..bloody 800m cough...lol
..for those of you who have never raced an 800m, there is what is commonly known as the 800m cough, that is well known to occur after a hard raced 800. i had this for quite some time tonight(probably on the tail end of a cold isnt helping either :)
is it arrogant to say i raced well, well if so put an arrogant pin on my butt and lets play pin the tail on the arrogant donkey :)
I ran well tonight! i wasnt sure if i would, but i tried t be very positive(although the 90min drive there was NOT helping!!!!!)
it was HOT, slight breeze-for westies not much(it is wind central in werribee) (but i am soft and did notice it in the last 70m)
My game plan(and agreed by my coach) was go hard in the first lap, and see what i could hang on to. see(and he doesnt agree with this) but no matter what ive been running in the first lap, it has been 80/81 in the second lap
so i went through first 200 in 36,2nd 200 in 40,3rd in 40, 4th in 41 so 2.37 dead!
and i got severely checked at the 450-had to pull up big time, the girl was in the outer 2/3 of the lane so i went to overtake on the inside(i had been just behind her shoulder for 100m) and she drifted over(she apologised later-cos i said-youre cutting me off-see i could still talk)
stu did say i ran well(he wasnt there) but he did also say i went too fast in the first 200-well that was the PLAN, the plan was also to HOLD it...lol but i didnt come last, i was by NO means disgraced (even though the nearest girl had an rpb of 2.35 and it is the third fastest 800 i have run since returning to running,(and the 2 faster have been vic masters champs, and the world masters champs-both championship races(where i seem to SIGNIFICANTLY lift)
am not so quietly chuffed with myself
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It is not arrogant to say you have run well when you have, in fact, run well. It would be more arrogant if you ran well and played it down.
So well done! During one of the recoveries at training last night we were commenting that it was a pretty warm night for 800/1500 racing. I get the 1500 cough pretty badly, enough to have people looking concerned anyway LOL
Nice time speedy one! Well done to Stu for developing the tactics ;)
I know the 800m cough well. You should have been in the stands after Vets two weeks ago. All those who raced the 800 were coughing and being laughed at by those who only raced the 3000 :)
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