Sat 8.30pm Qld Open 3000m Champs. 2nd Heat 4th 9m19.33
Fri 6.45pm Roo 5.70km 24m25 (4m16 K's)
Thurs 5.00am Roo+Lake 10.68km 47m51 (4m28 K's)
At 7.00am Sat I looked outside and saw we had beautiful conditions; No wind,and 24 O C. However, I had decided to race with the kids in the Queensland 3000m Open Champs. By 9.00am the wind was up and gusting very strong and I thought 'bollocks I've made the wrong choice!'
The Q'land Champs were due to take place at 7.30pm , I had seen the pre entry numbers and thought there was a very good chance that they would need to split the race.
They were going to split the field into three races but in the end they made it two mens races and as I had seeded myself with my seasons best 9m18. I was in the second heat following the Mens A and Womens A.
It was really good to see the Championship race.
Nick Toohey who ran 3m40sec for 1500m (waving and cavorting at the finish!!) at the Zatopecks a month ago was the standout competitor.
After a slow start 70secs and 3mins for the first K , Nick kicked and decimated the field gaining an 80m lead in the next K. He looked strong confident and unbeatable.
Of course you can guess what happened!
He died and two lads Jayden Russ and Daniel Bulmer caught him and these two had an almighty battle over the last lap (someone said a 53 !!), the winner (Bulmer)crossing the line in 8m24;49. Now forgive me for blowing my own trumpet in a way but as a 17 year old I ran 8m23. It seems inconceivable today that had I raced at my best I might have ever been up there with them.
After the Womens race the second heat of the Mens Open started an hour later than the scheduled start time!
The 20 strong field went flying from the gun. The kids went though 200m in 31/32 me at 33 thinking 'this is too fast but I got to stay with these kids!'
Inevitably there was a slow down as matters sorted themselves out .
Do I run first lane or second lane?
Do I overtake or do I run their pace?
These questions don't normally arise at Masters as after 100m I'm in the lead and pulling away. So the first few laps was quite competitive real racing, at one stage I overtook a lad and he overtook me on the next lap and then I had to overtake him again within 200m! A group of 3 kids had broken away and I was next in 4th chasing. We were soon lapping the real kids.
I had the impression from the times I heard at the finish line that I was running OK .
I thought I got to the bell in 7m58 which I thought meant I might run 9m10, however, as I crossed the line I thought I heard the call 9m18.
Don't get me wrong 9m18 is OK - it equals my best for 2010, however, I thought I could run sub 9m10. It turns out I ran 9m19;33. I nearly caught 3rd place on the line.
My Garmin had again buggered up (battery read 0% charge when it should have been 100%) so I did not clock my own time.
The Results are below and yes they put the age that your going to turn this year down as your age ! I'm not 50 yet! See what I mean about racing the kids?;
Men 3000 Meter Run QLD CHAMPS
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Name Age Team Finals
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Section 1
1 508 Bulmer, Daniel 21 GCV 8:24.49
2 1114 Russ, Jayden 26 QE2 8:24.51
3 646 Crook, Daryl 23 ASR 8:31.19
4 106 Toohey, Nicholas 23 PAC 8:34.36
5 876 Crew, Andrew 31 MAR 8:37.81
6 335 Nispel, Patrick 31 UNQ 8:42.84
7 875 Bock, Peter 29 MAR 8:45.40
8 333 Nankivell, Dylan 16 GLD 8:47.82
9 110 Twist, Jay 23 UNQ 8:48.91
10 222 Chambers, Charles 18 GCV 8:49.43
11 2312 Carlsson, Matt 20 UNQ 8:55.67
12 379 Thomas, Jordan 19 QE2 8:58.10
13 767 Schofield, Sam 19 UNQ 9:04.70
14 202 Barton, David 20 QE2 9:12.27
15 397 Watkins, Julian 17 JIM 9:15.93
Section 2
1 975 Gebre, Mesele 16 QE2 9:09.19
2 925 Hagan, Patrick 18 QE2 9:09.71
3 1076 Fox, Loughlin 17 UNQ 9:18.91
4 1015 Sweeney, David 50 UNQ 9:19.33
5 803 Bruce, Jack 17 UNQ 9:27.12
6 1101 Kianga, Skene 24 QE2 9:35.58
7 223 Tucker, John 32 UNQ 9:38.00
8 194 Allen, Max 15 GCV 9:52.62
9 496 Healy, Matthew 21 RNB 9:58.21
10 354 Saleh, Osman 19 ASR 10:04.72
11 526 Stanbrook, Mitchel 15 GCV 10:08.02
Men 3000 Meter Run QLD CHAMPS....
12 829 Hong, Seunggil 32 INT 10:29.23
13 846 Litfin, Tony 48 RNB 10:36.04
14 962 Cossettini, Thomas 15 QE2 10:41.68
15 805 Cook, Hugo 15 UNQ 10:43.63
16 797 Gallagher, John 14 QE2 10:50.49
17 995 Waldron, Jayden 14 DEC 11:18.97
18 499 Healy, Michael 16 RNB 12:01.80
19 970 Early, Michael 21 QE2 12:02.11
20 215 Purcell, John 43 ASR 12:04.05
Fri 6.45pm Roo 5.70km 24m25 (4m16 K's)
Thurs 5.00am Roo+Lake 10.68km 47m51 (4m28 K's)
At 7.00am Sat I looked outside and saw we had beautiful conditions; No wind,and 24 O C. However, I had decided to race with the kids in the Queensland 3000m Open Champs. By 9.00am the wind was up and gusting very strong and I thought 'bollocks I've made the wrong choice!'
