00:00 At 56, Mandy Mason could be looking to slow down.
00:07 The Perth mother of two has spent years ensuring daughter Juliet, born with autism and a severe
00:14 intellectual impairment, has the skills to cope with adult life.
00:19 But with that task well on track, the behaviour scientist and Masters athlete has just one
00:25 plan, speeding up.
00:28 Well I want to be world champion, I want to break some world records.
00:33 It's a goal now twice achieved after Mandy broke world records in the 60 metre and 200
00:39 metre women's 55 category a fortnight ago.
00:42 A remarkable achievement for the former long distance runner who converted to sprinting
00:46 just a few years ago.
00:48 I always sort of kept up running as part of my discipline just in my life and I guess
00:53 it's my drug of choice.
00:55 For coach Aaron Bresland, that focus on improvement has made working with Mandy a dream.
01:00 Straight away listens to everything I say, doesn't go off the rails in terms of challenging
01:05 any thoughts or anything, just listens, does the work and makes my life a lot easier.
01:09 Mandy's next target, adding the 100 metres to her record collection.
01:13 Every morning I wake up, first thing I do is visualise that race and make sure that
01:16 my transitions and everything look perfect.
01:20 First among those at the finish line will be fellow sprinter Juliette, a member of Athletics
01:25 West's emerging athlete program.
01:27 I love the fact that I get to cross the line and then look back and Gigi's warming up.
01:31 I just found a sport where we both can do that and I never imagined that was possible.
01:34 Mandy aims to maintain her conditioning to ensure she's around for her daughter in the
01:38 future and has her eyes on one day completing a clean sweep of all Masters sprint records
01:44 up to the cut off age of 105.
01:46 I think the world record for the 100 metres is like a minute 30 or something.
01:51 So you know, at this trajectory I might be able to maintain that.
01:54 It's a goal well worth running for.
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