Interlands 2008

Just back from the Interland tri-nations tournament in Ashford, Kent. Great day. Rain, wind, jams on the way over there, plus a load of fast under 40s in the hurdles, so the omens weren't good.
Fortunately it warmed up when we arrived and was positively balmy by midday. The French arrived all kited out in the same cool track suites. The Belgians arrived late, The Brits turned out in our 1950s outfits.
Apart from a strong head wind in the home straight the race conditions were good. Got off to a good start. Took the first hurdles well on my left, switched to my right for the second, then left again for the 3rd.

My plan was to do 16 strides to hurdle 5, so alternating legs. Unfortunately the 4th was a bit of a mare and I ended up stuttering over it and probably did 18 strides. Regained my flow to 5 and then went down to 17s for the remaining hurdles. 6 to 8 went as well as they've ever gone, 9 was a mess, but 10 good, I made up 2 places in the last 50 meters. Finished in 4th place behind 2 Brits and the French winner in a time of 58.51 (splits to 200 26.2, 300 41.2) That's 1.5 seconds quicker than my 3 60.0s this season and only 0.3 slower than the Worlds final last year. I can feel the form coming. With just 5 weeks to go the timing is good. Slovenia - Bring it on!