Training Log Archive: Bruce

4 x 1000m at the tan

Yarran Dheran

3rd place
Unfortunately there were several misplaced controls and one missing control at 14.

C • Good one to miss 2

Melbourne Midday Milers, Peter Moore 2km sealed handicap race.
The Start/Finish was opposite the Pillars of Wisdom and course went anti-clockwise around the 2 bridges (Swan and Anderson - not the English Cricket bowlers).
I started out with a solid first kilometer. I was feeling good, so I pushed hard and caught and passed my "30 second" man with 400m to go.
I finished off well with about 3:10 for the 2nd km.

Preliminary results below:
Note that the "sealed" handicap results will not be announced until Friday evening. Assuming that the start list was seeded in handicap order, I may be reasonable chance.
Runner Start Finish Time
Fletch 0 08:02.9 08:02.9
Biggers 0:30 08:27.1 07:57.1
Vincent 1:00 08:31.6 07:31.6
Monk 1:30 08:44.9 07:14.9
GG 2:00 DNS DNS
Racer 2:30 09:22.8 06:52.8
Gerard 3:00 DNS DNS
Rafa 3:30 10:47.0 07:17.0
Roger 4:00 10:49.5 06:49.5
Selim 4:15 11:11.9 06:56.9
Thai 4:30 11:32.8 07:02.9
Hutz 5:00 12:01.7 07:01.7
Licka 5:30 12:37.7 07:07.7
Bruce 6:00 12:28.9 06:28.9
Tony 6:15 13:04.0 06:49.0
Katie 6:30 13:26.8 06:56.8
Lurch 7:00 13:48.6 06:48.6
Mitho 7:30 14:01.4 06:31.4
Smurf 8:00 14:41.5 06:41.5
Slips 8:30 14:37.2 06:07.2
Bacchus 9:00 15:12.5 06:12.5
Dozer 9:30 15:41.8 06:11.8
Stevie 10:00 16:12.0 06:12.0
Byron 10:15 16:32.0 06:17.0
Woolies 10:30 16:32.7 06:02.7
House 11:00 16:55.8 05:55.8

I've never won a handicap race in 13 years running with the Melbourne Midday Milers. It seems that your form has to drop significantly to be given a decent mark. Perhaps this is one positive for me from being injured this year.

Albert Park loop

Yarra Bend Park.
Longest run for several months. I was quite slow, but the objective was just to be out for over 90 minutes.