on track

well it was windy last night so times were almost completely irrelevant at last nights track session. the session was split in to 3 groups, depending on whether you were targeting 1500, 3000's or 5000's for the summer. the actual session was 800, 1 min recovery 400, up to a maximum of 6, which only one real hardcore member of the group completed. 4 for the 3000 guys and 3 for the speedsters doing the 1500's, which was just me and youngster matt peters. in my case i would use the word fast in inverted commas though. still haven't actually put my spikes on yet but i have a feeling that i will be doing it for the first time for tomorrows session with a race on bank holiday monday which is just around the corner i feel it is now time to get down to business. i feel as though the speed and strength are there to run a pb for 1500 meters but it would require much better weather conditions than last night. the wind was just too strong. the track at millfield though is much more sheltered than the one at filton and hopefully that can work to my advantage. times for last night, in the order that i did them were 2:30, 1:12, 2:35, 1:15, 2:32, 1:09. 0n the last rep i inadvertently deprived my self of 15 seconds of recovery by going with a different group to what was planned for me. i even managed to pick off a few of the quicker guys who had gone off too quick and they were clearly paying for that by this stage.

tomorrows going to be a real test for me in one other sense as well as how fast i am. i have very little confidence i the spikes that i am wearing. i do need to sort out a new pair but with driving lessons and a trip to amsterdam to pay for this summer finances are rather tight, so that will probably have to wait. they were always ok over the longer distances like the 5ks 3ks and 15s last year but they seemed to lack the support necessary to be able to run fast over 800 meters. it sounds like a small thing to the uninitiated i know but a track runners relationship with his spikes is like a snooker players with his cue or a like a golfer would feel about his clubs. new 2mm studs are needed as well as they quite often come loose when you run in them as well.

i still feel confident about this season its just that i need a couple of fast races as a confidence boost before things really start to materialise in terms of times