Sat - 02/07/22

Saturday 02 July (day 6 in Tampere)

I had a 10-minute walk to the track at Hervanta. The race started at 10:00am. I didn’t have any breakfast, just tea and coffee. I could feel the cross country in my quads and calves. I did a good warm up though. I met Mikel Karlsson. He lapped me today!

The 5000 metres comprised two seeded races. Slower runners went in the first race. This time, they got the seeding right!. In the fast race, the winner Alastair Walker (GBR) ran a time of 16:43.44 the second fastest time in history for 5000m for M65+. Derek Turnbull holds the world record (16:38). a record which has lasted for 30 years!

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