My uphill walking sessions paid off for me, and i didn't reach the top with ruined legs, which is what i wanted; but the speed was missing. I remember being too far into 02 debt too many times and just feeling very overworked and out of control due to exhaustion.

Ten years ago when i was running 27/28, all i was doing was the short stuff. If diversifying my racing portfolio is to blame for this, i honestly didn't realise that the body starts to specialise and you become crap at other things. I'm actually a bit disappointed that if i want to stay quick in a BM that i'm going to have to put up with a rubbish Wansfell every year.