Monday 5 April 2010

speedygeese in the AMA Masters Track Championships Days 1 & 2

Posted by speedygeoff on Monday, April 05, 2010 with
What's on this week: (updated Mondays)
Monday 5 April Parliament House 4:30pm jog, 5:30pm speedygeese interval training as usual. And we will wish Andy a happy 51st birthday
Wednesday 7 April 12:15pm BBQ Stakes 6k handicap. I was going to run this, but now I have a dentist appointment. Again. So instead, all being well, ...
Wednesday 7 April 5:45pm Parliament House, easy run, usually about 12k.
Thursday 8 April: Dickson 4:00pm jog; 5:30pm speedygeese interval training
Saturday 10 April: 1:00pm ACTCCC Regatta Point 5km
Sunday 11 April: 9:00am ACTCCC Women's and Girls' Fun Run Stage 88 Commonwealth Park

AMA results Friday and Saturday
FRIDAY
10000m

Kingston, Janene W45 2nd (silver) 44:32.81
Pilkington, Roger M51 6th 42:35.34

800m
Sims, Kathy W58 2nd (silver) 2:48.25
Forestier, Katie W44 5th 2:36.20
Booth, Tony M71 2nd (silver) 2:48.94
White, Ken M56 2nd (silver) 2:18.53

SATURDAY
1500m
Sims, Kathy W58 4th 5:45.43
Forestier, Katie W44 2nd (silver) 5:13.68, a 6 second PB
Booth, Tony M71 5th 6:00.71
White, Ken M56 4th 5:06.2
Pilkington, Roger M51 7th 5:35.37

400m heats [edit: this result is a fiction created by the organisers; there were no M55 400m heats held!] White, Ken M56 qualified for the final, equal-2nd fastest 61:00. It serves as a warning - are you master of the computer system, or is the computer system master of you?

Lots of silver, and stay tuned for Sunday's results.... but I was right about Sunday being the best day.
The first speedygoose gold medal of the championships was won on Sunday by Katie in the W40 5000m.
And Kathy Sims ran ~21:12 in her 5000m, chopping ~6 seconds off an Anne Young ACT W55 record that  Anne set in 1992.

Kathy in the 5000m in Perth. Photo by Bruce.