Turnhout Epilogue - the Day After

 

After a good trip back from Belgium I've had time to look back over the weekend's achievements.  Apart from finding it difficult to walk or carry anything, and having a glowing face from two days outdoors in roasting heat, I seem to be in one piece, and one silver medal the richer.

I began in March with the aim of getting a good double decathlon PB with the benefit of scoring in a new age group.  But after a much slower recovery from my ankle op than anticipated, and then a hamstring tear three weeks before the event, it seemed unlikely that I would finish, and fitness levels were far too low to consider a good score even if I did.  So by matching my PB from 4 years ago, when I was pretty fit, I think that means that I am ahead of the age graders.

All this can only mean one thing.  The Road to Helsinki and the World Indoor Tetradecathlon Championships begins here!