Wednesday 28 March 2007

Thumbs Up

Posted by speedygeoff on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 with
Quote of the day: "Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night." - William Blake

Thursday night: final track night for 2006-07. Last chance for a pb.
6.00 2000m turkey handicap
6.15 60m
6.30 800m walk
6.45 long jump
7.00 800m, shot/discus
7.30 200m, shot/discus, triple jump, 5000m championship
8.00 Supper and end of season presentations


Helen and I, from the April Vetrunner, now available online. Today is BBQ Stakes day. Both Helen and I finished Saturday's 32k shakily, and we still plan to run the Stakes today, but a pb is out of the question. For the record, here's our recent progress:

date ... Helen .. Me
03/01/07 ........ 33 25:46
10/01/07 48 28:57
17/01/07 49 29:26 34 28:25
24/01/07 50 28:14 35 25:58
31/01/07 ........ 36 29:11
07/02/07 51 28:23 37 24:47**
14/02/07 52 26:31
21/02/07 53 26:46
28/02/07 54 26:30 38 25:02
07/03/07 55 26:18**
14/03/07 56 30:33 39 28:58
21/03/07 57 27:45 40 26:05

**pb

The first Wednesday of the month the course is run in reverse, which is supposed to be harder; but both of us have run our pbs that way. Personally I prefer the reverse course with its steeper start and nice long run down to the finish.

[update (in response to Tesso's comment) - today's BBQ result

date ... Helen .. Me
28/03/07 58 26:54 41 25:15

We both ran much quicker than we expected. Which is a great confidence booster!

Unfortunately Helen may be well ahead of us in the marathon: she won't be running all of it, she may just run half! She is playing at a concert that afternoon and has decided a full marathon would be a serious mistake.]