Reference Times - QLD SRS Running Records

Hello Team, 

As we build into better running performance over the initial months of the season, here are the record times for School Sport in QLD. These are the best times for running specialists over the last 30 years. Nevertheless, we can see triathletes holding the male and female QLD records for 3000m. AUSTri has progressively requested similar level of performance from triathletes and this is part of the development of the sport. More demanding benchmarks will increase triathlon competitiveness in QLD, home to some of the best in the country.

It is tough to ask a triathlete who only dedicates 1/3 of their time to each discipline to beat athletes who dedicate 100% of their time to it. The records show that very talented athletes can do it and I say that the dedicated ones can do it too. As a coach, it is important to balance efforts and utilise the positive transfer between sports and mitigate the negatives. The athlete’s need to keep up the consistency while juggling school work, family commitments, and social life. By working together with patience and kindness to yourself and others, great things can be accomplished.

Nobody said triathlon was easy, and to justify, I'll repeat one of my favourite quotes from Walt Disney, "I like the impossible, there's less competition" 

FEMALES RECORDS

MALES RECORDS

It is important to break the progression down into smaller parts. First learn the details of the movement pattern, find strengths and deficiencies; only when you are close to mastering it, the real performance focused training starts.