Mixed feelings. It was my personal best, the leg was ok, and the race overall for the first 8K or so. Speed was flat and no big surprises anywhere. I didn’t feel tired towards the end. Weather was ok, though sunny.
The clear if came after 8K: pretty similar stomach pain I had in the first marathon attempt last fall. I kind of came in two parts the last five laps. I’m pretty sure I could have done them 5-10 secs quicker, stomach being ok. More unclear if was my decision to do constant 3.20-3.22 Ks from the beginning. A group of 5 or so runners started with quite constant 3.18 speed but I decided to run on my own. Maybe I should have joined them. I thought the weather was too hot for even trying, but … what the hell. I should have, could have… damn!
On one hand it feels like I should try 10Ks on track one more time this year. This is a clearly inferior result compared to the 5K. There is an option some ten days from now in Tampere. On the other hand – and this is more realistic – it was my personal best and I was just maybe that 15-20 secs from the optimum at the moment. Face it – the next big thing is the marathon. I can do sub 33-minute 10K on track anytime afterwards.