Originally Posted by Rooni

Thanks very much everyone for the advice!

The general consensus is more saddle time so that's what exactly what I shall do.

taras0000 - thank you very much for the advice. Saddle time it is, you have pretty much hit the nail on the head with what I have been finding in my own assessments at the track. Rollers, track and road it will be. Plus the mercury in the UK is starting to rise which gives me more excuses to be outside.

carleton - thank you very much for your reply and the link. I have read many of your posts so I hugely appreciate the feedback. In regards to track fitness, I have a question - in rowing we focused a lot on something called 'UT2' training which was training blocks of 20-30 minutes at 60-75% HR, this was to build our aerobic base and the theory was that we needed that UT2 base to be able to perform well in the anaerobic work for 2km races. Is that the same for track sprinting disciplines or is the attitude more that endurance work will slow you down?

I am going to try post a monthly progress report so any advice along the way would be greatly appreciated!