Wow what can I say back to Horsham for my park run the hardest of the the park runs I do . . Wow? you. Might say why ? Lotes of grass and hills trees routes over 700 runners all start in line over 15 deep all run into a funnel about 200 yards from the start max 2 wide then you are on the grass etc . Thatβs why my first K over a minute slower the my average on my beats run , but as you can see I gradually was able to increase my pace , my last k was my quickest all negative splits so my finish time was less then a minute slower then my best there was really pleased and of course 1st in my age group my last K was 4.43 still lots of runners to contend with.
I think the last km is always a sign of how well you’ve run a 5km and that’d a strong pace. It sounds frustrating from your description with so many runners but so long as you’re putting in that good effort it’s decent training and you will make some good progress. Excellent work Allan
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