Hi all,

David McCarthy here. As the only 800m runner in the group I clearly have to do the hardest sessions-which I’m sure the other lads will agree with!! Joking aside, I’m still in pretty heavy training doing sessions like 3 or 4 x 1000m (my personal favourite!!). Training has been going really well the last couple of weeks-my speed is good and I’m getting close to where I want to be in terms of specific 800m stuff. We had a time trial last week and I equalled my PB for 600m, which is encouraging given that it’s February and it was about 2ºC! (Not quite getting the same weather here as McKee is enjoying in South Africa!!) The 1000m runs still need to improve a bit but there’s plenty of time for that and they are going in the right direction. (more…)

As an Athlete, Valentines day and Christmas day are all the same really. We still have to go training.

I found my self in a quandary yesterday - The sun wass shining but after the sun set it dropped to freezing temperatures. Why can’t the sun shine at night?

I pack my kit which at this time of year involves three layers on my chest and two pairs of leggings. Once you get moving its fine but it is a struggle to get up to speed sometimes. No worries its good to be alive and lets” Get it done!!” (more…)

With the sky clear we made it up table mountain in our second attempt. I don’t have a great head for heights so it was a challenge taking the cable car, but I’m very glad I did. The view was impressive, over looking Cape Town and Robben Island. We got some great photos which I’ll try and put on this site when I get home. (more…)

Last Wednesday was our rest day so we headed to table mountain. Unfortunately it was to cloudy to get the cable car and travel to the very top, but we will try again on monday. We had a nice day out in cape town and got some nice pictures. (more…)

Training well and hard in 25 degrees today, so that was nice. Today’s session was 4×300m, 10 minutes recovery. Myself and Paul Hession did this, and it was hard towards the end. Paul suprised me with his strength at the end, may be there is a possible 4×400m in him! not sure Stuart (coach) will agree to that though. (more…)

Just a quick note from Stellenbosch today as there was good news for project 400m. After talking to Kristoff Beyens, the Belgian 200m world semi finalist, I can confirm 2 new opportunites for 4×400m Olympic Qualification. (more…)