From www.paulhession.co After my trip to Portugal I returned to Scotland. In general this winter we had done some longer stuff and I had even gotten up to 450m in some sessions, further than I had done before. Before Christmas Stuart had mentioned the idea of doing the 400m at the National indoors if all was going well. I had done the 60m many times before and I fancied a little bit of a change up and a slightly different challenge.
Therefore, after coming home from Portugal, we confirmed that we would go for it. I hadn’t a clue how I would go and, to be honest, it wasn’t a real big deal. It was going to cap off a good winter’s training before I got ready for the summer. A week after Belfast the plan was to race a low-key 60m in Glasgow to assess my speed situation.
Alas, I picked up a small injury in my back that kept me out of normal training for a couple of weeks. I went for an MRI to rule out any major problem and luckily it wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been. Some good treatment and rest did the trick and I am just returning to normal training as we speak. However, it means that I won’t be able to do my 400m this weekend or the 60m the week after. It’s a pity but I didn’t want to risk putting myself back another few weeks. This is especially the case indoors as I haven’t ran on an indoor bend in 6 years!
Anyway, instead of racing RTE have invited me to do some analysis for their highlights show. I had flights booked anyway and Stuart is going over as Marion is racing. So it makes sense to head over and do some training in Belfast with him and support the championships as I always like to do if possible. It will be weird to be there and not being able to pull on the spikes. I would rather be racing of course and it might be difficult to watch that 400m without wondering what exactly might have happened. I know a lot of people were curious what I was going to do. It’s safe to say I haven’t a clue other than it was going to be a painful last 100m!!
Otherwise, I’m very upbeat. Other than this little hiccup I have been very strong in training and I’m really looking forward to getting back into some hard stuff in the next few weeks. It was a shot in the arm in the last few days getting the timetable for next year’s Olympics. It makes it even more real and it’s hard not to get excited by the prospect of it. I’m happy with the 200m schedule as I will have a lot more recovery between the heat and semi than before. This should suit me, which is good. Anyway, I need to qualify first, which is never an easy prospect. The qualification period opens in May so it’s in the plans to qualify this summer. That would be great as it would take the pressure off a bit for next season. Onwards and upwards!
https://www.paulhession.co/blogs/the-400m-that-got-away.html
Therefore, after coming home from Portugal, we confirmed that we would go for it. I hadn’t a clue how I would go and, to be honest, it wasn’t a real big deal. It was going to cap off a good winter’s training before I got ready for the summer. A week after Belfast the plan was to race a low-key 60m in Glasgow to assess my speed situation.
Alas, I picked up a small injury in my back that kept me out of normal training for a couple of weeks. I went for an MRI to rule out any major problem and luckily it wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been. Some good treatment and rest did the trick and I am just returning to normal training as we speak. However, it means that I won’t be able to do my 400m this weekend or the 60m the week after. It’s a pity but I didn’t want to risk putting myself back another few weeks. This is especially the case indoors as I haven’t ran on an indoor bend in 6 years!
Anyway, instead of racing RTE have invited me to do some analysis for their highlights show. I had flights booked anyway and Stuart is going over as Marion is racing. So it makes sense to head over and do some training in Belfast with him and support the championships as I always like to do if possible. It will be weird to be there and not being able to pull on the spikes. I would rather be racing of course and it might be difficult to watch that 400m without wondering what exactly might have happened. I know a lot of people were curious what I was going to do. It’s safe to say I haven’t a clue other than it was going to be a painful last 100m!!
Otherwise, I’m very upbeat. Other than this little hiccup I have been very strong in training and I’m really looking forward to getting back into some hard stuff in the next few weeks. It was a shot in the arm in the last few days getting the timetable for next year’s Olympics. It makes it even more real and it’s hard not to get excited by the prospect of it. I’m happy with the 200m schedule as I will have a lot more recovery between the heat and semi than before. This should suit me, which is good. Anyway, I need to qualify first, which is never an easy prospect. The qualification period opens in May so it’s in the plans to qualify this summer. That would be great as it would take the pressure off a bit for next season. Onwards and upwards!
https://www.paulhession.co/blogs/the-400m-that-got-away.html
