Jamie Harrison 10,000m 31m43.17

Well Friday we had another 45mm of rain and Saturday a further 6mm. So Sat was spent cutting the grass which most unusually for Brizzy is rich and verdant. Nice to have the pool completely brimming!

Today has dawned with a beautiful blue sky and temps forecast to hit 31 O C.

Yesterday I went out on the bike to see how my 'sciatica' reacted. The answer is OK so I will try and go for a run and see if I can make it around 6KM of Roo. I have stopped taking the anti inflams as I was doing no running and I also wanted to see what reaction I get from the knees.

Last night Jamie Harrison ran another M45 Australian Record this time 10,000m in 31m43.17.

A fantastic effort and shows Jamie is in sparkling form.

I remember looking at the old record by Ronnie, 31m48, when I ran my first 10,000m as a 45 y o and ran 33m03 and thought that record was out of sight. I did manage a 32m12 solo effort in Hobart in 2007 and realised that if you get the right conditions it does make a lot of difference.

Jamie sure has the form to take the 1500m record (4m02.1) and the Mile is softer (4m29.3), however, the 5000m record is a stonking 14m59.0 from 1997 Steve Austin (was he the $6M Man!!?). I ran 14m59 when I was skinny 16 y.o. , if I was fully fit I'd say my current ability is the equivalent of me when I was a 14/15 year old.