My 5k course around Shifnal is fairly predictable, and I usually get round in something between 33 and 35 minutes. It’ll never be as fast as the courses I run in the mountains owing to the need to cross roads, dodge pedestrians and so on. This morning’s effort was pretty good – just 6 seconds slower than my all-time personal best of 31.24 which was set on the super-fast course between Mürren and Grütschalp. Very pleased with that.

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