QMA Male Athlete of the Year 2016/2017

A huge honour to have this bestowed upon me.

Brisbane Road Runners Club 20km Championship 3rd 73;57

I have been staying up real late through July watching as much Tour de France as is humanly possible. This resulted in me changing the routine from early morning runs to late afternoon runs. Its nice to run later during the Winter as its warmer and the body is also warmed up and much more capable of performing. I only run my basic 10.6km Roo+Lake (North Lakes) route but was able to pick the pace up from my early morning longer runs.
The BRRC 20km fell the night of the Tour final Time Trial. 
The final decisive stage, could Froome possibly lose the crown? 
I decided that getting up at 4;30am meant I couldn't watch the stage live (as racing on 2 hours sleep would be crazy). 
Heading to the race, I had hoped to run sub 72 or two X 36 minutes 10K's. I had gone through 20km at the Gold Coast in 69;04 but didn't expect to get close to that on the tough West End course. 
For comparisons sake, at the Gold Coast I had run through 10km in 33;48 on the way to 21.1km's but two weeks prior had raced a 10km at West End in 34;33.
Sunday morning was chilly. I hate running in cold weather and Sub 10 O C is freezing to me. I wore gloves beanie singlet and long sleeve turtle neck. I intended to maybe strip off layers if I felt uncomfortable but in the end kept all the gear on the whole race. 
Clay Dawson, 'fresh' from his breakthrough sub 2;30 performance at Gold Coast (2;26!!) was able to pull away from the get go. A couple of others including Saucony's Chris Adams and a BERTI boy were only racing 10km, unbeknownst to me (thought they were running 20km). Elliott Carr and Daniel James were actually racing the 20km.
Of the 20km runners, Clay was 'out of sight' gone! running 69mins. 
The next group comprised Elliott, Dan and me. I think I led them for the first lap (5km) but then dropped away from them on the second lap. My hammies were really tight, painfully tight and I had nothing more to give. It was all I could do, to just hang in there. Unfortunately Elliott caught a stomach cramp and had to stop for a spell (he had started to pull away from Dan). This allowed Dan and I to fortuitously  overtake him.

So 73;57 compared to 69;04 at the Gold Coast wasn't great but it beats doing a 30km long Sunday run and its a performance I can certainly improve upon.

It fits into the A.R.R.S All time World Vets Rankings here

20 km Rankings for Ages 55-59

Men
 1:08:07      Norman Green (PA/USA)    08 Apr 1989   56y285d   27 Jun 1932   Medford OR USA
 1:12:03a     Laurence Olsen (MA/USA)  23 Jun 2002   55y221d   14 Nov 1946   Bedford NH USA
 1:13:57      Johnny A Kelley (MA/USA) 04 Jul 1966   58y301d   06 Sep 1907   Needham MA USA
 1:14:54      Ko vanderWeijden (NED)   11 Mar 2001   55y248d   06 Jul 1945   Alphen aan den 

Rijn NED

A French runner named Georges Ribeiro ran 70;37 last year 

so I'm equal 4th in the rankings - wish I could count my first 20KM from GC!

Here are the Age Records for 20km. 

It looks like our friend Ian Cameron has run a World Age Record ! 

Just have to confirm he is 62.

The sun may have been shining but 8oC (46oF) in Brisbane is freezing!

Dan James and I chillin!

My Masters 10000m race history

                                                                  Ave HR    MAX HR

7/11/06 6/4/07 16/11/07 21/3/08 21/04/2011 20:08 9/09/2014 18:24 27/10/2014 18:57 5/03/2015 18:53 3/04/2015 10:37 30/08/2016 17:52 19/10/2016 19:01 1/11/2016 10:12 4/03/2017 19:59

33;03.05 32;12.27 33;25.82 33;28.56 32:53:00 33:46:00 33:38:00 33:43:00 33:03:00 34:13:00 33:31:00 33:15:00 33:56:00

-- 164 -- -- -- 161 170 -- --

-- 176 -- -- -- 169 179 -- --

Pan Pacific Games GC 1st AMA Champs Hobart 1st M45 Qld Open Champs GC 4th AMA Champs Sydney 1st M45 AMA Champs M45-49 1st Brisbane 10000m hard easy (No Recovery) * 10000m 33;37 1st Queensland Open CHAMPION @ 53 AMA Champs Sydney M50 1st  10000m hard easy (No Recovery) * 10000m 33:34 Qld M55 Rec World Champs 1st Perth Qld M55Rec Queensland Open Champs 3rd *Training session

