Had a great day out on Sunday. I'd trained really hard and was hoping for anything inside of 1:50. Being the first time I'd done one of these I was pretty nervous at the start. I'd been conservative about my race pace so was in the 4th start group out of 6, probably should have been a group ahead but it worked out ok as there were not loads of people zooming along or pulling me too fast.
Running around was great, shook hands with a Saints fan in a yellow shirt and had lots of Saints related cheers wearing this years home kit. Quite a few high fives to kids was fun as well. I went out steady, and lots left for the final burst (thanks for the adviceabout the dual carriageway). My strongest 5k was between 10 and 15. I didn't drink too much energy drink as I hadn't trained with it and threw most of the water over my head.
A great experience, I have the bug. A cheeky 10k next month to warm down and then I think its a full marathon.