Notes
Met league, course much longer than 8k, Garmin said 5.4 miles for 7:13 average pace. Mile splits were very consistent, from 7:10 to 7:20. Had been dealing with a pulled muscle in my back and generally very little training in Dec and Jan, so took it quite easy from the beginning, which made the even pacing possible. Position 199.
Course is shortened slightly from previous years, maybe by 30 s or so. Time in 2014 was 40:22 (also back issues back then) so significantly faster.