My Masters 5000m race history

Date	5000m	Race	Cat Place	Race/Championship
19.11.05	17m22	2nd	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
11.02.06	17m37	1st	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
27.02.06	17m03	5th	M44 2nd	QMA State Champs SAF Nathan
23.09.06	15m58	1st	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
4.11.06	15m38.61	2nd	M45 1st	Pan Pacific Champs Gold Coast
21.02.07	15m29.6	8th	M45 1st	QA Open Champs QLD REC @ M45
26.02.07	15m48.2	3rd	M45 1st	QMA State Champs SAF Nathan
8.04.07	15m46.38	1st	M45 1st	AMA National Champs Hobart
8.06.07	15m41.6	8th	M45 1st	Mauncell Distance Classic St. Lucia
8.12.07	16m07.71	1st	M46 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
21.12.07	15m53.07	3rd	M46 1st	QA Gold Coast
6.02.08	15m42.82	12th	M46 1st	QA Open Champs St Lucia
23.02.08	15m58.51	1st	M46 1st	QMA State Champs SAF Nathan
23.03.08	15m58.31	1st	M46 1st	AMA National Champs Sydney
30.05.08	15m41.44	9th AvHR	M46 1st MAX	Mauncell Distance Classic St. Lucia
13/11/2010 7:13 27/11/2010 7:02 23/04/2011 9:51 15/10/2011 8:12 5/11/2011 8:13 12/11/2011 8:05 26/11/2011 8:09 21/01/12  20:29 4/10/2014 8:08 8/11/2014 8:05 6/12/2014 8:05 26/02/15 21:13 5/04/2015 10:11 15/11/2015 12:15 14/01/16  19:58 15/10/2016 8:08 29/10/16 13:38 19/11/2016 17:59 7/12/2016 19:01 18/02/17 20:10	16:28 16:03 15:50 16:08 15:56 15:55 16:04 15:58 16:22 16:24 16:02 15:54 16:05 16:21 16:55 16:47 16:43 16:21 16:53 16:37	-- -- -- -- 171 -- 167 172 -- 167 -- -- -- -- -- 161 -- 167 168	-- -- -- -- 187 -- 181 184 -- 181 -- -- -- -- -- 175 -- 179 176	5000m 16m27 1st 5000m 16m02.65   1st AMA Brisbane  M45-49 3rd  5000m 1st 16;08 5000m 5000m 5000m Official 16m04 5000m QLD Open Champs 5000m 16;21.9 1st 5000m. 16:23.0 1st 5000m 16;02 1st QLD Open 5000m Champs AMA M50 Sydney Champ 1st Tokyo 5000m 16;21 5000m Sippy Downs Masters 5000m 16;47 World Masters Perth M55 1st 5000m 16:22 5000m 16;52.84 Queensland Open 5000m Champs

My Masters 3000m race history

Date	3000m	Place	Cat Place	Race/Championship
29.10.05	10m01	2nd	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
26.11.05	9m58	2nd	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
17.12.05	9m50	3rd	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
14.01.06	9m49	1st	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
11.03.06	9m46	3rd	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
2.04.06	9m35	4th	M44 2nd	QMA State Champs SAF Nathan
16.09.06	9m12.4	1st	M44 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
14.10.06	9m09.0	1st	M45 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
11.11.06	8m59.44	3rd	M45 1st	QMA SAF Nathan - just missed the Qld Record
2.12.06	9m09.6	1st	M45 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
16.12.06	9m17.99	1st	M45 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
13.01.07	9m14.2	3rd	M45 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
10.02.07	9m06.4	2nd	M45 1st	QMA SAF Nathan
2.03.07	9m02.58	1st	M45 1st	QA St. Lucia
4.03.07	9m08.36	2nd	M45 1st	SEQ Champs Sippy Downs
18.03.07	9m06.26	3rd	M45 1st	QMA State Champs SAF Nathan
30.11.07	9m22.54	8th	M46 1st	QA St. Lucia
15.12.07	9m15.01	2nd	M46 1st	QA SAF Nathan
19.01.08	9m09.13	2nd	M46 1st	QA SAF Nathan
25.01.08	8m56.46	3rd	M46 1st	QA St. Lucia Australian M45 Record @ 46 years
9.03.08	9m26.66	1st	M46 1st	QMA State Champs SAF Nathan
30/10/2010 7:08 20/11/2010 7:04 4/12/2010 7:37 18/12/2010 7:12 16/04/2011 9:20 16/04/2011 9:35 16/04/2011 9:50 15/05/2011 7:10 8/10/2011 12:44 29/10/2011 8:21 19/11/2011 8:04 3/12/2011 8:11 11/02/2012 20:22 21/09/2013 8:07 12/10/2013 8:01 11/10/2014 8:03 20/12/2014 8:01 10/01/2015 8:07 24/01/2015 19:45 10/02/2015 18:32 --  --  --  -- 10/10/2015 8:08 8/10/2016 8:03 24/11/2016 19:54 28/01/2017 8:00	09:33.0 09:32.7 09:18.7 09:32.6 10:32 10:23 10:21 09:26.6 09:32.0 09:29.3 9:15 09:22.6 09:13.3 09:36.3 09:30.9 9:28 9:27 9:32 9:16 33:25:00 -- 09:31.5 9:42 09:43.2 9:36	AvHR 167 -- -- -- 159     167 169 162 169 -- 170 166 172 165 -- 165 -- 163 167 159 -- -- --     166 -- --	Max 179 -- -- -- 170 174 176 172 179 -- 183 179 181 177 -- 175 -- 177 178 172 -- -- --  177 -- --	3000m 9m32 3000m 9m33 1st (Windy) Masters 3000m 9m18.6    1st Masters 3000m 2nd {1st in Cat} 9m32 Nudgee 3 X 2 Mile 400mjogrecovery#1* 2 Miles#2* Nudgee 3 X 2miles#3* 3000m 1st 9;27 3000m TT* 3000m 9m29 3000m 9m15.98 Qld M50 Record 3000m 9m23 (windy) 3000m 9;13 Qld M50 Record 3000m 3000m 9;31.69 3000m 9:28.3 1st 3000m 9:26.5. 1st  3000m 9;31.9   1st Queensland Open 3000m Champs 9;16.9 3 x 3000m* 10;01, 98sec rest, 10;12, 87sec rest, 10;05----------------------------------------- Masters 3000 3rd 9;32 Masters 3000m 9;42 Qld M55 Record 3000m 9;43.54 Masters 3000m 9:36 Qld M55 Record