Sub 19 Min 5k Thread

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larkim 3 Jun 9:35am, 3 Jun 2026 28,889 posts	larkim LOL I know. He barely scraped into the top 40 with that time too.
paulcook 3 Jun 9:49am, 3 Jun 2026 10,487 posts	paulcook Those mid-Cheshire race times are always mental. Stacked field clearly.
larkim 3 Jun 9:52am, 3 Jun 2026 28,890 posts	larkim It was helped that in the first couple of years it was the England Athletics champs race, so it got a reputation. Feels very bizarre given it is close to home for me and in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere relatively. Organiser is very good though. And the net downhill course helps!
Windsor Wool 3 Jun 11:43am, 3 Jun 2026 7,081 posts	Windsor Wool Mark J 🇳🇿 wrote:I'd completely forgotten I was on this thread, too. I ran an 18:56 ParkRun a couple of weeks ago and got my highest ever WAVA for my efforts 83%. Only the third time I've broken 19 minutes. excellent stuff Mark, congrats. I'm finding it harder and harder to get under 19 without a proper focus. Getting up and doing it at parkrun is likely beyond me now!
Charlesvdw 3 Jun 7:03pm, 3 Jun 2026 842 posts	Charlesvdw Solid running @Windsor Wool !
jda 4 Jun 9:02pm, 4 Jun 2026 20,382 posts	jda Well done @Windsor Wool and @Mark J 🇳🇿 both. Somehow sub-19 has gone from comfortably achievable on a decent course, to a historical memory… Having said that I did do about 19:30 for the first half of a 10k earlier this year so maybe it’s not out of the question if I set my mind to it. Would be a bit over 81% wava which I haven’t for a while though.