Run > Race

StanChart Great City Race, very wet and slippy, and as crowded as ever. Was closer to the front but there were still a couple of outright standstills and real slowing round corners. Decided to not go flat out to avoid landing on my head, so it felt much less on the edge as Battersea last week.
Missed first k marker, 2nd in 8:48 (18 seconds down on target), missed 3rd. 1/2 way in 11:00 dead, so 2nd 1/2 was big negative split in 10:28, suggesting I can get back under 21 minutes. Got to 4k in 17:20 so last km was 4:08, very good to speed up in last k rather than fading like usual. If I'd done the whole lot at 4:08 pace that would have been a 2 second PB.
I ought to find a couple more 5ks, there's definitely time to come off.