thinking positively

i am refusing to think that last nights showing in my mile race at cheltenham was a disaster after all it would be quite easy to think that it was. i was after all 3rd in my race a long time since i have hit such heady heights. really i need to shake off some of the cobwebs from not racing in time for the bmc 1500 meter races down at exeter on tuesday the 31st of this month. that race will represent the best chance of me getting a pb. there is also an avon league meeting on sunday where there is a 5000 and a 1500. i will probably do the 1500 but for the first time evere i find the thought of doing a 5000 meter race quite tempting. not sure why that is as we haven't done any 5000 meter specific work this year at all. with the guys doing the 5000's at the bmc grand prix on this weekend i may well find my self thrust in to a longert session tonight though unless mike decides to give me something to do. yate has never been a track that i have run particularly well on in the past i would be pleasntly surpised if i did manage to squeeze out a pb there. i have to take advantage of this opportunity because the way things are going i am struggling to find races at the moment which is annoying because it just puts more pressure on me to get my targets when i do race.

as for last night for the early part of the race i was well in touch with the leaders but they gradually pulled away from me and the more detatched i got the harder it is to run hard. the annoying thing about it is that i came away feeling like i could have run harder and i was in a training mindset where i was expecting there to be more repetitions after the race hopefully it will help to focus my mind ahead of sunday though!