Deep within each heart, there lies a magic spark
It is nearly time. The Olympic Games are just around the corner. Tomorrow I set off for the final destination of this three year journey....
The daily grind
June. A month of preparation. Tennis players getting ready for Wimbledon. Cyclists preparing for Le Tour. And distance runners getting...
Her name is....(What else?)
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...
Catch-22
Running can be a cruel sport. Three weeks ago, I was filled with elation after completing the Cardiff World Half Marathon. Finishing 14th...
Maybe tomorrow.
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...
The thunder is rolling, the sky is black. It's gotten so dark somehow.
Human beings are creatures of habit. I would go one step further and suggest that habit is an essential attribute, possessed by every...
As I turn up the collar on my favourite winter coat
As the seemingly endless supply of turkey sandwiches are coming to an end and the Christmas playlist is put away for another year, the...
You took me Hyeres than I’ve ever been. Now that we’re strangers, I’ve come down again.
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...
There's another new day on the other side
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...
I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it all right.
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...
