Long Intervals : April 2012 ClubsACT Sportstars of the Month

A nippy -5 this morning, with the sun out more than bearable by 8am, even more so for brunch at Rocksalt.

A few still ill or sore today. Half marathons in both Sydney and Canberra, a 5km today...the numbers small.

The set: 4 x 850m, undulating one direction, substantial hill the other.

Doing the set: Tori, Mia, sb, bella, Jodie, GT, Emma with Pete out on the bush tracks.

Of me: All the 850m efforts took 3:03. Worked the hill hard enough to control lactate, then let the legs run on the undulating sections.

Iron study: Had my first ferrinject IV yesterday, another in 3 weeks. Next week another haemoglobin mass test.

Completed week 4 maintaining 120km weekly average. The Tuesday (2000,1600,1200, 800, 400) session a standout so far. Aerobics and strength feeling much better than at nationals. Still have to wait a few weeks to race. Will have the ACTVAC XC handicap next Sunday as a tester.

Weight: Managed to stay away from the chocolate box this week...dropped 1.5kg:-) 1kg above race weight.

April 2012 ClubsACT Sportstars of the Month

Canberra Times Male Sportstar of the Month

Patrick Mills – Basketball

Canberra Basketballer Patrick Mills continues to make a serious impact in the NBA – playing himself into the record books and finding some timely form ahead of the Boomers' Olympic campaign.Mills posted the highest single-game score by an Australian in the NBA with 34 points in the San Antonio spurs' 107 -101 win over the Golden State Warriors.  Mills surpassed Andrew Bogut's 32 point haul against Boguts new club in the match in Oakland California.Earlier in the month Mills notched an NBA career high in points, finishing with 27 in just over 34 minutes of floor time.  His tally included two free-throws that iced the game late in the fourth quarter, the Spurs winning 100-106 against the Phoenix Suns.

 

ACT Female Sportstar of the Month

Melissa Breen – Athletics

Canberra's Melissa Breeen has hit top form ahead of the Australian Athletic  Championships winning the women's Stawell Gift. Melissa 120m handicap race in 13.95seconds after starting from the back of the pack.

At the Australian Athletics Championships Melissa recorded another personal best of 23.30seconds to take out the women's 200metre race in Melbourne.

Sportsmans Warehouose Junior Sportstar of the Month

Archie Davis – Water Skiing

At the Australian National Water Ski championships Archie Davis was the star of the show, winning every event in the under 14's division – slalom, trick and jump which ensured he won the overall trophy for the age group.

Mix 106.3 Coach Sportstar of the Month

Jake White - Brumbies

White has led Brumbies further ahead in Super Rugby's Australian conference. Towards the end of April the Brumbies were ahead in the local conference by seven points after returning home from South Africa.

 

Chamberlains Law Firm Masters Sportstar of the Month

Bruce Graham – Veteran Athletics

Bruce was one of the stars at the Australian Masters Athletics Championships in Melbourne over Easter. He was the outstanding distance runner at these champs. He won the M50 10,000m in 33.48, 5000m in 16.16 and the 8km cross-country in 27.34. Although he is an M50 he was the fastest outright (beating all younger men) in both the 10000m and cross-country. He was second best outright in 5000m. He was also second in the M50 1500m 4.29. Less than a week later he was second outright in the Australian Running Festival half marathon with superb time of 1:13.28 - magnificent performance for a 50 year old!

Thanx to Bryan for dobbing me in.