Saturday, November 19, 2005
What was that all about?
Rereading my last post - god, what a drama queen! Of course, I can say that now that the race is over. Sydney Striders finished a distant second to a very deserving Hills District team, but just ahead of an unlucky UTS Norths team - unlikely because a late drop out meant Glen Guzzo ran our last leg, although to be honest, he is still stuggling after Berlin (and has another relay this afternoon). A State silver medal (not the tackiest one in my collection) - can't complain.
As for Sparkie - well, 4:36 was my hand timed split (hard to press the buttons with a baton in your hand). This was not good, but was encouraging. In all honesty, this was VERY comfortable - pretty much aerobically run the whole way. The first 200m was in 33 seconds, and the first 400m in 68, which was much quicker than I would have liked, and I eased off the throttle after this. Moved Striders from 5th to 3rd, and probably could have caught 2nd but a) my hamstrings were tight enough that I knew a sprint would be unwise b) we were so far behind first, that an extra few seconds wasn't going to make any difference and c) I was pretty confident Glen could catch 2nd place (which turned out to be true).
Had I pushed things, then I think sub-4:30 would have come easily, and I think that 4:20 is a definite possibilty before the end of the year. Overall really happy to have come through feeling so good. The way the race unfolded and the final outcome meant that there is no guilt attached to not going flat out, so as far as a comeback race is concerned, I'm pretty happy.
Flip side - the bruised rib that was bothering me in October has returned - the bruising is now visible on my chest. It is not broken or anything like that, but is painful when I sneeze, which isn't a good sign. So as my running picks up, my pole vault and throwing will have to take a back seat. Hopefully everything will come good in December, but for now, I am more interested in running and getting my leg strength up, so I can cope with a few weeks of reduced upper body work.
As for Sparkie - well, 4:36 was my hand timed split (hard to press the buttons with a baton in your hand). This was not good, but was encouraging. In all honesty, this was VERY comfortable - pretty much aerobically run the whole way. The first 200m was in 33 seconds, and the first 400m in 68, which was much quicker than I would have liked, and I eased off the throttle after this. Moved Striders from 5th to 3rd, and probably could have caught 2nd but a) my hamstrings were tight enough that I knew a sprint would be unwise b) we were so far behind first, that an extra few seconds wasn't going to make any difference and c) I was pretty confident Glen could catch 2nd place (which turned out to be true).
Had I pushed things, then I think sub-4:30 would have come easily, and I think that 4:20 is a definite possibilty before the end of the year. Overall really happy to have come through feeling so good. The way the race unfolded and the final outcome meant that there is no guilt attached to not going flat out, so as far as a comeback race is concerned, I'm pretty happy.
Flip side - the bruised rib that was bothering me in October has returned - the bruising is now visible on my chest. It is not broken or anything like that, but is painful when I sneeze, which isn't a good sign. So as my running picks up, my pole vault and throwing will have to take a back seat. Hopefully everything will come good in December, but for now, I am more interested in running and getting my leg strength up, so I can cope with a few weeks of reduced upper body work.
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Strange about your camp injury flaring up. You should get it checked out perhaps?
I haven't read your blog in a couple of days so I had no idea the coolrunning cheerquad were being (passively) called to action. Seems you didn't need us anyway! Congrats on a great comeback.
I haven't read your blog in a couple of days so I had no idea the coolrunning cheerquad were being (passively) called to action. Seems you didn't need us anyway! Congrats on a great comeback.
Nice work Sparkie :-)
Sorry to hear that you rib problem. Hopefully it will settle down very quickly.
J
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Sorry to hear that you rib problem. Hopefully it will settle down very quickly.
J
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