Sorry this is late... I did forget to put one up at the end of last week so thought id put one up tonight :)

The last two weeks have been pretty uneventful just the normal working and training. Friday last week I travelled down to Gateshead for the England Championships. I was staying at my uncles flat not far from Gateshead so that was really good seeing him and Louise his partner as I dont see this side of my family much compared to when I go home and see my mums side of the family. It was raining on and off on the Saturday so i decided I wouldnt go down and watch the races and just stayed at the flat. My mum and dad arrived at about 1pm so I enjoyed that as it meant I wasnt on my own but also because I hardly ever see them and got to spend some quality time with them watching Tour de France and then going out for dinner where we had a good chat and a catch up about everything.

On the Sunday I was racing pretty early (12.50) so didnt do anything in the morning. After the race I got back to where my parents and uncle were sitting and my cousing Jen and her boyfriend where there which was nice as I think the last time I saw Jen, I was about 14 possibly younger. She had just come back off holiday in the South of France which I am super jealous about and heard that it was "too hot" ... Not what I wanted to hear on a windy day in Gateshead : After the race Jen offered to drop me back at the station once i'd got changed at hers and we had gone to get some food so we could spend sometime together. So we went back to her flat in Newcastle by the river and I got changed, then we went to this bar/restaurant where we had some food and caught up with what were all doing before going to the station and getting the train back to Dundee.

Training has been going well apart from the last 2 days where my body has been really tight like my hamstrings, lower back and my left shoulder :(. My lower back always gets tight and I have to get it released quite often but I think this is biomechanical because it gets worse the more miles or track work I do so im not at all worried about that but the knot in my hamstring and the tightness in my left shoulder are annoying me like they dont hurt when im running but I know they are there so I need to book in to get them sorted before they get any worse and it starts affecting my running.

Also ... the minute I get paid im going to see Toy Story in 3D as im sure im the only person in the whole world not to have seen it so am very excited about that.

Would just like to say a massive well done to Sarah Kelly at the World Juniors in Canada...So happy and proud of you...see you next week!!

.....x