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There are many Silver Linings!

Post 04 October 2011 By Toni Minichiello In Coach's Corner Blog

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It is with experience that I understand, that I really do understand, I have to wait for the dust to completely settle before I can ever be affective in reflection.

It would be so easy to review the World Championships and miss out the rest of the season.

Even on the flight home I was writing notes about technical changes, drills to add and enhance training plans for next winter. The inquest had begun.

Looking back on the whole season, there were personal bests in 100mH of 12.79 seconds, the second fastest time by a British woman. There was a 200m personal best of 23.11 secs, a time only 24 British women have bettered. A Shot Putt PB of

14.67m ranks 10th best in UK and Jess delivered this at the right time - the World Championships. She clocked two personal best 800m times, knocking 2 seconds of her previous best. And an equal PB in the Long Jump.

Two heptathlon scores better than her winning score in Berlin 6731 (6790 & 6751) and better than the winning score in the Beijing 2008 Olympics and giving her more heptathlon performances over 6700 than any other British Heptathlete.

It's the Silver medal people reflect on and seems to blind you to the reality of the seasons accomplishments. No mention of 8 weeks of adjusted training during the winter and missing the European indoor championships.

Yes not winning is disappointing, but after giving it serious thought, it's been a good year.

As for Jess, her smile remains, her focus unshaken - maybe she's drawing on the psychology she studied at Uni.

Toni