Sally McLellan BLOG

Well here i am again in my base camp waiting till thursday when i am travelling off to brussels to run in the next leg of the diamond league.

I have had a very good season this year. i have won 2 our of the 4 competitions that i have competed in and the other two i have place 2nd and 3rd,not bad for someone who is coming back from a back injury that ruled me out of the second half of my season last year.

It has been two weeks since i raced in London. The weather was terrible there it as raining so hard about an hour before i had to run and the rain came streaming into the indoor facility where everyone was warming up, it was an amazing sight. The rain stopped just before it was time for my race thank goodness. There were heat and finals for my event so i was really looking forward to another good hit out. I raced well in heat to win in a time of 12.66 and came 2nd in the final in a time of 12.61. I was really happy that i was able to back up for 8 days with 5 races and still produce quality times like that. somehting that i would not have been able to do last year.

Now it is onto the final of leg of the diamond leage competitions and i very much looking forward to it. I am feeling fit and fast and ready to race.

talk to you after the race
sal.

Well i think that i have had a very good weekend at the office. i achieved goals that werent set until the end of the season with times under 12.6 seconds which is world class hurdling. my first race was in stockholm, there were two heats then the final at 9.19pm. i was in heat 2 in lane 2. I didnt get out of the blocks that well which is usually my strongest part of my race. I then had to play catch up to put myself in a good position to make the final which was top 3 then next two fastest times made it through. I didnt want to get the two fastest times, i wanted to make it through in top 3. i made it, third with a new season best of 12.70. Time for the final i drew lane seven which was the lane i drew last year in the final and came fourth with 12.64. i was very ready to run and very excited to be there. I wasnt sure on where or what time i was going to run all i knew was that i was ready. i walked out into the stadium to a roaring crowd, the sun shining and i was ready. i put my game face on and i focused on getting that start perfect. i came out of the blocks first and lead all the way to the finish line and with a time of 12.57. i couldnt believe it i wasnt shocked about the win becasue i knew that i could achieve that, i was more shocked about how fast it was. I havent run that quickly for over a year since my back problems.

i was then due to fly out to switzerland the next day to race on the sunday in one of my favourite place in the world. my body was very sore and tired from racing in stockholm but i was determined to race and run well becasue i knew i had physio on monday when i got back to my base in cologne. i warmed up and felt quite tight but as i kept pushing thrugh my warm up my body was feeling better. Time to race. i had no idea what to expect in this race i just wanted to win. i crossed the finish line in another time under 12.6 of 12.59. i was more shocked with that time having backed up 48 hours after stockholme i was thrilled and so was my coach.

i am now back in cologne doing a little training before i head to run in london at crystal palace. I won here last year and am hoping i can repeat the feat.

anyway must be off have to refuel my body with some lunch.

Hi Everyone,

Well its almost time again to take off my sweats and put on the spikes to get ready to run fast. I leave for stockholm on thursday afternoon and race friday night. I am feeling very ready to race this time. My body is in really good shape and i am feeing so quick.
My trainig is going really well. It was nice to have two weeks after monaco to get settled in and do some quality training.
It has now been two weeks since i have been away and for the whole time the weather has been horribly cold and raining almost everyday. The faciltity that i am training at has an indoor track and i am so lucky to be able to train on it, although, there is not much air in there and i am feeling myself getting light headed some times.
Anyway ill be able to talk more after my race, so until next time.
sal.