tonight is the only track session of the week. i have a race on sunday hopefully at tipton, but more likely to be at mansfield in the midland league. to be honest i'm really not that keen to travel so far but but if thats what i have to do then i will do it because with the track and field situation as it is in the west country there aren't that many meetings that cater for athletes of my sort of standard and unfortunately beggars can't be choosers. even if i had the qualifying times for the british milers club grand prixs the mileage involved i travelling would still be rather large due to the lack of suitable facilities in the area. they're at places like watford, or crystal palace or manchester. the kenyan olympic team is due to hold it's pre olympic camp in bristol in 2012 and with both tracks filton and whitchurch up for redevelopment we could have a rather embarrassing situation on our hands where some of the worlds top distance runners come to train in bristol but have no where to train. i think most bristolians could find some sort of grudge against our citys leaders but the lack of an adequate sports stadium and the facilities that go with it are a concern for every body within the sporting fraternity.
i have already done a 4 miler this morning decided to do it today due to the fact that i finished quite late at work yesterday. on a round i didn't know in an area i didn't know i ended up getting lost. when asked people for help apparently no one knewhow to do the round and when i asked the management for a map, they told me 'there's a shop accross the road go you'll have to go and buy one'. fucking brilliant. it was half past two by the time i got back to the office at pill, swearing i will never do that round again or if i do i will cut off
the race on saturday is a 3000 in the midland league my third 3000 of the year. thats more this season than i have done in the previous 3 years and hopefully i will be able to extend my unbeaten run to two races!
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