Back to Hickson Road. Good crowd including Serg, Muz, MC, Durante, DC5, Stevie T, KMK, Ben, Hamish (getting back into some good form), English Andy etc. Was late for the first rep - saw the group getting ready to set off just as I was getting to the bottom of the steps. I guess I was about 5 or 6 seconds behind. Just failed to catch Muz and Durante who ran a 3:40 so I'm guessing I did a 3:45. The new Garmin was still trying to pick out some satellites at this stage. It doesn't seem to like searching for them when you're not standing still.
It found the satellites seconds before the second rep. From then, the reps were:
3:31 (3:33 on the Garmin but having problems with the stop button - you need to press it without a finger on the bezel which is not my style) - 2:59 per/km
3:32 (2:59 per km) trying to keep up with Muz and Durante who put a quick one in.
3:34 (3:02 per km) trying to catch Muz after getting caught in traffic at the start.
3:35 (3:03 per km) trying to pull ahead of Muz.
DC5 was just ahead on each (although fading towards the end of each). Special mention to Stevie T who is starting to show his class. After running them all from the front in well under 3:30, he ran a 3:13 on the final rep beating KMK running his usual cowboy final rep. New course record for Hickson Road.
Will try to download the data tonight.
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Happy Birthday Tom!
So have you just turned 35?
In years to come when your further into your Masters career you'll grow to love those birthdays that bring you into a new age category
(35/40/45/50!...)It provides new motivation being youngest in Cat.
Check out the Australian and NSW M35 records. You might find something to chase. onya David
Half Marathon 1:18:06 (m) Roscoe McDonnell-Sorr 14/10/1995 MELBOURNE(AMG)
Marathon 2-56:08 (m) Marty Weston 13/04/08 ACT
You have to join NSW Masters first!
You can lock the bezel Tom by pressing the 2 side buttons (stop & lap) at the same time. This means that you don't change screens when you press the lap or stop button at the same time as the bezel. However, even if you do change screens the timer still stops or your lap time is taken.
Did you know that you can also configure your own screens ? This is handy if you want to see your average pace over the last lap etc.
It's a fantastic piece of equipment - only criticism I have is that the instantaneous speed is always way out and too pessimistic.
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