Well i've paid the price for a few late nights on my break. On Sunday I jetted off to Majorca with a few of my mates from Loughborough a little run down, probably not the best preparation for a holiday and then a few more late nights later I came down with a pretty bad cough followed by headaches and cold sweats. I'm certainly not one for getting ill, I usually pick up a cold for a week every November and that's about it for the year. I don't think i've ever had the flu in my life! I seen an English doctor abroad but took the decision to cut my holiday short and fly home.

I got back yesterday and i'm still struggling with a pretty bad chest but not as bad as I was in Majorca so i'm glad I headed back. The only bad thing all this is that I won't be able to run the Midlands Relays which I was planning on doing, the priority now is to get myself healthy and to get back running properly before i begin racing.

So fingers crossed things begin to look up from now.