ACT Masters Track Week 2 : 3000m 9:52 ; Steve Ketchup

Rain affected meet, no proper timing, wet track, otherwise OK conditions. A late decision to run at 6pm rather than 8pm left me eating a full meal less than an hour before the race. I still ran much better than the previous week and had loads left in the tank. A good hit out before Burnie 10km on Sunday.

Friday and Saturday not much running, a mini two day taper, no more than 15km all up over two days.

Steve this week as a lead up to Bush Capital 16km trail race a couple of shorter sets. Set1: 4 x 3 minute efforts, 3:31/km average. Set 2: 4 x 600m 1:55 average. The longer run this weekend should have him to within a week or two of really good shape.

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