Australian Masters Athletics Championships 1500m M55 1st 4:46
Weather warm with some wind...not so bad for running. Allan Cook did not start due to injury. Winner of the 800m in 2:17 from yesterday Mark Lepper was in the field as was Trevor Scott who on his day is unstoppable(he has had many). Much to think about. Basically I went back to the plan I've used in all my middle distance championships in the last year. I've never lost a race with this plan. The plan: Sit for the first 50 seconds, go to the front as soon as it is beneficial for my race (today it was with 1000m to go), establish a gap, never let anyone back onto my heels by making a series of increase in pace until 100m to go, full gas all the way home.
In the week prior to these championships in training I ran 2 x 1000m in 2:58,2:59 and 3 x 600m at the same pace. I knew I could run 1000m easily in sub 3 minutes off a slow pace. The pace was slow with first lap in 84 seconds. This morning I ran 6 x 100m strides in 15 seconds comfortably, some in spikes, others in 5km racing flats. I opted for the 5km racing flats due to comfort and minimal loss of speed (not the same pair I wore yesterday). In Malaga I will use the same shoes (Nike Zoom Streak LT3) in the 1500m and 5000m on track. On road it will be the shoes I wore yesterday on track (Nike Zoom Streak 6).
In the week prior to these championships in training I ran 2 x 1000m in 2:58,2:59 and 3 x 600m at the same pace. I knew I could run 1000m easily in sub 3 minutes off a slow pace. The pace was slow with first lap in 84 seconds. This morning I ran 6 x 100m strides in 15 seconds comfortably, some in spikes, others in 5km racing flats. I opted for the 5km racing flats due to comfort and minimal loss of speed (not the same pair I wore yesterday). In Malaga I will use the same shoes (Nike Zoom Streak LT3) in the 1500m and 5000m on track. On road it will be the shoes I wore yesterday on track (Nike Zoom Streak 6).
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