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.
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.
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