South West Inter Counties

Today was the first time I've raced since I ran in Gateshead where I set a personal best of 11.51 although I was pleased with a pb I wasn't happy with the lack of drive phase in my start. Since then I have spent alot of time trying to fix this and today i finally got it right :)

I competed for Devon today at the inter counties, my first event of the day was the 100m and I finally got out of the blocks and stayed down for once, and it felt good. It was my most relaxed run ever and I won by about 30 meters. I thought I was proberly near to my pb but when I looked back at the clock I had run a personal best of 11.48 and I felt like I was holding back. I'm not very good at racing against the clock I need the competition but today I did good and I was very pleased with my performance.

My second event of the day was the shot putt a bit random for a sprinter I know but I do it for a bit of fun I've never trained for it but in my first throw I managed another pb of 11m28 I finished 2nd in this event I stopped after my third throw as I had to concentrate on the 200m.

In my 200m again I had another good performance I didn't manage to make it three personal bests but I won and ran 23.77 this is quicker than I ran at the trials and again I was about 30meters ahead of second place. I felt really strong and for the first time this year I ram a perfect bend and off the curve onto the straight.

All in all I think I had a good day at the track and have walked away full of confidence I can go alot quicker. I know I'm coming into form and am in pb shape! So I am now looking forward to racing next weekend and hopefully I can go from strength to strength and post some more personal best :)

Now I'm going to have a nice relaxing evening with Mia and get an early night as I have to be up early in the morning to join my friend Mr Gordon Sparks at BBC Radio Devon breakfast show at 8.30am for a chat so be sure to listen in