Play Race : Track 3000m
No club racing for the final three Thursdays before Australian Masters Athletics Championship, we have to make our own fun. The weather partly cloudy, warm, some wind.
We warmed up in the forest and did some strides on track.
Nine of us on track for the play race. We had Geoff the 400m specialist and Leanne the 800m specialist as pacers. I paced Kathy, Helen and Anne around for the first 2 laps at their pace before the rest of us started the 3000m (we had to lap the girls twice to claim victory). To make things more confusing I had assistance of pace makers on various laps. The pace was erratic but fun.
Rough results in finish order: Kathy 12:58, Anne 13:10, Helen 13:15, Me 10:00, Steve 10:05, Dale 13:35, Geoff?
My splits: 75,81,80,79,78,82,82,41. Paced laps in bold. Lost count of the laps so no kick.
Most of us did a warm down in the bush. A very low key training session with some times worthy of a proper race.
That's end of month. 21km today, 120km last 7 days, average 121km/week for March, 15 consecutive months Average 110km+/week.
Next set Saturday at Stromlo, the usual competition set of 2000m, 1500m 1200m, 800m, 400m. Taper will start after long run on Sunday.
We warmed up in the forest and did some strides on track.
Nine of us on track for the play race. We had Geoff the 400m specialist and Leanne the 800m specialist as pacers. I paced Kathy, Helen and Anne around for the first 2 laps at their pace before the rest of us started the 3000m (we had to lap the girls twice to claim victory). To make things more confusing I had assistance of pace makers on various laps. The pace was erratic but fun.
Rough results in finish order: Kathy 12:58, Anne 13:10, Helen 13:15, Me 10:00, Steve 10:05, Dale 13:35, Geoff?
My splits: 75,81,80,79,78,82,82,41. Paced laps in bold. Lost count of the laps so no kick.
Most of us did a warm down in the bush. A very low key training session with some times worthy of a proper race.
That's end of month. 21km today, 120km last 7 days, average 121km/week for March, 15 consecutive months Average 110km+/week.
Next set Saturday at Stromlo, the usual competition set of 2000m, 1500m 1200m, 800m, 400m. Taper will start after long run on Sunday.
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