Today was our final day of speed training. We had four sets to get through, and with the wind and snow covered streets I knew that it would be a bit of a rough go. I really worked hard through it and by the time I was done with everything my hips were feeling tired. Despite the discomfort, I was completely pleased with myself. Speed training really is one of the toughest phases of the training cycle, and I made it through without injury. I really had the runner’s high thing going; all of the happy chemicals were really flowing. As we were running back I kind of exclaimed to the group: “life is good!” Everyone laughed along. Yeah, rather random, isn’t it? If there was any doubt in my mind that the runner’s high isn’t real, it was squashed with today’s run.

I’m doing everything I can to train properly. I really do hope that I can churn out a great result come race day. I really do think I’ll surprise myself. I’m not going promise myself the world, but I will set my sights high. I will continue to do my best.