End of the Road to the Covid Cancelled World Masters Athletics Championships : Taper Mode
The World Masters Athletics Championships were to be held in Toronto Canada in July 2020. I had already planned logistics for this event down to purchase of airline tickets, Canadian visa and booking accommodation. A training schedule was penciled in. When the Championships were cancelled by Covid I decided to train for them anyway and do time trials by myself.
This is what I said in a previous post: "With the schedule as it stands my races for Toronto WMA will be 8000m XC 20 July, 5000m track 22 July, 10km road 26 July. I will start training for that in early May 2020. XC will be my main event". Then along came Road to Madeira Challenges conducted by European Masters Athletics over distances of 5km (May), 10km (June) and Mile (July). Then the 2020 Worldwide Virtual Masters Challenge which virtually replaced the Covid cancelled WMA Championships (except for 8000m XC, my main event). This week in Canberra a local club announced it is hosting the Runners Shop 10km road race on 18th July. I have had no shortage of events to train for virtually, some great athletes have pushed me to my limits. Now I finally get some real events albeit low key. I am in taper mode, a week or so before the end of this road. I've had to rejig the racing schedule a bit. I'm ready for one last fling before I look for the next big thing.
Racing/time trial recap from before Covid took hold in Australia to current : 12th March 2020 10000m 35:41 ; 1st April 5000m XC 16:58 ; 7th April 1500m 4:35.5 ; 9th April 5000m 16:47 ; 22nd April 1500m 4:32.3 ; 28nd April 1500m 4:34.3 ; 4th May 5000m 16:51 ; 17th May 5000m 16:50 ; 19th May 5000m 16:31 ; 7th June 10000m 33:57 ; 6th July Mile ; 9th July Mile ; 10th July Mile ; 12th July Mile. I'm not finished with the Mile yet, concludes at the end of July. My times so far are promising.
I've bettered my goals in all events. I haven't raced my XC yet. ACT XC Championships are scheduled for 23rd August, I'll do it then fingers XX. I am unsure if I will enter the 2020 Worldwide Virtual Masters Challenge. Entries close in a couple of days. Not many entries in my distances so far.
This is what I said in a previous post: "With the schedule as it stands my races for Toronto WMA will be 8000m XC 20 July, 5000m track 22 July, 10km road 26 July. I will start training for that in early May 2020. XC will be my main event". Then along came Road to Madeira Challenges conducted by European Masters Athletics over distances of 5km (May), 10km (June) and Mile (July). Then the 2020 Worldwide Virtual Masters Challenge which virtually replaced the Covid cancelled WMA Championships (except for 8000m XC, my main event). This week in Canberra a local club announced it is hosting the Runners Shop 10km road race on 18th July. I have had no shortage of events to train for virtually, some great athletes have pushed me to my limits. Now I finally get some real events albeit low key. I am in taper mode, a week or so before the end of this road. I've had to rejig the racing schedule a bit. I'm ready for one last fling before I look for the next big thing.
Racing/time trial recap from before Covid took hold in Australia to current : 12th March 2020 10000m 35:41 ; 1st April 5000m XC 16:58 ; 7th April 1500m 4:35.5 ; 9th April 5000m 16:47 ; 22nd April 1500m 4:32.3 ; 28nd April 1500m 4:34.3 ; 4th May 5000m 16:51 ; 17th May 5000m 16:50 ; 19th May 5000m 16:31 ; 7th June 10000m 33:57 ; 6th July Mile ; 9th July Mile ; 10th July Mile ; 12th July Mile. I'm not finished with the Mile yet, concludes at the end of July. My times so far are promising.
I've bettered my goals in all events. I haven't raced my XC yet. ACT XC Championships are scheduled for 23rd August, I'll do it then fingers XX. I am unsure if I will enter the 2020 Worldwide Virtual Masters Challenge. Entries close in a couple of days. Not many entries in my distances so far.
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