then some chap just came up on all four of us and just zipped off. I made more of an effort than the others to go with him but wasn't convinced I could handle the pace injection he'd just put in so I just tried to keep strong. Next time I'm going to take a chance and probably I'll blow up, but you have to try once. The last few minutes felt like treading water but strangely it was a strong negative split. This could have been due to the cagey first few minutes. Finished 30s behind the flyer and 26s ahead of third. And it peed down in the last k.