ON TARGET

I MUST LET YOU KNOW ABOUT MY COMPETITION RESULTS FOR SATURDAY JUST PASSED...I HAD A COMMUNICATION WITH MY COACH WAYNE LUCKEY ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD DO ...( WHAT RACE I SHOULD RUN ) WAYNE ADVISED THAT I SHOULD ONLY RUN THE 100 METERS AT MINGARA..NOT MY USUAL 60M 100M AND 200M AS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IS ON NEXT SATURDAY...AND..AND...HE SAID ONLY TO RUN IF I WAS FEELING 100 %.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING AND I WAS FEELING 100 %...THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE RIGHT FOR A GOOD TIME...SLIGHT TAIL WIND...GOOD TRACK DENSITY MATCHING THE AIR SO A FAST TIME COULD BE EXPECTED.

I OPTED TO RUN IN THE OPEN MENS 100M...THAT IS WITH THE 18-20 YEAR OLDS..WHY? WHEN I'M 62 IN JUNE AND COULD EASILY HAVE RUN WITH THE OTHER MASTERS ATHLETES...I DID THIS IN ORDER TO PULL A FAST TIME...AS I KNEW THAT IF I WAS UP WITH THEM AT THE FINISH..THEY WOULD RUN LOW ELEVENS...WHICH WOULD PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD RECORD FOR MY AGE IF I WAS WITHIN FIVE METERS OF THEM....

I ACTUALLY DID NOT GET THE START I HAD HOPED FOR BUT NONE THE LESS WAS UP WITH THEM FOR THE FIRST 20 METERS!...THEN THEY STARTED TO PULL AWAY BUT I WAS AWARE OF MY NEED TO FOCUS ON ME ...NOT THEM...AS I CROSSED THE LINE I KNEW THE TIME WOULD BE FAST AS I WAS 6 METERS BEHIND THEM AT THE LINE...THE WINNER RAN 11.2 SECS...WHICH MEANT I WOULD HAVE RUN 11.8SECONDS.
THIS IS 1 TENTH OF A SECOND OFF THE WORLD RECORD. THE AUSTRALIAN RECORD IS 12.1 SECS WHICH ONE OF THE TIMERS GOT ME AT IN COMING 4TH. THIS UNOFFICIAL TIME FOR ME WAS A GREAT INDICATOR AS TO HOW I MAY RUN IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT WEEK END...I WAS ENCOURAGED TO SAY THE LEAST.

I ALSO HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE NEWS ABOUT A PROMOTIONAL EVENT WHICH WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONDAY 10TH MARCH...IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BEFORE AND INVOLVES OF COURSE...YOURS TRUELY SO STAY POSTED TO THIS BLOG...IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND...

STAY WITH ME ON THIS JOURNEY...IT PROMISES TO BE A GREAT RIDE...

BRILLIANCE...John