To round off what was a very successful April (not so) fools day for the Harriers, Jamie Palmer added to the collection of previous victories on assorted on-road and off-road terrains with a win on the track in the 3k event at Brickfields in Plymouth.
This was the first open track meeting of the season and Jamie has to admit that the last time he ran there was when he was 19, so quite a few years ago (his words, ed. takes no responsibility for passing judgement on age!)! He also reports that things have certainly changed since then!
Jamie turned up at the start to register to be a bit disappointed with the small turn out. Maybe it is still a bit early in the season for track meets, and also the lure of the Taunton and Exe to Axe events may have diminished the entrant numbers, so all the runners and riders were put into the one same race.
After settling into 3rd place for the first 1000m, the pace then started to slow so Jamie decided to take up the running and pace-making and he hit the front. He managed to forge out a 26 second gap over the next 2000m to finish in 1st place in a cracking time of 9.44. He says that he was hoping for a bit faster but with no help with the front running and with no shelter from the wind, it was to be expected that his pace dropped off a little. Still, a great time for the first track outing of the season, leaving Jamie with plenty of scope to shave some time off the 3k over the summer. Well done!
Exe-rated runners!
The successful Harriers team, en masse, at the Erme Valley Relays, July 2013
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