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June. A month of preparation. Tennis players getting ready for Wimbledon. Cyclists preparing for Le Tour. And distance runners getting ready for...

It is often said that the hardest thing about the Olympic Games is the qualification. I now know first-hand what people mean. The past six weeks...

One of the toughest things about running is the sense that the job is never finished. There is always another race to complete, a quicker time t...

Human beings are creatures of habit. I would go one step further and suggest that habit is an essential attribute, possessed by every successful...

As the seemingly endless supply of turkey sandwiches are coming to an end and the Christmas playlist is put away for another year, the realisati...

At the start of this week, I was in a somewhat sombre mood as I journeyed home from my sixth European cross country championships, in Hyeres, Fr...

Eight weeks can sometimes pass in the blink of an eye. Indeed, when I am in the middle of a hard training phase, time seems to move that little ...

So where to begin? Yesterday, I sat down with my coach to reflect on the past year, the build up to Berlin and the plan for the year ahead. It i...

The topic of the Berlin marathon has arisen in most conversations that I have had in the past year. Ever since the major disappointment of withd...

My coach is not a big fan of racing. Sometimes, I think he believes that racing is little more than a distraction, taking away valuable time in ...