saturday 11th - 3000m race
November 12th 2006 06:08
9:46
not that happy, a PB, but not as good as i would've liked. i gave it my all, but it didnt seem to go right.
first 200m was in 33 seconds, first 400m was in 1:11, first 1k in 3:08. the ks went 3:08, 3:20, 3:18. so a bit drop off. the thing was, i was overtaking people all the time. i thought i was picking it up, i didnt pay that much attention to the splits, and that was a mistake. i shouldve watched each 400m split. still. didnt feel like i died that much, and i always had people to run with and work off, so perfect race conditions. but didnt come together. i know im capable of sub 9:40 definitely. i wonder if i couldve done 3:12 kms x3 instead of the all over the place splits i did. that wouldve given me 9:36, a very respectable time, something i wouldve been extremely happy with. i think i need to always watch the splits. but i did just narrowly beat claire and alexis, who got 9:48 and 9:50, and im usually just ahead of them, so in relation to the others i did ok. its just that i feel so strong that i dont know why im not racing that well, i feel so strong, and tuesdays session was so much better than this race.
now some of the others had fantastic runs! tom hurley broke the nine minute barrier with 8:59, keith broke the 50 australian record (which was his before anyway!) with 9:10, tiger got 9:07, josh got 9:12 in his first race and harry got 9:10 in also his first race; claire picked up a state open bronze medal in the womens, and emily brichacek ran a ridiculous time of 9:06 (she's 16). then there was this:
8 Matthews, James 19 St. George D 8:18.75
9 Guest, Ben 18 Gosford Athl 8:22.65
10 Gregson, Ryan 16 Kembla Joggers Inc. 8:23.91
freaks! see how my run pales in comparison to all these other massive breakthroughs...?
not that happy, a PB, but not as good as i would've liked. i gave it my all, but it didnt seem to go right.
first 200m was in 33 seconds, first 400m was in 1:11, first 1k in 3:08. the ks went 3:08, 3:20, 3:18. so a bit drop off. the thing was, i was overtaking people all the time. i thought i was picking it up, i didnt pay that much attention to the splits, and that was a mistake. i shouldve watched each 400m split. still. didnt feel like i died that much, and i always had people to run with and work off, so perfect race conditions. but didnt come together. i know im capable of sub 9:40 definitely. i wonder if i couldve done 3:12 kms x3 instead of the all over the place splits i did. that wouldve given me 9:36, a very respectable time, something i wouldve been extremely happy with. i think i need to always watch the splits. but i did just narrowly beat claire and alexis, who got 9:48 and 9:50, and im usually just ahead of them, so in relation to the others i did ok. its just that i feel so strong that i dont know why im not racing that well, i feel so strong, and tuesdays session was so much better than this race.
now some of the others had fantastic runs! tom hurley broke the nine minute barrier with 8:59, keith broke the 50 australian record (which was his before anyway!) with 9:10, tiger got 9:07, josh got 9:12 in his first race and harry got 9:10 in also his first race; claire picked up a state open bronze medal in the womens, and emily brichacek ran a ridiculous time of 9:06 (she's 16). then there was this:
8 Matthews, James 19 St. George D 8:18.75
9 Guest, Ben 18 Gosford Athl 8:22.65
10 Gregson, Ryan 16 Kembla Joggers Inc. 8:23.91
freaks! see how my run pales in comparison to all these other massive breakthroughs...?
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