I haven't said a lot about what I have been up to the last few months, I'll just say that they were a little frustrating, March/April was spent in the pool and on the bike in London (my first experience of cross training) due to an achilles injury I picked up during the Australian domestic season.

I had my first race in a while at the Pre Classic in Eugene this past weekend. It comes after a good 4 week block of training up at Mt Laguna (which has been mentioned a bit this last month). I came 7th (8:17.91) in a slower than expected race. The race was won by Benard Lagat, I am pretty sure I could here him licking his lips when went through the first mile in 4:12. I felt I was competitive till the last 250m, I should hopefully get better at that with a few more races.

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