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"So, have you got some good questions for me then? I'm not going to answer any old rubbish you know," says Jess Ennis with a grin. Her agent raises her eyes to heaven and Ennis cackles, amused by her own bolshiness.It's not the most conventional

distance for running, whether you're doing a 5K or a marathon," says Minichiello. "Jess does very short speed reps and then 'over reps', where she runs further than the race distance.The short reps with long recoveries prime your  body for quick bursts