Friday 6 January 2012

why am I here?

Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, January 06, 2012 with
Results ACTVAC speedygeese Thursday 5 January
800m

M60 Geoff Sims 2:26.52 88.2%
M55 Ken White 2:28.95 83.4
W40 Emma Adams 2:30.96 78.5
M50 Roger Pilkington 2:48.72 70.7
W60 Kathy Sims 2:56.47 82.6
M70 Tony Booth 3:26.27 70.3

3000m
Andrew Simpson 10:41.88
W55 Maria O'Reilly 12:26.68 85.3%
W40 Emma Adams 12:29.46 71.3
W60 Kathy Sims 12:36.27 89.1
M50 Andrew Matthews 12:48.99 66.5
W40 Bronwyn Calver 12:52.04 69.2
M60 Bob Harlow 12:55.03 73.2
W40 Amanda Walker 12:57.11 70.3
M70 Tony Booth 16:44.23 62.3

5000m
W45 Katie Forestier 19:59.64 79.5%
M45 Damian Rutledge 20:55.09 66.3
M50 Roger Pilkington 21:30.09 68.7
W50 Helen Larmour 21:31.85 79.7
M50 Ewen Thompson 23:55.74 62.3

Best run of the day - Maria. Must have recovered from her New Year's Eve party. I nearly got to track: I pulled into the car-park and got out of the car, then asked myself "Why am I here", got back in the car again and drove home, going for a steady 10k training run instead. I am not ready to race yet, it's only day five!

So far so good: streak now equals 7 days, training on target, and feeling more comfortable each day. Which is easy to say this early in the new year. Still no finish line in sight.


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