XCR 14 Tan Relays 3.85 km
12:40 for me on leg 3. Waverley took time out of us on every leg. Robert Schwerkolt ran 12:36 for us on leg 1, Antony Rickards on leg 2 was 12:59
12:40 is in between the 12:34 of 2012 and 12:44 of 2013. Only 10 seconds covering 3 years so once again consistent. At just under 3:20/km a solid effort. To put into perspective I have run 11:23 on the circuit at age 30 (I ran 15:00 5000m and 30:54 10000m on track two months later). James who finished just behind me that day is struggling as an M40s and did 12:54 today 2nd leg for our rival team. In M50 John Meagher ran 12:28. I'd need to run a 1st leg to know how I compare to that but I know I'd be chasing and not leading.
I had one M40 Craig Semple come flying past me up the nasty Anderson Street hill. His 11:41 time very impressive on a sandy track with a big hill.
Fastest time I saw was Jeff Risley 10:44 on the faster 1st leg, Dave McNeill 10:51 might have had some traffic in leg 2, just as impressive.
I didn't mention to anyone tugging my groin in that 2000m tempo run on Thursday. No running for me yesterday, it was sore (window shopped for hours instead). This morning I got in two hours of stretching and warm up. No pain whatsoever in the relay but I was a little scared I would embarrass myself during the leg. Zero harm done.
At Stromlo Steve on slightly different loops to normal due to the swooping magpie: 2000m 6:49, 1500m 4:59, 1200m 4:00, 800m 2:31, 400m 69. It was windy. I am told Helen, Roger, Tori, KT, SK, Gabe and others were there getting swooped also. Hopefully not Jane on mtb.
Keith in Bega spent time putting a wheel over his circuit. When he got going he did 2000m, 1500m, and something extra until the watch malfunctioned.
12:40 is in between the 12:34 of 2012 and 12:44 of 2013. Only 10 seconds covering 3 years so once again consistent. At just under 3:20/km a solid effort. To put into perspective I have run 11:23 on the circuit at age 30 (I ran 15:00 5000m and 30:54 10000m on track two months later). James who finished just behind me that day is struggling as an M40s and did 12:54 today 2nd leg for our rival team. In M50 John Meagher ran 12:28. I'd need to run a 1st leg to know how I compare to that but I know I'd be chasing and not leading.
I had one M40 Craig Semple come flying past me up the nasty Anderson Street hill. His 11:41 time very impressive on a sandy track with a big hill.
Fastest time I saw was Jeff Risley 10:44 on the faster 1st leg, Dave McNeill 10:51 might have had some traffic in leg 2, just as impressive.
I didn't mention to anyone tugging my groin in that 2000m tempo run on Thursday. No running for me yesterday, it was sore (window shopped for hours instead). This morning I got in two hours of stretching and warm up. No pain whatsoever in the relay but I was a little scared I would embarrass myself during the leg. Zero harm done.
At Stromlo Steve on slightly different loops to normal due to the swooping magpie: 2000m 6:49, 1500m 4:59, 1200m 4:00, 800m 2:31, 400m 69. It was windy. I am told Helen, Roger, Tori, KT, SK, Gabe and others were there getting swooped also. Hopefully not Jane on mtb.
Keith in Bega spent time putting a wheel over his circuit. When he got going he did 2000m, 1500m, and something extra until the watch malfunctioned.
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