Well unfortunately it didn't all go to plan, I made it to the start line after having spent the week doing nothing after being diagnosed with a virus, but it just took too much out of me that I wasn't able to race at my planned intensity.
It was really disappointing not being able to race the race and more just get round as I had spent so long focusing and preparing for that race and felt I had the fitness and capability to take a medal the way everything was going on the run up to the race. Unfortunately these things happen, we saw it with Tim Don and Holly Avile at the Olympics getting food poisoning just before the race. In hindsight it may have come about as I was possibly too light and my immune system just couldn't cope with being that light. I've never been that light before and know now that I can't get away with being that light. With all things those if you don't push it to the limit and beyond how will you ever find out where your limit is, it was a bugger of a race to find that out, but at least I now know.
A big thank you must be said to everyone who was at the race cheering me on even though I was backwards, I would hate to think how hard the race could have been if it wasn't for the constant support, cheers everyone.
After a week relaxing in Turkey with friends its back to training for the last few races of the season before I can take a proper brake before and start thinking about next year. But before all that I have the Lochness Marathon in 3weeks so running is top of the agenda for the time being.
It was really disappointing not being able to race the race and more just get round as I had spent so long focusing and preparing for that race and felt I had the fitness and capability to take a medal the way everything was going on the run up to the race. Unfortunately these things happen, we saw it with Tim Don and Holly Avile at the Olympics getting food poisoning just before the race. In hindsight it may have come about as I was possibly too light and my immune system just couldn't cope with being that light. I've never been that light before and know now that I can't get away with being that light. With all things those if you don't push it to the limit and beyond how will you ever find out where your limit is, it was a bugger of a race to find that out, but at least I now know.
A big thank you must be said to everyone who was at the race cheering me on even though I was backwards, I would hate to think how hard the race could have been if it wasn't for the constant support, cheers everyone.
After a week relaxing in Turkey with friends its back to training for the last few races of the season before I can take a proper brake before and start thinking about next year. But before all that I have the Lochness Marathon in 3weeks so running is top of the agenda for the time being.
