South West League 800m

Listed by Blister
Entrants (1) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
Blister Warm up was a bit rushed because I arrived late, oops! Not much competition, I knew before the start that I would only have one person to race against. We were given lanes for some reason and had to stick to them until 100m, I had lane 1 and my only contender had lane 7. Gun went and I ran hard, in fact was in first place then I heard my competition breathing down the back of my neck, I thought he would go past but he stayed behind so I lead for the first 400m, the bell went and and we were on 64 seconds - perfect (if I could just keep this up for another 400m!). I could here him change pace so I reacted, 500m meters and I was still in first place, he went past I pushed hard but could barley stick with him. Got to 600m and I was just behind but fading, my whole body was working hard, my arms felt so heavy and tired as did my legs - it was so intense, he kept increasing the pace, I couldn't react but just held on so stay in second place. He did 2:06 in the end! So he did the last lap in 62 and there was no way I could have kept that up. I'm pleased with my time, it's only my second 800m race and I have much to learn. I think with a little more competition I could knock another 1 or 2 seconds off that time. Full Results: 1 Anderson, Simon 44 Armada 2:06.03 2 Bridges, Craig 27 Team Bath AC 2:13.34 3 Reed, Graham 21 Armada 2:17.13 4 Lewis, Alan 37 Poole Runners 2:39.35 5 Smith, Brett 45 Team Bath AC 2:57.31 6 Burden, Phillip 42 Poole Runners 3:07.08 7 Letherby, Patrick 52 Dorchester AC 3:07.63 8 Valentine, Bill 68 Sidmouth RC 3:07.71 Don't know why they got my age as 27! TeamBath AC, Somer AC, Walton AC 2:02 2:09 2:12 2:13 76.02

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