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Former Coach:
Dave Turnbull
Such a down to earth and funny guy. Despite working fulltime (in a brewery!) and his own family commitments (his wife Teresa is a gem!), he dedicates so much of is time to his athletes. He constantly strives to improve, always putting the interests of the athletes’ first, without an ego in sight. |
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The Manager: Nic Bideau
His knowledge, ambition, business acumen and kindness helped to turned my career around. |
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And many, many more from the past including:
Sonya Shellard – life coach and friend; Faye Downey, Tommy Yule and Neil Parsley – weights coaches extraordinaires; Steve Ingham – v. knowledgeable physiologist; Gordon Surtees – former coach and fittest 37 year old I’ve ever known; Ken Harker – metronome training partner! (plus many others that have helped me in sessions over the years); Sylvan Richardson – the Buddha masseur! (plus countless other practitioners); Alison Rose – amazing physio and person; Simon Paine – patient Pose Technique coach; Bell Bedgebury International School - /training camp; Kelly Holmes and Wilson Kipketer – pretty good runners (;-)) keen to ‘give back’; Alpha Romeo – for the 6 months-turned-18 months use of the GT (and for letting me off for the scratches). Plus anyone else who has enhanced my journey so far… Thank you. |
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PureColSport.com: Pure-Col Capsules
PureColSport.com is a new website set up to provide a fantastic product (Pure-Col Capsules) to assist athletes throughout the UK with their overall development and recovery.
Loads of top athletes are already using Pure-Col such as Sonia O'Sullivan, Jamie Noon, Karren Harewood, Steve Vernon and many more.
Collagen is said to offer tissue-strengthening properties, promote recovery from training, assist in the reduction of body fat, aid more restful sleep and increase energy levels. Learning of the product through and article in a running magazine,
As such I am currently trialing Purecol in the hope that it can positively contribute to my career, not to mention my appearance, as it is also said to create healthier skin, hair and nails! |
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Nike
Have always given me exactly what I need and more! Plus they blatantly have the nicest kit! |
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| Ron Pickering Memorial Fund
A charity run by the late Ron’s wife, Jean, that works incredibly hard to raise money and distribute it to young, up and coming athletes. I benefited from the fund’s generosity for a number of years as a junior, using the money to fund my annual warm weather training trip. If you would like to contribute to this fund please follow the link. |
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| Nova International
Brendan Foster's company were extremely generous in funding my warm weather training trip to Australia in January-March of this year. Despite getting injured in the second half of my trip out there, it was a great experience and one I learnt so much from. And got a nice tan! |
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| "Cocovida, a company based out in the Philippines that has won awards for the quality of their products, were kind enough to send me out a shipment of jars of coconut oil recently which I use for both massage and cooking. Not only is coconut oil absolutely delicious, it is actually really good for you with immunity and metabolism boosting properties. They also do a range of natural beauty products and have recently introduced coconut sugar and flour into their range – perfect for making healthy post-training snacks. If you would like to try them for yourself you can visit their websites by clicking on the links". |
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