After missing the Friday Night Lights 10,000, I signed up
for the New Hampshire Masters Games (formerly known as the “Senior” games) for
an opportunity to get on the outdoor track. I was hoping that a 5,000 on the
track would get me some much needed leg turnover after all of the Mountain
racing I’d done and a poor showing in the heat at the 5m road champs. I spent a
long weekend bagging a few state highpoints along with a bunch of Trustees of
the Reservations sites. That left me a bit tired and not really “up” for the
race on Sunday morning.
I arrived at the Manchester high school track and found the
facility to be very nice. It was sunny and warm in MA but when I got to the
track it was cloudy and 70 degrees when I hit the track for a 3 mile warm-up.
By the time I finished the clouds had cleared and the temperature had jumped to
nearly 80. Not as bad as last weekend but warmer than I wanted. We were the
first event of the day and there was a 15 minute delay as they weren’t quite
ready for us. Only 6 guys and one lady showed up for the 5,000. Ages ranged
from 51 to 81. I was pretty sure I would be on my own and once the gun fired I
was out in front.
My goal was to run around 5:40 pace which would be 85
seconds per lap. I hit the first 400 meters in 81 and after that settled in. I
took splits every lap but just looked every ½ mile, figuring I was moving as
fast as I could and seeing a split probably wouldn’t get me going any faster. I
focused on the lapped runners in front of me which helped the 12.5 laps go by.
I never felt good but ran pretty even, after a faster than expected first lap
(and by virtue of that a first kilometer) my K splits were all within 1.5
seconds at 3:28.1, 3:34.2, 3:35.1, 3:35.4, 3:35.7. My only disappointment was
that I didn’t have any kick over the last lap. I suppose that means I was going
as fast as I could. If nothing else this helps my confidence heading into the
New England 10 mile championships this coming weekend.
Kilos 1600s Splits 400m
split
01:21.6
1:21.6
02:45.3
1:23.7
3:28.1 04:10.9 1:25.6
05:36.7 05:36.7 1:25.8
3:34.2 07:02.3 1:25.6
08:28.1
1:25.8
09:54.6
1:26.5
3:35.1 05:43.5 11:20.2 1:25.6
12:46.4
1:26.2
3:35.4 14:12.8 1:26.4
15:39.1
1:26.3
05:44.9 17:05.1 1:26.0
3:35.7 17:48.5 0:43.4
2016 New Hampshire Masters Games -
8/21/2016
Memorial HS - Manchester NH
M50 5000 M Run
Name Age Team Time
Age Graded Age-Grading%
1 Dave Dunham M52 MA, MA 17:48.54
15:56.67 79.13%
2 William Newsham M51 NH, NH 20:33.92
18:24.73 68.52%
M55 5000 M Run
1 Stephen Shin M55 VT, VT 23:58.88
20:38.02 61.15%
M65 5000 M Run
1 Stephen Viegas M68 MA, MA 23:46.97
18:46.17 67.22%
M75 5000 M Run
1 Hugh Wilson M77 NH, NH 32:31.05
22:41.45 55.60%
M80 5000 M Run
1 Rodney L'Italien M81 MA, MA 36:23.13
23:03.67 54.71%
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