Well despite feeling like shit I managed it, albeit at 8 instead of 7am, but still! I did it in 25 mins on the dot. That is the longest I've run since I did the Brighton marathon 3 years ago I think - in fact the last recorded time on my phone was for that!
To be fair it's the one thing I've always been okay at. Not great by any stretch - both times I did marathons it was a smidge under 4 hours which I was delighted with but it's not outstanding by any means.
Not that I don't feel DEAD after that 5k of course
Although as I think I've said, I've been doing lots of small runs a few times a week, now more than ever, so that would have helped. That was partly why I did it, to see how long my current routes were, they were probably around 2-3k judging from this so at least it wasn't a HUGE jump.