I'm still trying to come to terms with my pb from last night, seeing 7:52 was a bit of a shock to me and I even struggled to sleep last night- the caffeine I take before my race didn't help on that front either! Still I need to be stay focused now and look to my main event, the 5000. I am yet to reach my season target for that so I need to keep on working hard in the next week or so before Stretford next week. 3000's are just a stepping stone for the 5 and I need to use that to my advantage when running 5000's and that was the whole idea behind last night. If I could bag a good 3000, between 7:55 and 8:00 then I'd feel more comfortable going through in 8:10 at Stretford and thankfully that's paid off now.

Finally that altitude trip is staying to show it was worth it as I was beginning to think is altitude really all that. Then seeing the lads in the 10 000 the night before run how they did it just inspired me so much. I have the pleasure to say i've trained with both Mo and Chris and they are both phenomenal athletes who deserve every ounce of credit for what they have achieved.

I know over on eightlane the UKA guys, Ian Stewart and co are getting some stick about the success we've had so far at the Euros. I no longer post my thoughts on there, I'll only reply now when there's an opportunity like there was last week with the 3000 race. Personally I'm all for Ian being in charge at UKA and I think he's doing a great job. Not many people out there can raise thousands of pounds to organise altitude training camps for athletes, and they weren't just the top end athletes out there. I myself was apart of it along with Jonny Mellor, Lewis Moses, Ross Toole, Joe Towsend, Shaun Moralee and more. We've all benefited individually and because of Ian and his team we've learned a lot and come back better athletes. The altitude itself hasn't worked for all but i'm certain everyone on that trip learned a lesson. I hear Jonny Thewlis still does laps of the Nottingham NCP after he did a 60 minute run around a 300m lap of an underground carpark up in the mountains. The lad has a mind like a marine!

Now the success at the top may not be down to UKA directly as Mo and Chris were always destined for big things this year but would they have been in Font Romeu prior to the champs? Would they have performed in the same way had they not been? We'll never know. All I know is UKA put them there and they have come down and delivered. Now best of luck to them in the 5000 tonight lads.

Another notable point is the marathon. The lads out in Barcelona now for the marathon were just elite top end club runners, now they're GB Internationals. Some had represented GB or England on the cross and roads but I don't think any have been to a major champs but, (correct me if i'm wrong here) didn't UKA lower the marathon standards which made them more achievable for these lads? A handful have gone out to Barcelona a champs they might not have made had the standard been higher. by lowering it gave them the belief and they went out in London and hit the targets. 

Another good point for UKA and hopefully this is all the start of reemergence of distance running in the UK because I can see the middle and long distance outshining our over hyped sprinters. Seeing Mo and Chris run so well on Tuesday certainly had an impact on me, I went out and ran like hell last night and hopefully this will kick start my athletics in the direction where I want to go.