Running 31:04 [5] 10.0 km (3:06 / km)
shoes: Asics 2
River Ness 10km
First 10km
Felt quite good and enjoyed it.
A group of about 10 until 1.5km where there was a 90 degree left hand turn and then a bit of a hill. Took me a little while to realise at this point group was beginning to split and although I eventually made it back I realised the pace had increased and it was time to settle into my rhythm.
At about 3km started overtaking people and at 4km saw ahead that Ali Hay (Central) had been dropped from the leading group. At this point he was probably about 150m ahead. And very gradually he got closer until at about 8km when I caught him. Increased the speed as I overtook to see if I could just leave him as I knew I'd never beat him in a sprint finish (1500m in Commonwealth Games). Unfortunately he stuck to me and went back past with 1.5km to go (he said after he thought there was less than a km to go at that point!). Still felt all right but just didn't have another gear.
Realised it would be close to 31 as I saw the finish clock (hadn't looked at my watch for entire race). Upped the pace but not able to dip under.
Only slightly annoying thing was heart rate monitor died over night and didn't spot it until I was on the start line...