that last planned race of the season is upon me, a bmc 1500 meter race at exeter where the target for me is to run under 4:30. i'm back to training once a day now though as i have been carrying a few niggles in my legs particularly my hip flexors which at one point last week were quite painful to stand up on. if i run sub 4:30 then obviously i will have to raise the bar next year and hopefully aim for sub 4:20. been watching the london grand prix which i videoed last weekend and its nice finally to get through an athletics meeting without mention of dwain chambers and drugs cheats and finally be able to appreciate the many things that are good about our sport.british athletcs is in good shape now after a lean couple of years and there are two events where we could potentially take all three medals. the mens tripple jump with philips idowu, nathan douglas and larry achike all hitting 17 m plus form at the right time. the womens marathon is the other with our paula being the outstanding favourite along side mara yamouchi 2:25 pb and liz yelling 2:28. there are a few faster runners than those two but a lot will depend on how peoples bodies cope with the pollution and smog in beijing.
the mens 100 promises to be some thing special with 4 outstanding contenders in asafa powell, usain bolt tyson gay and xavier carter (if he decides to run) and if any of those slip up you have nesta carter, michael frater and kim collins to name but a few who are all capable of running 9.9 something. but soon the talking will be over and the walikng will start....
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