Disappointingly, the last two days have been somewhat of a write off. Whilst I was cycling back after work late on Wednesday night, I had a rather spectacular crash taking evasive action trying to avoid an ignorant moron, whom having made the decision that it was neither ...

The big year of competition starts here! Tomorrow the IAAF World Indoor Championships get under way in Istanbul, Turkey, with the women's high jump qualifications getting proceedings off to a leaping start at 09.30 local time. The GB team flew out yesterday morning...

The last few days have been somewhat of a whirlwind, as you may have noticed through my lack of updates! Between my work for UK Athletics & my private consultancy evening caseload, it's been a challenge fitting all the other aspects of my eventful life into the week's...

So the indoor season has just about reached its conclusion - yep, blink & you missed it! The GB team has now been picked for the World Champs which take place in Istanbul starting on March 9th & the full details of who will be on the plane can be found...

It's been a busy few days since I last wrote. Last weekend I was in Sheffield for the UK Athletics Olympics logistics meeting, which coincided with the UK Indoor Trials & Championships. The afternoon meeting was preceded by a medical team meeting focussed around the Insight...

After a busy day on Saturday at the Indoors, I stayed over in Glasgow, as opposed to returning home to Edinburgh. The evening was very low key & a long supper took up a couple of hours, whilst spent talking to Steve Lewis & Joe Thomas after their respective pole vault & 800m...

This week there has been somewhat of a buzz in the "Pleasure Dome" (aka. Lee Valley Athletics Centre) & the place has been the busiest I have ever seen it. What's the reason for this surge in activity, you may ask & the answer is "The Fear"...or at least that's what several...

So as the sun set on 2011 & a year full of change, travels & adventure came to a tidy conclusion, so the dawn broke this morning, to welcome in 2012, a year which if anything, is likely to be one of extremes! I can't say I was thoroughly awake when I took this picture but it...

After a brief stop-off at home in Edinburgh, I arrived up in Glasgow on Friday in preparation for today's Aviva International Indoor match at Kelvin Hall. The Glasgow event is traditionally the first major date in the British indoor athletics calendar & this year saw Team GB...

Happy New Year! Once again the greeting rings true as the rabbit hops out the door & Year of the Dragon gets under way. The Dragon is the fifth & "mightiest" of the Chinese Zodiac positions & being born under the sign of the Dragon myself, it will come of no surprise to...