I got another call from the UKA doctor Leon Creaney last week, he said he had more results from my blood test. The good news was that the results said I've never had glandular fever but there was something wrong with my thyroid gland. He said that the readings there were a bit low and it needs to get sorted, fortunately I was still ok to run at Crystal Palace. He said the thyroid gland can make you feel tired if it is not upto scratch, which I was feeling around the time of the test. At the moment I'm feeling ok and during races the legs aren't full to the brim of lactic acid like they used to be. I did try to get the problem sorted last week but I'm back in London and not registered with the local doctor anymore, I'm in the Midlands in a couple of weeks so I'll go to the doctor then.

Like I said I'm runnng well again and enjoying running again. I've got a few races lined up which should take me until the end of August. It's nice being in a racing period again where you're running well, but unfortunately all the big races have come and gone, but like Coach says, I'm still young and have loads of years of running ahead of me. He also said next year I'll have more of a pre-competition phase in training before the track season. After the world cross I never really put my head down and trained for track, just went straight to BUCS then other races which made things worse. So next year I'll be a bit more prepared for track. After the break Coach said I'm lucky I'm able to finish off the track season so to make the most of it. I should be grateful because there are other athletes out there who have stress fractures and illnesses etc. and won't even have a track season or cross country season, so just to have so minor tiredness is quite lucky.

Hope you're all well,

Goolab xxx