news from the horses mouth

take it from me i will be racing at bath university, a place that feels like it has been a recurring theme in my life for the past week or so, tomorrow. its a 5k road race, the first in a series of two 5k's and a 10k all around the bath university campus. i will hope to better the 17:54 i ran there in february this year, but i'm not holding out too many hopes for a pb because of the twisty turny nature of the course. it starts quite quick with a couple of laps of the track before you venture out on to the campus. the finish comes upon you quite quickly and you almost don't notice it until you run past and they call out your number and your time! thats what a lot of people did last time round any way. the other two races are after christmas, but theres plenty for me to be going on with and thinking about between now and then including the victory 5 next sunday, the weston prom runs, the bridge inn, but i was advised by mike not to do that one as it would mean doing 2 races in the space of three days, which would affect preparations for portsmouth as it would mean skipping a training session. theres also a weston prom run and the locally famous clevedon boxing day 4 miler (or piss up if you are a clevedon athlete) where everyone who's every one in local athletics turns up to run the hangovers and xmas pudding out of their system.

and of course if you're a postman like i am yes there will be thousands of xmas cards and presents. this year though i have promised my self, that i will be doing absolutely nothing that i don't have to do. i have spent the past two and a half years working over my time for free, doing extra tasks for free to help the office out and it has all just been thrown back in my face and more by a manager who has no idea how to manage and who thinks that all the rounds can be done in about a hour and a half because a few idiots come in early, so they can finish early, break health and safety laws, by running, use their cars on delivery to save themselves a bit of time and generally lick the managers arses to get a few favours to themselves. its funny how these people all non strikers are getting all the favours and over time now isn't it? non discrimination? bollocks.