Tim Bayley Checks In

After a sleepless flight and a 3 hour layover in Cleveland I finally arrived back in England at 7am on Monday morning of last week. My legs were a littlke sore from my race in Los Angeles in which I finished 2nd in the 1500m in 3:42.1s (3:59 mile!) so I am making good progress. I feel that there is so much more to come and that I will get faster with each race that I run.

Driving back down from London Gatwick accross the rolling green hills of the south downs to my home in Brighton I realized how much I enjoy coming home for running and vacation. The countryside is so beautiful and clean and upon arriving at my house I can smell and see the ocean from my bedroom window.

On the running front there have been a couple of changes- the Rabat race in Morocco didn't work out in the end- more Moroccom's entered at the last minute so I was squeezed out. This may have woked in my favor however as I probably needed at least 8 days to recover from my jet lag. I am now racing tomorrow night (18th) in London and the race is set up to be fast. 3 Australian athletes are running and going after the A standard in the 800m so I will get out there and go after the race with all my heart and hopefully post a fast time to open my campaign over here.

I am then flying to Morocco on Thursday (19th) for my race in Casablanca on Sunday 22nd which will be another 800m against a very strong field. I then return to England on Monday to prepare for a big effort in a 1500m race in the midlands of England.

So that is the full extent of my running endevors at the moment. On a day to day basis I am taking it easy, sleeping a lot, training hard, spending some time with my friends, family and on the phone to Priscilla. I am also enjoying a few cups of coffee at any one of the seven Starbucks that are in Brighton (they are taking over the World!).

I hope that everyone is working hard in bootcamp and running plenty of hill repeats :) I am looking forward to getting back to coaching you all on 20th July. Best wishes to you all.

Cheers,

Tim