The Q'land Champs were due to take place at 7.30pm , I had seen the pre entry numbers and thought there was a very good chance that they would need to split the race.
They were going to split the field into three races but in the end they made it two mens races and as I had seeded myself with my seasons best 9m18. I was in the second heat following the Mens A and Womens A.
It was really good to see the Championship race.
Nick Toohey who ran 3m40sec for 1500m (waving and cavorting at the finish!!) at the Zatopecks a month ago was the standout competitor.
After a slow start 70secs and 3mins for the first K , Nick kicked and decimated the field gaining an 80m lead in the next K. He looked strong confident and unbeatable.
Of course you can guess what happened!
He died and two lads Jayden Russ and Daniel Bulmer caught him and these two had an almighty battle over the last lap (someone said a 53 !!), the winner (Bulmer)crossing the line in 8m24;49. Now forgive me for blowing my own trumpet in a way but as a 17 year old I ran 8m23. It seems inconceivable today that had I raced at my best I might have ever been up there with them.
After the Womens race the second heat of the Mens Open started an hour later than the scheduled start time!
The 20 strong field went flying from the gun. The kids went though 200m in 31/32 me at 33 thinking 'this is too fast but I got to stay with these kids!'
Inevitably there was a slow down as matters sorted themselves out .
Do I run first lane or second lane?
Do I overtake or do I run their pace?
These questions don't normally arise at Masters as after 100m I'm in the lead and pulling away. So the first few laps was quite competitive real racing, at one stage I overtook a lad and he overtook me on the next lap and then I had to overtake him again within 200m! A group of 3 kids had broken away and I was next in 4th chasing. We were soon lapping the real kids.
I had the impression from the times I heard at the finish line that I was running OK .
I thought I got to the bell in 7m58 which I thought meant I might run 9m10, however, as I crossed the line I thought I heard the call 9m18.
Don't get me wrong 9m18 is OK - it equals my best for 2010, however, I thought I could run sub 9m10. It turns out I ran 9m19;33. I nearly caught 3rd place on the line.
My Garmin had again buggered up (battery read 0% charge when it should have been 100%) so I did not clock my own time.
The Results are below and yes they put the age that your going to turn this year down as your age ! I'm not 50 yet! See what I mean about racing the kids?;
Men 3000 Meter Run QLD CHAMPS
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Name Age Team Finals
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Section 1
1 508 Bulmer, Daniel 21 GCV 8:24.49
2 1114 Russ, Jayden 26 QE2 8:24.51
3 646 Crook, Daryl 23 ASR 8:31.19
4 106 Toohey, Nicholas 23 PAC 8:34.36
5 876 Crew, Andrew 31 MAR 8:37.81
6 335 Nispel, Patrick 31 UNQ 8:42.84
7 875 Bock, Peter 29 MAR 8:45.40
8 333 Nankivell, Dylan 16 GLD 8:47.82
9 110 Twist, Jay 23 UNQ 8:48.91
10 222 Chambers, Charles 18 GCV 8:49.43
11 2312 Carlsson, Matt 20 UNQ 8:55.67
12 379 Thomas, Jordan 19 QE2 8:58.10
13 767 Schofield, Sam 19 UNQ 9:04.70
14 202 Barton, David 20 QE2 9:12.27
15 397 Watkins, Julian 17 JIM 9:15.93
Section 2
1 975 Gebre, Mesele 16 QE2 9:09.19
2 925 Hagan, Patrick 18 QE2 9:09.71
3 1076 Fox, Loughlin 17 UNQ 9:18.91
4 1015 Sweeney, David 50 UNQ 9:19.33
5 803 Bruce, Jack 17 UNQ 9:27.12
6 1101 Kianga, Skene 24 QE2 9:35.58
7 223 Tucker, John 32 UNQ 9:38.00
8 194 Allen, Max 15 GCV 9:52.62
9 496 Healy, Matthew 21 RNB 9:58.21
10 354 Saleh, Osman 19 ASR 10:04.72
11 526 Stanbrook, Mitchel 15 GCV 10:08.02
Men 3000 Meter Run QLD CHAMPS....
12 829 Hong, Seunggil 32 INT 10:29.23
13 846 Litfin, Tony 48 RNB 10:36.04
14 962 Cossettini, Thomas 15 QE2 10:41.68
15 805 Cook, Hugo 15 UNQ 10:43.63
16 797 Gallagher, John 14 QE2 10:50.49
17 995 Waldron, Jayden 14 DEC 11:18.97
18 499 Healy, Michael 16 RNB 12:01.80
19 970 Early, Michael 21 QE2 12:02.11
20 215 Purcell, John 43 ASR 12:04.05
3 comments:
Terrific stuff David!
You pretty much reflect what the textbooks say that if you train smart and consistently you will not lose too much speed right up to your sixties but these young fellas should be faster!
I don't know what it is exactly but until the larger society values running more and they run more often together with past champions, they won't get faster.
C'mon Dave stop being in denial about your age....50 eh?
When's the big party ? Let us all know so the HuRTS team can come and help you celebrate the occasion :)
Tim
Thanks for your comments Guys.
Scott ain't that the truth!
Timothy Sept 28th and your all welcome!!!
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