Got news yesterday that Wells City wont be sending a team to the 12 stage as too many drop outs so looks like a weekend off racing and hopefully making the most of some sunny weather...

On the training front the 400s yesterday went a lot better, still nothing special but felt more relaxed and controlled keeping a consistent pace instead of breathing out my backside after 3 reps!! Nice chilled 45 minutes today in the sun before work and more of the same tomorrow before a session Friday then easy running before the first 5k of the year.

Yesterday was 17 years since Kurt Cobains death and 9 years since Layne Staley passing away and this made me think and look at my music collection and realised that most of my music is from the late 1980s early 1990s and where all my fav bands come from. Still remember the day Staley died paying tribute to him with about 4 cans of cider (all I could handle back then) and a loaded joint listening to Alice In Chains unplugged who in my opinion are the best "grunge" band that came out (although massive fans of all of them). Was a tad too young to get stoned when Cobain died but do remember it coming on the news and mother listening to In Utero very loudly which pretty much got me into this type of music. Really wish I could have seen Nirvana live and love watching Nirvana Live and Loud which was there last televised gig for MTV in 1994. Watched Alice In Chains with their new frontman at Download festival a few years ago and although never going to be as good as with Staley singing was amazing to see the guitar god that is Jerry Cantrell. What I love about these bands was the heavy, darker and dirty sound they all had compared to the commercially radio-friendly computer made crap was and still around in all the charts. These bands didnt didnt join a band to become famous, they were just a few friends jamming that happened to make music that was a bit different and appealled to the people that were getting fed up of the commercial pop shite. Although Nirvana became a commercial success that wasnt their choice as proberly Cobains death confirmed but in my opinion there hasnt been any other bands of type of music that has made the same impact since and proberly there wont be again.

Top 3 Nirvana songs:
1) Drain You
2) Negative Creep
3) Radio Friendly Unit Shifter

Top 3 Alice In Chain songs:
1) Would?
2) Man In The Box
3) No Excuses