CR 5k challenge

Did the early shift of the CR 5k challenge this morning. Got down early for a 5k warm up in 24:59, in cold (8 degrees), still and clear conditions. Didn't feel fantastic through the warm up.

Met up with silverfox and Easy Tiger at the Zero km marker, and after one false start we got away. Easy Tiger sat tantalisingly close through the first km, which I got through in 3:26 feeling okay, but eased away after that. silverfox sat 4-5 seconds behind through the whole run, providing motivation to break the 18 minute barrier for a 17:58!

Didn't take splits, but from memory it was:
1k - 3:26
2k - 7:03 (3:37)
4k - 14:20 (7:17)
5k - 17:58 (3:38)

Looks to have been pretty even after the 1km marker. Felt okay until about 3.5km where it got a bit scrappy.

5.13km in 27:14 as a cool down.

Always good to break through another barrier. McMillans Calc suggested the SMH Half effort was good for an 18:02 5k, and I thought "buggered if I'm going through 18 minutes of hell to miss breaking 18 by 3 seconds". And so it proved...