Hey :)

Am on my end of season break now after my last race over 3k at Crystal Palace!! This consists of having a couple of weeks completely off any training or anything associated with training, Eating what I want and going out, seeing my friends and generally doing everything I stop doing when im racing and training!! The first few days are really good and I can switch off but after a few days all I want to do is go and run, but I have to stop myself as I think forcing myself to have a couple of weeks off is good as it makes you really hungry to train and get fit again once you start back and its important to have that hunger and be fresh enough mentally to be able to really focus throughout the winter and not get stale. For the first night of my break im not doing anything as im just back from watching the second day of Crystal Palace so I just had a meal with my family and I actually had pudding :) but im going for a night out with my best friend Oli and a few others in the next few days, so I cant wait for that...£1 drinks : O dear!!  

Last week I went and got bloods done at the doctors because a few people in the group had come back with low iron and various other things so I thought it would be a good time to go and get them done just so I can correct anything in my break before starting my winter build up. I hate needles, so this wasnt pleasant and I got various texts telling me how big the needle was and other horror stories which didnt help, although ive had it done a few times before so I knew what to expect, though that didnt help me feel any better as the nurse started a conversation with me about athletics and expected me to be able to concentrate on a reply whilst she stabbed me with a needle, I had to tell her I couldnt concentrate on anything other than the needle in my arm but she just laughed. When I got the results a few days ago I got a print out so I have a record and I can compare it to previous/future results. Everything was fine and my iron and iron stores were pretty high so I dont think we have an issue there but Liz will look through them and let me know anything she isnt happy with so we still need to have a chat about them.

Hope people are having good breaks or if they are still competing "Good Luck" .

...x