1m - 7:32 - 2 seconds off target - headed off steadily (very aware thart 2 years ago I ran the first mile sub-7 and paid for it later)
2m - 7:12 - how did that happen - a tad cross with myself over this...
3m - 7:28 - back on target - talked first with Tiger (who remembered me from a social - who knows what I did then?!) then with a runner I know from my Monday night club runs. I notice both Snoop Dog and Tiger pass me at this point (but don't notice passing them back within a few hundred meters!)
4m - 7:24 - feeling hot - but also feeling like my legs have finally warmed up - can't wait for the water stop...
5m - 7:39 - slower mainly due to the drinks station - you know how it is with cups, especially with today's lovely weather.
6m - 7:27 - running alongside a lady runner with a very annoying Garmin and also a very amusing Turrett's Syndrome affliction (I have no idea why she keeped shouting bu88er!)
7m - 7:30 - still alongside Turrett's lady - keeps me mildly amused
8m - 7:40 - another drinks station (drink one, poor one over my head) - but also my legs are starting to feel a tad tired.
9m - 7:30 - back on target pace. Especially good considering this had the only real nasty patch on the course - had a worrying moment when the runner in a yard front of me tripped on a bit of carpet that had been placed there to hide a trip hazard!
10m - 7:18 - clung to the shoulder of someone who tried to overtake me and held on...