ACT Masters Athletics 5000m Championships 16:59 1st ; Steve 17:43.09 4th

Rain all afternoon almost led to the final ACT Masters Athletics track meet of the 2020-21 season being cancelled. We were lucky the rain cleared off in time to get the meet underway. The puddles didn't go away making it wet running and soggy socks. I made a point of staying out of lane 1 to keep the socks and shoes dryish for as long as possible. A big field mean't we were in lane 2 for much of the run anyway lapping runners.

I was lucky to have Jacob pacing me for the entire run. We decided on sub-17 minutes as a target for me in the conditions. It was only with 400m to go I took the lead clocking 16:59.93...perfect pacing. I felt great throughout again, being fully tapered and at race weight. We had pizza post-race. A great way to finish the summer track season.

Rough splits: 1km 3:18, 3km 10:11, final lap 74 seconds. 500m splits:1:36,1:39,1:39,1:40,1:42,1:42,1:42,1:44,1:40,1:36,0:14(90 metres extra running in lane 2/lapping runners). Steve had a near perfect run for 4th place and a fast time of 17:43.09.

Where to from here? I have a Half Marathon in three weeks (Hobart, Tasmania). I'll keep using Parkrun to stay in form along with long interval sessions.

Comments

Ewen said…
Great run Bruce, well done.
March 12, 2021 at 3:33 PM
Secret Blog for Killing Track PBs said…
Ta Ewen, like that shot of you and Sue, two legends evenly matched
March 12, 2021 at 4:24 PM
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