Australian Masters Athletics Championships Brisbane Cross Country 8.3km 31:37 (3:49/km) 1st M60,1st Age Graded Overall, 6th place Overall : Minnippi Parkrun

Day 2 of the Australian Masters Athletics Championships for distance runners with the cross country held at Minnippi parklands. The cross country was also held here at the 2011 AMA Chapionships. The grass was wet uncut, rough and on the long side. The course very boggy, mud everywhere which caused a few falls. We used an alternate loop to get past the mud and puddles where is was flooded. All ages and sexes started at 8:45am over 8k or 6k (for older males and females) on a 4 x 2km loop course. It was mainly flat with a downhill slalom muddy start to each lap. There were some cutbacks on the course making an early gap on the competition easy to defend. I could see my M60 competitors Jose and Craig throughout the race. Weather warm and humid. There was some tree cover on the course. Before our event Parkrun was at the venue. Runners everywhere. I had a great run covering the 8.3k in 31:37. I was 6th overall with younger runners ahead and the highest age graded% of all runners. 1.Peter Bracken M40 29:06, 2.Brian Wilder M40 29:27, 3.Derek Leahy M45 30:18, 4.Daniel Hopkins M50 30:42, 5.Chris Mardon M50 31:11. Yassine was 1st M70. Women: Katie Seibold fastest overall 37:55. Robyn Basman best age graded female.
My splits(500m):1:45,1:47,1:48,1:52,1:53,1:53,1:56,1:55,1:59,1:53,2:01,1:53,2:02,1:52,2:02,1:51,107)


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