from a bike accident the week before.Then there's her Ironman World Record, which she set on her first Challenge Roth race in 2009 and she has smashed every year on the course since - it now stands at a jaw-dropping 8:18:13. We could be forgiven
in London 2012.I hadn’t really thought about the marathon back then, but as I did more races on the track, the marathon was looking more and more likely. I decided to move up to the marathon last year and it turned out quite well!Being from a track
It's only five months until the World Championships in South Korea, and one athlete raring to be in the starting blocks is Jeanette Kwakye.The World Indoor Championship silver medallist and British 60m record holder is training and racing hard again
’t eaten much. At mile 19, I was like, ‘Am I still running?’ I was a shell. I ran 3:52:46. During that race, I ran near Minnie Mouse. For an hour and a half people yelled, ‘Way to go, Minnie Mouse!’ I thought, ‘I’m going to go crazy.’ This year, I
brought home the first gold medal of the meet for Team GB.Dai Greene became a household name last year with impressive wins in both the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Ahead of this week's championships, the 25-year-old revealed
you'll attempt the double in London 2012?I haven't thought that far ahead to be honest, we just take one race and one event at a time. I'll get this year over with and then start making decisions about London 2012 - we'll have to see what the boss says
Introducing the comeback kid: Mark Lewis-Francis. After a year off due to Achilles injuries, the former 100m World Junior Champion was close to giving up running. Then along came new coach Linford Christie, new sponsor Puma and a renewed love
on the race."Tom also has clear plans to build on this year's successes and, if all goes well, he should be all set to break his own record."If I have a good winter, take a couple of minutes off the swim, maintain my bike mojo and keep chipping away at the run
Chrissie Wellington is one of the UK’s most successful athletes. She won the Ironman World Championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In July the 33-year-old shattered the world record for an Ironman-distance race, winning Challenge Roth in Germany in a
in the process would have been the crowning glory for the brickie’s son from Llanelli. But recent results have relegated it to the ‘cherry on the cake’. This final race of the year ends a 14-month golden period that has established him as one of the world
