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
Mo has always been able to mix track and cross-country success. At the start of his senior career in 2005, he was the fifth European to finish the 12K in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, placing 37th in the field.Picture credit: Paul
One of the most memorable moments of this summer's IAAF World Championships took place in the final straight of the women's 1,500m, when 24-year-old Hannah England rocketed through from seventh to grab a surprise silver medal. This impeccably
was seventh in Ironman Lanzarote in May, eighth in Ironman France in June and then came that third place in Ironman UK, where she finished in 10:16:22, earning a slot at the World Championships in Hawaii. "I'd had a very full race schedule and was wondering
and the level of competition out there. I just need to get my head down and hopefully I'll put in a good ride at the World Championships this year and the National Championships as well.What's your ultimate career aim?An Olympic gold medal, winning at the men
at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu next month.As the medals stack up and the records tumble, we were delighted to meet the same down-to-earth Mo who remains obsessed with Arsenal FC, star struck around Paula Radcliffe and who faces a stern telling off
painter and decorator) first took a 10-year-old Jess to an athletics summer camp as a boredom-busting tactic has paid off in spades. In 2009 she claimed heptathlon gold in the World Championships in Berlin, before taking a medal in the same desirable shade
, and Vinnie, a painter and decorator) first took a 10-year-old Jess to an athletics summer camp as a boredom-busting tactic has paid off in spades. In 2009 she claimed heptathlon gold in the World Championships in Berlin, before taking a medal in the same
UK Trail Running Championships, Cotgrave: Sunday, May 20WHY RUN IT?Held over a scenic course (over an approximate marathon distance), this figure-of-eight route is extremely tough with 1500ft of climbing. There are also races over eight miles and 44
Time: 2:43Wet, cold, windy, painful, slippery 2-43, championship place, all is well with the world.I just wish someone would explain this to my legs."Index of all quotesNext quote
