the last chance saloon

for a pb this summer of 1500 meters will quite probably come at exeter in the 1500 meter races on tuesday night-providing i come back intact from amsterdam. all the indicators in training point towards me running some thing in the region of 4:32/4:34 which would be nice. not what i was hoping for at the start of the season but when you consider the lack of opportunities that have come my way to run decent times i would take that now. it's unfortunately a catch 22 situation with me not getting the opportunities to run fast times because there are no races for me to do it in and not being able to get in to races because i haven't run the fast times. and then when an opportunity does come my way i have just found at, to compound my frustration, that the meeting at cheltenham has been cancelled due to an act of god called major flooding. if i don't get any more pbs this summer i will just have to take it on the chin and hope that the 1500 meter specific training on the track that i have done this summer will benefit me come the winter when i return to racing over 5ks 10ks and half marathons.

i have been looking at possible races for the winter and the first ones that i have definiotely decided that i am doing are the bridge inn races (held every month at shortwood) and the avon ten mile championships along with probably the bath half marathon. there will definintely be more added to this list probably races in london and brighton as well as bristol. one thing is definitely confirmed though. i am giving up 800 meter races next summer. official, you heard it here first. back to the immediate future though, there's a track session to get through tonight though, one of just a few that remain until the summer is over and we can reurn to running on the cross country and the road. what fun