Congratulations !! And under 9 min/mile-darn nice time.
There are few things more enjoyable to be addicted to than long distance running. Well, Bluegrass, maybe. And Michael Smith's music for sure.

And rest assured, there is a special place reserved in Hell for race directors who design a course that loops past the finish line (and many of us who, by the end of a race, would send them there prematurely if we had any energy left).