(for the avoidance of doubt, my fastest ever 5k times are still slower than literally every other member of my run club, but I'm faster than I was and that's all I care about!)
Nice work @philipsteak! It's amazing how well that baseline is maintained. Totally different circumstances and I'm very lucky not to have any underlying conditions, but having broken my ankle in July (then plodding about on it for a month thinking I could 'stretch it out'), I was worried my year was over. 13 weeks later I'm running my fastest ever 5k times.
Are you back on the farm next year?