slow start at bath

i ran a pb at bath. 10.21 for 3000. really though that is simply not good enough and before anyone starts giving me that shite about "ooh but its a personal best though" i don't care. i can don much better than that and i am not going to make excuses for bad rubbish. the conditions themselves were hard work, very hot and very windy. at bath university, which is not a favourite track of mine in the first instance it only takes a small amount of wind to play havoc with race times as it is over 100 meters above sea level and is consequently very exposed to the elements. track race number 2 is at millfield on monday evening, where i will again be running a 3000. this time though rather than being on my own i will be in a paced race against people of a simialr ability. millfield is one of only two tracks where i can ever seem to run well, the other one being exeter, so it will be interesting ot see whether or not it amkes any difference. mind you on saturday the times were slow all round. the race was won by julian emery of clevedon, someone i would expect to beat 9 minutes fairly convincingly, but he only ran 9:15 in similar circumstances to my self eg he was on his own in front for most of the race after martin flook dropped out. no one else broke 10 minutes, the 2nd place guy ran 10:17, i was third, the fourth place guy ran 10:31 and there was a young female who ran 11 minutes some thing.

i spent most of the rest of the evening feeling very tired hungry and thinking why do i bother with this to myself, before as i usually do when i'm thinking this, i realised that without the running there would be a huge void in my life that would need to be filled somehow and quite honestly i don't know how i would fill it. there will be two more training sessions between now and monday, both of them on the track. there is a 5k at shortwood but at this stage of the season, training should not be sacrificed for racing and i wouldn't expect to run a fast time at shortwood as it isn't the quickest course around. its also quite important that i get my self used to running ont track again so my calfs don't get injured when i start oputting my spikes on on monday. saturdays race was done in my much heavier road shoes. right now i'm going to have another look at cars on some of the websites. cheerio for now