BMAF Pentathlon Preview

Tomorrow I've got a competition - the British Masters Pentathlon Championships at Horspath Stadium just outside Oxford.

There are 6 entrants in my category (35-39 yr olds). On paper, I am ranked 6th. I haven't trained much recently so can't expect too much of a performance, but I still have some targets I want to beat:

Long Jump - 5.00m - (PB is 5.95 in 1994, but last year 4.93m)
Javelin - 50m  - (PB is 63.14m from 1994 but in recent years have thrown 51-54m)
200m - 27.5s -  (100m PB is 13.01s last year - no idea how it should equate)
Discus - 35m  - (PB is 32.23m set in Decathlon last year, from standing)
1500m - Under 7 mins!  - (last year I did it in 7:05, hobbling to the line nursing injuries)

If I can match those targets, that will earn me a total of 2020 points. Anything less than 2000 will be a disappointment, but anything over will be a pleasant surprise. If I can try and catch 5th or 4th place, that would be awesome!!

Setting off before 9am and competing in the afternoon, will try to Tweet progress and get some video footage for the comedy value!

My match write up may be Monday if I'm home too late tomorrow,

Thanks for reading!

p.s. - Here's my write up of last year's decathlon for charity: http://grahamlay.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/decathlon-2011-uk-masters-for-rays-of.html