if you are wondering why i haven't posted for a while the answer is simple. i now own a car and i have succumbed to the temptation to drive everywhere. and why not? i've been waiting 28 years for this and i intend to make the most of it. i now means that i have more independence and more time to myself due to the shorter journey times. in theory this should mean that i have more recovery time between work and training and should hopefully train and work better. simple.
my first race as a car owner was at mansfield on saturday in a 3000m league race. no pace makers like there were in my previous 3000 down at millfield and the weather conditions were certainly not perfect like they were at millfield with a slight wind down the back straight but the cloud cover up north made sure that it wasn't too hot like it has been at so many league meetings in the past. running most of the race on my own, i managed to run 9:59.8, so a new lifetime best by just 1 10th of a second. not a big improvement like i would obviously have preferred but like that aincient chinese proverb says "every marathon starts with the first step".
as is the way with league meetings you often get coaxed in to doing other events but i always set a strict rule with the team managers that i don't do anything else for the team until i have competed in the event that i train for. 40 minutes after the 3000 had fininshed and with my legs feeling pretty much wrecked i ran a leg of the 4x400 and managed to run the anchor leg in 65 seconds. i feel as though i could have gon quicker but i just did enough to hold on to the place that i started in with a little burst at the end.
got home at about nine o'clock and it was out for a bit of a spin in the old (new) motor, a honda concerto 1.6 hatch backfor an hour or so just exploring places that i've never been before locally around portbury clapton in gordano and all the other local villages. i love the countryside especially in the summer as it is just so peaceful and quiet
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