ACT Masters 1500m Championships ; Keith in Bega 5 x 600m
Yesterday a longish run of 75 minutes. My first day of feeling OK since I did my back loading furniture two Sundays ago. I still had some nerve pain in the hamstrings and tried to sort that out before the 1500m this evening. It started by coming home early from work and lying on my back for a couple of hours.
After all the stretching and such a 3km warm up and 10 x 100m strides, none quicker than 16 seconds, more stretching and jogging. I was confident leading into the 1500m I would get the job done in breaking the ACT 1500m M55 record of 4:39+. Weather was warm, a stiff breeze in the home straight. I wore racing flats instead of spikes as a precaution. AIS track is very hard.
I put myself in a good place on the first 300m, controlled things until 600m to go running it just like I would in training...build up the speed slowly and finish off strong with a 70 second last lap. End result 4:37.6
That's almost job done for this racing block. ACT Masters M55 records in 1500m, Mile, 3000m, 5000m and 10000m. I've got almost 5 years to improve on those times. I'll start hard training again as of tomorrow and freshen up again in a couple of weeks if I think I can break the ACT Masters M55 800m record of 2:16. Main focus will really be on 5000m and 10000m in the World Masters Games in New Zealand end of April.
Keith in Bega on grass track 5 x 600m. Splits: 1:56, 1:58, 2:05, 2:04, 2:02. Another step forward for Keith. Those are some serious numbers for someone turning 60 this year.
After all the stretching and such a 3km warm up and 10 x 100m strides, none quicker than 16 seconds, more stretching and jogging. I was confident leading into the 1500m I would get the job done in breaking the ACT 1500m M55 record of 4:39+. Weather was warm, a stiff breeze in the home straight. I wore racing flats instead of spikes as a precaution. AIS track is very hard.
I put myself in a good place on the first 300m, controlled things until 600m to go running it just like I would in training...build up the speed slowly and finish off strong with a 70 second last lap. End result 4:37.6
That's almost job done for this racing block. ACT Masters M55 records in 1500m, Mile, 3000m, 5000m and 10000m. I've got almost 5 years to improve on those times. I'll start hard training again as of tomorrow and freshen up again in a couple of weeks if I think I can break the ACT Masters M55 800m record of 2:16. Main focus will really be on 5000m and 10000m in the World Masters Games in New Zealand end of April.
Keith in Bega on grass track 5 x 600m. Splits: 1:56, 1:58, 2:05, 2:04, 2:02. Another step forward for Keith. Those are some serious numbers for someone turning 60 this year.
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