Tonight at track I finally ran the 3000m in under 15mins. I was going to write that down as one of my goals for this season not expecting to run it on the first track session of the year. It was a combined meet with ACT Athletics which meant that Yelena could run the 3000m too. Speedycoach had promised to pace Yelena and suggested he pace me too. He managed to keep us on an even 1min or just under for every 200m. Yelena took off with about 400m to go and went through the finishing line in 14:46 which equals her PB. I ran through in 14:54 which is a PB for me by 4secs so I was very happy indeed.Thank you speedycoach. You rule!
Total distance with warm-up and cool down: 6.2km
Time taken for 3000m track race: 14:54
Average pace per km: 4:57
Photo: speedycoach and his Jenny
That's just fantastic, Strewth! Congratulations. What a year this is going to be for you!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Ruth...!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Congrats Ruth. You've got the jump on the rest of us aiming for PBs in 2011.
ReplyDeleteWell done Strewthie! You have done brilliantly. [Miranda]
ReplyDeleteWish I'd been there to see it. Great run, and perfect pacing by Speedycoach. That's 75.39% age-graded (or thereabouts). Brilliant!
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