Sabra Harvey shattered the W60 World Record for 1500 last Sunday with an incredible run of 5:12.27. Sabra was kind enough to answer a few questions about her race…

WRT: Congrats on your fantastic 1500m world record. Can you tell me about the race – how you felt, were you on target early, did you have someone calling your splits?

Sabra: Actually the 1500M race was awesome from my perspective…perfect conditions — very cool and dry. Probably couldn’t have hit my targets any better, going 1:00 at 300M, then 2:25 at 700M. I felt strong hitting the bell lap at 3:52, and so then just let it fly…game on! No one calling splits but did have targets in my head and used the race clocks to keep tabs.

WRT: What’s it like running on your own, is it hard to sustain the pace without others around you?

Sabra: Running my own pace does take a bit more focus than having someone else push or pull me. Maintaining that focus with or without anyone close is probably what challenges me about the track.

WRT: I’m guessing you’ll be back for the 2011 Worlds? Hopefully you’ll have some competition, what’s your next goal?

Sabra: Yes, I’d like to compete in the Worlds next year. It would be a great experience. I’ll now focus on cross country and some roads as well.

WRT: You’ve said that you want to get faster, will you make some adjustments to your training?

Sabra: The goal is always to improve and push the limit, so as one limit is reached, the training must necessarily adjust to push it again. But right now I’ll just recover before tackling the next phase.

Sabra Harvey