I’m determined to set a new standard in marathon running.

At the end of 2009, in Rome, I became the first ever leg amputee to break the 3-hour barrier for the marathon, with a time of 2:56:45

My target is to run in the marathon for Team GB at the London 2012 Paralympics and to be in contention for a medal.

On February 28th, I ran my second half marathon of the year and, given the atrocious weather conditions, I was very pleased to finish in the top 40.
Race day itself was a great occasion with about 4,500 runners and many more supporters cheering us all on. The actual race was started by non-other than UK [...]

I’m off for a training week with my coach, Liz Yelling, in Lanzarote this month – I must admit I’m really looking forward to getting some serious training in and finding out just where I am in terms of conditioning for this year. The fact I have already set a new half-marathon World Record this [...]

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