Aileen Meagher

Racing a 3000m at SMU in Halifax on Canada Day, 8:10 pm.

www.aileenmeagher.ca

5000m Nats

Last night I competed in 5000m at Canadian Nationals at UofT placing second. Silvers' respectable especially to a great athlete like Simon Bariu. First mile felt ok, middle good, last mile was tough, a lot tougher then I was expecting based on my experince spliting 8:10 at 3k numerus times in the past. Running like ass at nationals is nothing new for me, good news is that I've always race well afterwards. 3k at the Aileen Meagher on Canada Day!

Event 12  Men 5000 Meter Run
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   Canadian: % 13:13.96  1998        Jeff Schiebler                        
Championship: ! 13:25.16  2000        Sean Kaley                            
   Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points     
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Finals                                                                      
 1 Bairu, Simon                 Queen City Striders   13:39.23   10        
 2 Gillis, Eric                 Speed River           13:49.45    8        
 3 Steeds, Mark                 Brantford T.F.C.      14:08.54    6        
 4 Ahmed, Mohammed              Niagara Olym          14:11.84    5        
 5 O'Neill, Kyle                London Runne          14:29.77    4        
 6 Kitz, Robert                 University O          14:39.60    3        
 7 Kerr, Geoff                  U OF C Athle          14:42.81    2        
 8 Hubers, Ben                  Indiana University    14:53.50    1        
 9 Morrison, Spencer            University O          14:54.55             
10 Snider, Derek                Speed River           15:04.75             
11 Thorson, Cleve               Speed River           15:13.79             

Festival of Eexcellence

The 5000m in Toronto last Thursday went ok, finished 5th in 13:45. Had a nice pack to run behind the whole way. For some reason no one run partially quick, little bit wet and breezy. It was my first 5k of the season, and I'm confident the time will come down.

Have to thanks the organizers for bring in good competition and hosting a fantastic meet!

Men 5000 Meter Run
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WORLD RECORD: R 12:34.35  5/31/2004   Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia               
WORLD LEADER: L 12:59.56  6/1/2009    Ali Abdosh, Ethiopia                    
   Name                    Year Team                    Finals
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 1    43 Shaheen, Saif          QATAR                 13:22.70 
 2    47 Ritzenhein, Dathan     USA                   13:34.00 
 3    45 Lagat, Haron           KENYA                 13:38.80 
 4    41 Quigley, Sean          USA                   13:43.84 
 5    40 Gillis, Eric           CANADA                13:45.10 
 6    46 Rutto, Hosea Kibet     KENYA                 13:47.84 
 7    44 Kibet, Charles Che     KENYA                 14:08.46 
 8    42 McDougal, Josh         USA                   14:29.09 

Next race is Nationals June 25th back in Toronto, same track, same distance.

Guelph 1500

No fast times last Sunday at the local twilight here in Guelph, winds were very strong. Finished 3rd in 3:47 with a couple of my quick training partners ahead of me in 3:45. Happy with the effort and a good set up race for Toronto 5000 in just over a week. Website for that meet is FestivalofExcellence.ca should be a good one.