My first 5000m in 4 years and a P.B..13.44 at the Goteborg Grand Prix.     The race was set up for a Swedish guy Mustafa and he wanted to run sub 13.20. There were some good guys in the field, a few had run sub 13.20, few that had run around 13.30 and a few around 14.00 so it was perfec .. Read More

Manchester BMC 1500m A race   As the 1500m isn’t an aim of mine this year I knew I’d be going into this one without easing down and tired.. I’m running a 5000m in a couple of weeks time so this was the perfect opportunity to have a sharpener, and that’s exactly what I .. Read More

National Rd Relays 09   After some hard weeks training I was looking forward to using these relays as a bit of a blow out. I was aiming for a sub 14 min run on the short leg. This I would have been happy with.   On arrival at the race I met up with a few friends and before long everyon .. Read More

Now this was nerve wracking.  After I finished second at the indoor trials last weekend I was offered a place at the Birmingham Grand Prix and I was in a difficult situation. Do what my instincts were telling me, go with it, or sit back, be sensible and do a job today.. There were obviously .. Read More

  The selection criteria for the European indoor champs were to finish in the first two at the trial with the qualifying time of 7.55. Simple. There were three things that we decided that might happen during the race and they all did. You have to be flexible when talking about race plans, as .. Read More

With the nationals coming up in a couple of weeks this meeting fitted perfect into my plans. As I'm running a 3k at the Nationals, two 1500m were just what the doctor ordered. Two races in one day though is never an easy task especially with today only having 90 mins between.. I was set a tas .. Read More