Running Me
Apart from a couple of blips, usually due to injury or a lack of racing over the distance in a given season, I’ve been quite fortunate in my career so far to experience progress in my events on a yearly basis. 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2006 stand out for me as ‘break-through’ years. A growth spurt in 1997 contributed to an improvement of 23 seconds in my 1500m time which resulted in my first junior international vest.

In 1999 I switched focus to the 800m and saw the benefits immediately as I reduced my PB by 7 seconds and collected my first national junior title. After a period of stagnation as I adapted to a change in environment when starting university, a break-through came at just the right time in 2002 as I got my PB down to 2:02 in qualifying for the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Improvements thereafter were frustratingly slow as each season I felt I was not getting the best out of myself…until 2006 where I exceeded my expectations! Oh the unpredictable world of athletics.
Major Career Highlights

3 x National Under 20 800m champion

4 x British University Champion: 800m/ 1500m

Commonwealth 800m representative 2002

2003 European Under 23 800m Champion

2006 National 800m Champion

2006 European 800m Bronze Medallist

World Cup 800m 4th Place
Career Results

Year

Race

Event

Position

Time

1995

English Schools

XC

47th

-

1996

English Schools

XC

?

-

1997

English Schools

XC

69th

-

 

English Schools

1500m

2nd

4:36

1998

English Schools

XC

32nd

-

 

English Schools

1500m

3rd

4:38

1999

English Schools

XC

31st

-

 

AAAs U20 Indoors

800m

3rd

-

 

AAAs U20

800m

1st

2:07

 

European Youth Olympic Days

800m

7th

2:20 (tripped)

2000

AAAs U20 Indoors

800m

5th

2:17

 

World Juniors

800m

6th in heat

2:20 (food poisoning)

2001

AAAs U20 Indoors

800m

1st

2:10

 

BUSA Indoors

800m

2nd

2:09

 

AAAs U20

800m

1st

2:06ish

 

European Juniors

800m

4th

2:05.3

2002

BUSA Indoors

800m

2nd

2:08ish

 

BUSA

800m

1st

2:06

 

AAAs

800m

5th

2:06

 

Commonwealth Games

800m

3rd in heat

2:05.2

2003

NCAA Indoors

800m

5th in heat

2:10

 

NCAAs

800m

3rd

2:01.76

 

European U23s

800m

1st

2:04.6

 

World Universities

800m

SF

DNF (hamstring)

2004

AAAs Indoors

800m

2nd

2:06

 

BUSA

1500m

1st

4:28

 

AAAs

800m

5th

2:03

2005

BUSA Indoors

1500m

1st

4:20

 

BUSA

1500m

1st

4:19

 

AAAs

800m

5th

2:03

 

World Universities

800m

9th

2:05

2006

AAAs

800m

1st

2:00

 

European Champs

800m

3rd

1:58.4

 

World Cup

800m

4th

2:00.91
1500m Running Statistics
Year Event Time
1995 1500m 5:26
1996 1500m 4:59
1997 1500m 4:36
1998 1500m 4:38
1999 1500m -
2000 1500m -
2001 1500m -
2002 1500m 4:26
2003 1500m 4:14.8
2004 1500m 4:29
2005 1500m 4:19
2006 1500m 4:06
800m Running Statistics
Year Event Time
1995 800m 2:42
1996 800m 2:26
1997 800m 2:15
1998 800m 2:14
1999 800m 2:07.28
2000 800m 2:05.26
2001 800m 2:05
2002 800m 2:02.47
2003 800m 2:01.76
2004 800m 2:01.26
2005 800m 2:01.98
2006 800m 1:58.20