48.16 in John Gilmour 10k track as ankle passes first test
Official results are HERE
5,000m splits 23.27/24.49.
1st 400m 1.25 !st 800m 3.01 First 1km 4.02.
First 2km 8.49
8,000m split 38min 25. so last 2km 9.51.
My Dad lap scored for me so I got all 25 of my 400m splits which were;
1.25,1.36,1.58,1.48,2.02 =8.49 2km
1.57,1.56,1.52,1.56,1.55 =9.36 2km split.
2.01,1.55,2.05,2.05,1.53 =9.59 2km split
2.02,2.14,1.53,1.53,1.59 =10.00 2km split.
2.02,2.10,1.58,1.59,1.42 =9.51 2km split.
Shaphan Cox (running in the legendary Canning Districts top) did the colours proud and won an epic battle with National 800m finalist Steven Stingemore, making a decisive move (or as John Gilmour the legend himself said; "thats a big move") at 8km to pull away, (which was a good thing cos Stingys rocket boosters would probably have won it for him if it came to a sprint finish) with a previous winner in Paul Mitchell 3rd.
The big three early on...Thanks to Kathy for photo
Winning time about mid 31minutes... Rochelle Thorpe ran well, as did Rebecca Defiddes. One of them got state records.
I had an exciting time running in the A race (sub 40minutes) the state championship race and a ringside seat to the battle between Stingemore and Shaphan Cox as they kept lapping me of course.
Was planning to run the B race (over 40 minutes), but accident on Roe HWY made me too late and I heard the gun fire for the B race as I arrived at Coker Park. So rather than not run I entered the A-race under no illusions knowing that I would struggle, but determined to use it to my advantage and try and see if the ankle could go the distance, and try to beat last years 48min 55 in this race, which I did so main "mission accomplished" for me tonight. Pretty happy!
Me sitting on the back of the bunch as best as I can in the first lap or so...I am far left almost out of picture. Thanks to Kathy for photo.
Felt a bit like Strauchanie (i.e. way out of my league at the moment) lining up for the A-race, but used my Nationals racewalking experience as a Junior (1989-1993) to help me use the way! faster than my current pace running to my advantage. My 10k PB is 41min and most of these people are 31-38min type runners,A-graders, I guess it was nice to get a closer look at where I would like to get to if I ever manage to get my training to the level I want to, probably have another 10 years to try and get there...
Me (with Rochelle in background) getting very psyched wondering how many times I'll get lapped...Thanks to Kathy for a great pic
The "honeymoon was over" a bit in the last 2km when it was getting dark (we started at 7.15pm (although daylight saving is on now)), and I was the only one there, but I got a lot of support, and being in the A-race psyched me up a lot at the start reminded me of being at Nationals again, similiar feeling at Melbourne Marathon, so the adrenaline was flowing! I ran wide a lot into lane 2 to let people like Shaphan and Stingy get past so I wasn't blocking everyone, so that probably cost me a few seconds.
Very happy to see Shaphan win, and congratulated him afterwards. Commiserations to Stingemore who was a very worthy challenger and really made Shaphan earn the win. Evan Kolbe did an excellent job on the mike, giving the race some atmosphere...
Mark Cutts from Radars frontrunner squad won the B race in 39min I think, and Robin King was the best woman I think in 42minutes.
What a special night!
Perfect way to erase some of the disappointment from Melbourne this year, and to get rid of any nagging doubts about my ability to get running again hopefully...
Ankle will probably be a bit sore tomorrow, cos it got a pretty savage workout, but wasn't too bad. A bit sore at about 1km , so I backed off a bit there, but mostly it didn't trouble me out there.
Also had chats or siad hello to many interesting people including at Loubee,Kathy,Radar,Joel,Bruce,Shaphan, and various others.
HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully can build on this my first run for almost 2 weeks, slowly but surely in the coming weeks, God willing.
3 Comments:
That's great Jonathon. A pity about the traffic delay - I reckon you would have been in the 47s, if not dragged out so fast in the 'A' race. Still, faster than last year is very encouraging.
Splits were pretty good, except the 2:14 and 2:10 - maybe you were wide on those laps?
Your first run since Melbourne is a race - and a good one!
Hi Jon, great to see the ankle held up well. All the best with the running, may see you at 6 inch.
Cheers
Welcome back to running ! Hopefully you can build up from here and stay injury-free.
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