Trackspeed1 wonderkid, David Bolarinwa flew to Spain today to compete in the annual Bilbao classic international, convinced that at last he would be competing ion sunshine and next to no winds. How wrong he could have been!
Arriving in Bilbao earlier this evening, David and coach John Powell were dismayed to see low-lying rain cloud with strong winds swirling around the airport!
"We haven't had decent conditions to compete in all season so far," said John, "so we reckoned a quick foray to Spain would solve that, no problem. Yet we're now praying for a dry day, and hoping temperatures will creep above the 20 mark tomorrow. It really is rather frustrating to say the least!"
The majority of Trackspeed1 will be travelling to Ashford (Kent) for the South of England Championships this weekend, a track that all would rather have avoided.
"The championships have been at Crystal Palace during recent years," explained John, "but they've moved to Ashford this year as apparently there was a problem with availability at the Palace. We were really disappointed, because Ashford is known for its windy straights. and is immensely unpopular with sprinters. With all the options that were open to the SEAA around the south east, it really doesn't add up that they've chosen the far extremity of Kent."
Competing at Ashford will be indoor bronze medalist Jason Hussain in the 200m, along with indoor silver medalist Lawrence Wooldridge. Jack Miller goes in both junior sprints, while Kieron Daley will line up alongside him, with both hoping to further add to lifetime bests over 200m earlier this season.
Matt Threadgold will have high-tailed it down the motorway from Loughborough University to contest the 400m event, while the fastest sprinter Trackspeed1 have ever had, James Ellington, had travelled to Stockholm with the British team competing in the European Teams Championships.
"We were hoping James would get the opportunity to run in a non-match 100m this weekend," said John Powell, "but the decision was made that the team want to get a world top 16 time to qualify for the world championships. The priority was keeping the whole team fresh."
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