Post race spin/posing
A wild donkey, incidently, how I felt in the pool today as wellWell the new season is upon us, in exactly 13 hours I'll be stood at the side of the pool for a 2200m technique session which is going to take forever. I thought I'd bite the bullet and do 1500m this evening to make tomorrow less of a shock. It turned out to be long course set up at the pool! I think it's going to take a couple of weeks to get back to normal. I had a great time in San Fran, did some good running and tried to lose a little bit of the post-Kona moobs (limited success, another 2 weeks before I'm feeling trim me thinks) but other than that spent a lot of the time reading, a lot of it drinking coffee and the rest of the time planning next season.
I'll be working with a new coach this year, Alan Couzens will be guiding me and trying to make sure I'm not burnt out by Christmas and my goal races will be Roth in July and Kona again in October. I'll be aiming to qualify at UK which is only 2 weeks after Roth but I'm hoping this is a short enough time to hold fitness and long enough to regain freshness. Bit risky but a simple life would just be boring.
I'm currently on the search for sponsors and a job which will fit around my training and racing schedule, which does not make me an employers dream I'll admit, so it's been a hectic 48 hours since getting back to Sheffield but hopefully things will start to come together by mid-November. I've also got the excitement of my UK athletics Level 1 coaching course to look forward to which will be a nice change and a it's fantastic to have some new paths to explore. If any readers know of any NFP organisations working with kids in sport please let me know as I'm eager to continue my work in education in some way even though I'm not in the class room full time.
There is no doubt this year is going to be one of the most challenging I've ever had but I'm ready for it and I WILL make this work!
Later.
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