On at Homebush this year. I thought when I went out to race I was only doing the 4x1500m 120+ team race. Found out that I had to run 30 mins later in the opens. Oh crap!
Raced in the 120+ team with Jason Mcintosh, Gerard Walsh and EJ. I ran the 3rd leg doing 5:16 as my unofficial split as they don't record them. We came 3rd so the team won a bronze medal.
Thirty minutes later I'm racing The O'Brien brothers, Russell Chin, Lachie Chisholm etc, etc in the open race. Stupid idea. I vote we don't ever enter any open track relay events again. Not that we don't have running talent at the Striders, but we are a road club more geared to 10k and up. Ran the 3rd leg again in 5:26, so only a 10 sec fade. Dennis Wylie replaced Gerard Walsh in the team. Safe to say we were a very strong last place out of 11. By 2 laps I think.
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5:16 is damn good without any special 1500 training. You should have a crack at breaking 5 some day before the age thing becomes a factor.
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