A run of three halves

Sunday is long run day, so I had something of a dilemma when I signed up for my running club's 5k. 5k is not a long enough run for a Sunday. I solved the problem by running to the venue - a distance of about 3.25 miles, doing the race then running home again.
I can't help feeling I might have run a tiny bit faster if I hadn't been weighted down by the largest safety pins known to mankind.