The two athletes who impressed me most at the World Indoor trials were Jason Gardener and Jo Pavey.
Jason's victory in the 60m in a time of 6.49 seconds makes him a real favourite to win gold at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest next month.
Not only is he running very fast, but he is looking so much more confident.
His demeanour seems different and he seems to be tougher with his own expectations.
Rather than saying "I'll see what happens at the worlds", he is going there expecting to win.
On the basis of what I have seen so far this year, I don't see why he cannot run under 10 seconds outdoors.
And if he can do that, given the way the sprints are at the moment, he is going to be right in the hunt for the Olympics.
 |  People should not expect too much from Denise Lewis |
The other highlight of the weekend was Pavey's world-class display in the 3,000m.
To come and run in the way she did at her first indoor race of the season was very impressive.
She looked very much at home indoors, and is obviously capable of running faster than that in a race where she is being pulled round.
If she runs well in Birmingham in a couple of weeks' time then she could go to the World Indoors and be a medal contender.
 Pavey impressed in the 3,000m |
In Glasgow we were discussing the possible outsiders for medals at the Olympics, and I think Jo has the ability to do that. It probably would not be an outright surprise, because she is right up there in world terms, but to translate that into a medal is always difficult.
She has to make a tough decision on whether to run the 1500m or the 5,000m, and neither offer easy options in terms of winning a medal.
But whichever event she does she will not be too far away.
As for Denise Lewis, people should not expect too much from her.
She has had a tough couple of years and I thought she did well to get back into decent shape last year.
This was not really a great opportunity for her to show her progress, and she said herself that getting knocked out of the heats in the 60m hurdles did not help.
I wouldn't say she is in gold medal shape for the Olympics, and I don't think anybody - including Denise herself - is expecting her to go and beat Carolina Kluft or Eunice Barber.
But she is still competitive enough to be in contention for a medal and there is nothing to suggest she cannot sustain that. If anything, she is just a bit ring-rusty.
Kelly Holmes was planning to run under two minutes in the 800m and will probably be a little disappointed not to have held her form over the last 200 metres.
But a better measure will be when we see her run in Birmingham against Maria Mutola in a couple of weeks' time.
The big disappointment of the weekend for me was Allyn Condon pulling up in the 200m.
We all expected to see some fireworks from him and he was absolutely flying in the semi-final when he dropped out around the last bend.
It looks like it was just a case of cramp, so hopefully he will be able to put that to one side and come on strong in Budapest.
MMIX
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