It's been a little while since I last wrote something, mainly due to being busy but also due to the fact that it's not always easy to find something to write about.  There is always training to talk about but that can get a bit tiresome sometimes.  
So here goes an update on my training!

Since my last write up training has been going well.  I have been doing some good sessions, many of them on my own but the odd one with a few people which was good.  I have raced a few times recently.  I was pleased with my run at the National XC Mud Bath Relays.  I was looking for a little quicker but looking at the times posted that day I can't be too bothered by my time.  It was good to be on a strong Salford Team and back (Just!) inside the top ten teams of the day.  I believe this is where Salford Harriers should be but it doesn't always happen.  The team is looking good with Joe Bailey running PBs week by week and Carl Hardman getting in shape.  I am starting back on three sessions a week.  This week saw me run on the track again for two weeks running.  This is good for me because if I can find an excuse not to run on the track I will find it.  I have been doing 400m reps this last two weeks to try and wake the legs up and reintroduce them to running fast.  I feel strong at the moment and can run steady all day long but ask the legs for a bit quicker and they don't always seem to want to move.  Hopefully over the next few weeks of training I have planned the speed will slowly come back. I did a road rep session this last week at Sports City where Sale Harriers hold their training.  It was good to do one of these sessions having been to so many of them and never got involved.  

I think running is going well at the moment and hopefully in the build up to Christmas things will continue to improve and I will be in good shape as I start to focus on my marathon training for the VLM 2012.  

On Thursday evening I gave a short talk at our local high schools Sports Presentation Evening.  I could talk about whatever I wanted to so took the opportunity to talk about ambitions.  I believe we all have ambitions.  I have ambitions.  Whether these ambitions are running related, work related or life related, or maybe related to all three, I am sure they are highly important to us.  I spoke about taking the opportunities we get presented with and living life to the full.  I have been given many opportunities that I never dreamt I would have while at school.  How different life would be if I hadn't done my first London Marathon as a youngster at college.  Would I ever have got the running bug?  Would I ever have met the friends I have made?  Maybe I would never have met the wife! And I am sure I would never have travelled to some of the great places I have seen with running.  

Remember, life is short, live it and live it well!