My exams are over and the good news for those of you who enjoy my updates is that they will be going back to being fairly regular. Over the past few weeks I've been through all sorts of stresses with a few more late nights than I would've wanted (from revision, not going out) but still managed to keep training going and even pull out another PB, this time over 800m. That makes 3 PB's in 3 races which isn't a bad start to the season. With so much time away from Runnerslife I did think up of a list of topics to write about which would coalesce into one epic blog, but I've forgotten what they were.

Instead let's talk track. My transition into summer racing hasn't normally been too good over the years. I tend to have a good winter and then completely fall apart as soon as I step on the track. All that lactic stuff is a right pain and me never doing lactic or tempo work as a youngster hasn't helped my situation. It would be fair to say my lactic tolerance isn't very good. This year things are going better but it still whacks me. As a result I've started slowing my runs down so I recover more effectively and on the odd occasion shortening my runs. I'm happy with the training I'm getting in but it's a lot harder than that cross-country stuff.

Saying that, when I did my 800 the other day I didn't get too much lactic, I just felt like I couldn't move my legs faster than what they were going so I'm hoping that's a good sign. But then again in a race I always find I'm able to run at speeds I never thought I could handle in training. I takes me back to that conversation I had with Lindsay Dunn in Portugal. He was saying his athletes would run a certain pace in training so they train the right energy system so they could cope in a race. In previous years because track came along and I wanted to run fast I would automatically think I would have to nail reps week in, week out to run fast which just isn't the case. Then like last year I end up tired and your body just stops working because its had enough. So this year I'm not nailing reps as hard as what I used to but its still hard work. Fingers crossed I'll see more benefits from doing things correctly.

But you know the track season is starting to rock and roll when the first BMC Grand Prix comes around. Saturday sees the series kick off and I'm heading over to Sports City to get involved. The startlists came up today and I've been drawn in the C race which is going through in 59/2:00 I think. Don't be fooled by the letter C, there are still some tasty names in there. You got Dan Clorley, Harry Harper, Ross Murray, Richard Peters and Ronnie Spark to name a few of the young guns who will be on show in the very same race. I'm hoping to keep the PB streak alive with a possible fourth one on the trot. I would put a pre-race report up but after the effort by Michael Salter on Eightlane I don't think I could ever match that.

On a side note I would like to give the following updates from Team Sharp:

-Massive congratulations to Nicholls for getting himself a GB vest for the European 10000m Cup. This is well deserved after his PB in the Manchester 10k but also has an effect on me and Steve. For Steve it represents the first athlete he's coached to a senior GB vest which is a big achievement in any coaches book. For me, it means I can now say I train with a GB senior international. Yeah he's made teams before, but when Steve took him on anything could've happened and he may of never made a team again so now that he has I'm more than happy to make the previous statement.

-Well done to Steve for running a 3:48 1500m at Watford the other night. It's the fastest he's opened up over 1500m in all his years running, even when he ran 3:43. It's about time he earned himself a decent result with the way he trains.

To finish off I've added the last two weeks worth of training and a race report from my 800m at Watford so if you're bored at work/school/travelling around there's something to kill time, enjoy!

Til next time,

Goolab xxx