MIA: Flying 15
- Andrew Harris
- Aug 19, 2021
- 1 min read
Another successful event concluded! Eight of the MIA's finest athletes soared to great heights on their way to completing the Flying 15. The challenge was to run the rarely raced distance of 15 km in the summer heat. However, a timely break in the relentless summer weather allowed for some faster than expected times and several personal bests...
Official Results
As we've come to expect Leigh Stokes flew faster than the rest with a scintillating time of 0:58:17
Tom Lowres piloted his way to a PB time of 1:00:50
Andrew Harris (that's me) crash landed at 1:03:13 just 6 seconds short of his PB.
Lou Haruso glided gracefully to a PB of 1:08:19
Wayne Malcolm found his wings in 1:16:00
Brian Birdsell who is surely best named for the event, flew highest with 500+ vertical on his way to 1:28:10
Joe Angerhofer's maiden flight to 15km landed on time at 1:35:30
And Lester Ng sailed home in 1:38:30
Well done everybody! (If I've missed somebody or made a mistake please let me know!)
Upcoming events
The MIA will hold a virtual marathon in the month of October for those affected by cancellations (Lou!) or who just want an extra challenge. Fingers crossed it won't be necessary for Kitakami entrants... In the meantime, ideas to add motivation for September training: a 30km or another half marathon? Please share your thoughts on these ideas or any other suggestions.
Half around the 11th-12th sounds good. Also like Wayne‘s idea for Nov! Sounds interesting!
That’s a good point Leigh. So let’s try another half marathon. Which week in September do you think would be the best in terms of timing?
Wayne, thanks for joining the blog. I can give you authorship rights if you’d like to make your own posts? It has a bit more permanence than Strava posts that tend to get lost after a few day.
Kitakami is scheduled for October 10. It's the only event in Iwate this autumn that hasn't been cancelled. Fingers crossed.
I like your 4-5 days of running idea. November and December will be a good time to try some different events like that - try to keep the motivation and reach those yea…
Possible event could Your Fastest Marathon in 5. Basically, try to get a personal best marathon time over 5 days of consecutive running. Simple math would have 4 days of 10kms each, with day of 2.2, or to keep us honest - 3kms. Could be something to do in November to close out before the snows come and hard running because hard. When is Kitakami? Could be the final speed week workout before that? A nice hard week before a couple of weeks of tapering? Ideas.
Love the recap! Personally, I'd love to do another half marathon in mid-September, just to check the fitness 3-4 weeks before Kitakami (fingers crossed!).. For me, a hard 30 in September might be putting my feet a little too close to the fire!