Australian record

Fantastic weekend with competition in Brisbane yesterday. It was sooo hot but still managed to achieve some good results. Did the State weight penthalon. Discus, shot, javelin, hammer & heavy weight. I don't usually do hammer & weight as I don't particularly like them but needed the competition for my other events. I ended up winning with Pbs in the Jav & shot & a decent throw in the discus. After competing in the 5 events I also ran the 200. I was a little disappointed with my time as struggled a bit over the last 50 metres. That was all I was going in and found a spot in the shade to watch the rest of the competition.

My friend Karen was to run in a 4 x 800m relay and they were going for the Australian record for the 40 - 45 age group. One of the runners pulled out and they were left without a team and extremely disappointed. Anyway to cut a long story short I said I would run to make up the team which now consisted of a 39 yr old, 2 at 44 years of age and myself at 50. As we had one younger we had the run in the 35 - 39 age group.
We ran and I still can't believe this but broke the Australian record in the 35 -39 age group. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. That will be the only Australian record I will ever have against my name but hey we did it without even thinking about it.! That just topped off an awesome day and totally motivated me to continue training for that 800.