After striking gold in the 110m hurdles in this summer's European Championships, Andy Turner is going for glory in the Commonwealth Games. This year the 30-year-old proved his talent to the racing community after two seasons beset by injury

was injured earlier on the year and it set my season back a bit later. So the Commonwealth Games have taken on a real significance for me.What will it be like racing in October, when your season is usually over?I'm slightly gutted that they are taking place

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

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

South Run last year and I was pleased that I won that race in 46:26, which was really good. But the marathon is a different ball game and I'm stepping up to it slowly. Last year I did the 10K for the first time in a championship. I'm heading

to dazzle once again. In July she became the first athlete to qualify for the home Olympics following her 10km open-water victory at the Fina World Championships in Shanghai.So who better to ask about open-water racing, motivation and confidence? We caught