I made my seasons debut over 3000m steeplechase on Sunday whilst representing Scotland at the Loughborough International. I was 2nd in 10:33 - so solid but not quite the outcome I was after. To say it was windy, is an understatement. I took the race on in a determined fashion leading for 4 laps, but felt my strength lacked in the last km, and my hurdle form deteriorated a bit.
Watch the race here:
http://www.athleticos.org/coverage/238787-2011-Loughborough-International-Athletics/video/491818-3000m-Steeplechase-Match-Women
I made two errors in the race I think. First was the opening 3:20 km.....far too quick, especially considering the wind and hence the last 3 laps were lactic hell. Second was failing to relax making my hurdling more energy consuming. This reflected nerves about my seasons debut and not knowing what steeple shape I was in, and also if I would remember how to water jump (which I did fairly well). With this out of the way, I now can't wait for my next steeple outing at the Watford BMC in a few weeks!!!!!!
Photo courtesy of Edinburgh Sports Photography and taken from the SA FB page.
New race experience: False start!!!
You're stood on the line with spikes gripping the track, the stadium is quiet, your heart is pounding, you feel a bit sick, you would give anything for the ground to swallow you up and BANG, you are off and your brain flips into race mode - all is OK again!
On sunday, after 50m the gun goes bang-bang-bang-bang, 60m and there are yells of "stop, come back girls, come back"......what the hell.....a rather delayed false start. The field ease to a jog, then a walk and look back to the start in confusion. 5mins later and we are back on the start line enduring the worst 30seconds of racing all over again!!! Not fun!
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