what went wrong and what went right

well where do i start?

well lets get the neagtive stuff out of the way first.

1-out of bed at half past six. yes even for a postman on his day off, that can be a challenge

2-the wind was very strong.

3-the weather was shite

4-the weather was utterly shite

5-i ran thhrough a puddle that was 4 inches deep, rather stupidly, without thinking about the fact that i had no spare socks

6-i took no less then SIX wrong turns. blame that on the marshalling. i had to rely on other runners around me who, rather fortunately, had a vague idea where they were going, unlike me!

7- i ccouldn't find out my position after the race, which means that i willl have to wait until its published on the team bath or the city of bath ac website.

now what went right...

my brighton pb is now consigned to the history books. i sliced 17 secondss off it. given the weather conditions and the fact that the inter season is now almost at a close, i feel as thoughh i have every right too be pleased with that. that now puts me ahead of dave austin in the 10k rankings in our group. he was 1 second ahead of me before today, as he has reminded me several times over the past couple of months so it was nice to seccure the bragging rights once again. i felt reasonably fresh, or as fressh as coould be expected after running a hard race afterwards, so i really feel as though there is more to come there before the end of the season. that 10k down at lewes is starting to look quite tempting...

as for the european indoors, great britain finish top of the medals table and who would of thought that after the dismal euro outdoors that we had last summer? jason gardner has proved once again that he is the man when it comes to indoor sprinting. craig pickering got a well deserved silver medal. he may of been the favourite going in to the championships, but i think everyone, him included was just awestruck by the quality of the performance by 'the bath bullet'. the bronze medal won by the high jumper martyn bernard was completely out of the blueand has provided light at the end of the tunnel that we may have a future star who could takke after dalton grant and steve smith.

the only badd note of the championships was the poor form of jo pavey who was clearly suffering the effects of a viral infection that she has apparently been carrying for a few weeks since her british 2 mile record at the same venue. although she tried to run the legs off everybody from the start as she usually does, she looked laboured quite early on and it was clear that it wasn't going to be her day-again. it seems as though that phrase about being the eternal bridesmaid was invented for her as she finished 5th against a field that she was the fastest of by nearly ten seconds.