It is no exaggeration to say that Dage Minors could be in the form of his life.

Minors won the Great Bristol Run 10K and set a personal best by more than 40 seconds, crossing the line 31min 07sec to take victory in what he describes as one of the biggest wins of his career.

"In terms of size and numbers of competitors this was probably my biggest win,“ Minors said. ”It was a big PB in a big city and I smashed my previous best so I’m pretty happy.

“My PB before was 31:07 from race weekend in January. My training has been going well but I didn’t think I would go that far under. I got to 7K and started doing some math and thought that sub 30 minutes was on the cards. We slowed up a bit on mile four and part of that was due to the tight turns and then the hill coming back into play. I lost ground there but to run 30:24 is massive and bodes well for the short term and long term.”

There were echoes of the Front Street Mile as Minors navigated some of the smaller roads in Bristol city centre and he was cheered on by some familiar faces among the thousands of spectators.

“There were two hills and it took place primarily in the city centre so there were a lot of tight turns, which wasn’t really ideal,” Minors said.

“The first five kilometres were nice and clean but once we got into the small roads and the 180 turns, which were a bit similar to the Front Street Mile, it was harder. It wasn’t the most favourable course but I’ve run on worse.

“The big draw on the day is the Bristol Half-Marathon but they do a 10K in the morning and I was surprised at the number of people watching that at 8.30am on a Sunday morning.

“The crowds were definitely in the thousands and there were 23,000 entries combined for the 10K and the half-marathon and double that number lining the streets. There were tons of people. My girlfriend was there cheering me on but wearing the Bristol and West vest got me some support out on the course. People recognised that jersey and it was really nice.

Minors’s form is trending the right way and he attributes the improved performances to taking the pressure off himself to succeed.

“It’s a bit of a different approach and I’ve eased some pressure off myself and started to enjoy the process a bit more,” he said.

“I think I’d lost sight of that and put too much pressure on myself in the last couple of years. But in the last few months I’m still training, still doing what I need to do but enjoying it a bit more.

“I’m still doing the same stuff but mentally saying ‘I don’t care’ sounds harsh but I’m enjoying the moments, the training and seeing where it gets me. I’ve been around a while. I’ve seen the highs, I’ve seen the lows and It took me a while to get to the point where I’m happy to just let whatever happens happen.

“I’ve run good races and nothing changed the next day and I’ve run bad races and nothing changed the next day. Looking at the bigger picture a bit more has really helped me out.”

It’s shaping up to be a positive year for Minors and he has big plans to break his national 1,500 metres record in the next few months, with that maybe happening at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships in July, when he next dons the Bermuda track attire

“In terms of me and my goals, I’d like to run under my national record in the 1,500 metres,” he said.

“If I do that, it will qualify me for the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Commonwealth Games.

“There is a big 5K race in a couple of weeks and I’m on a waiting list for that as by the time I registered my interest the race was already full. Once June comes I’ll be running some 1,500 races throughout England and in July I am looking at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships.

“That will be a nice chance to race against guys in the region and represent Bermuda at an international meet.”