Catriona Morrison

With the continuing winter weather in UK I have decided to extend my stay in Spain. Not too much heartache there-asides form the fact that I have been wearing the same clothes for over a month and not seeing hubby for a while. Although the weather has been mostly bright and clear, Spain is suffering from the movement of the jetstream southwards over the country bringing snow and storms to the North and very chilly conditions here to Aguilas. Even the locals are feeling the cold this year. Anyhoo, the roads are dry and less potholed than at home and conditions make for more consistent training which is all that matters. It’s taken a while to get back some sort of form after illness and injuries at the tail end of the season last year. I am now officially running again and have the sun total of one “session” under my belt. Touching wood as I type. I even entered the local Fuente Alamo duathlon last weekend which saw me running at sub 36 min 10k pace – holy schmokes, there is hope afterall. I am really happy to have had a comfortable race and no ill after-effects. I now have a handle on my running fitness that I can use to start building my training around. I am currently finalising my early season race plans and hope to get them up on the site soon. I was really hoping to be ready to race in Abu Dhabi but given all the time I’ve had to take out to get healthy again I just didn’t want to risk pushing to hard too early in the season. I may seem fit right now but I am concious that the base of my pyramid needs some building!

As usual the local Murcia triathlon federation (www.trmurcia.org) never cease to amaze with the ability to put on draft legal races with minimum fuss and provide a small prize purse that means that I can pay my rent. Even the school kids get a drafting race around town and stick around to cheer the oldies on. The community gets involved and a great outing is had by all. Aguilas is a second home for me and offers great training in a no fuss environment. If you ever want to get away from it all and put your mind to some hard work then I can’t recommend it highly enough. Give me a shout and I will tell you all you need to know about where to go, where to stay and where to train.

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