With all the recent negativety within athletics, I hope this blog shows the purer side to our sport! Avoiding the obvious links to Qatar and the World Cup – I want to keep this positive for once! I had hoped to travel to Qatar and surprise my mum for her birthday but unfortunately, I had … Continue reading Doha Athletics Club
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It's been a good few weeks since I've had a proper conversation with another human being, other than over text message or Skype. Injuries can make a person go insane! But the other day, I popped along to the Physio room, for a quick 5minute catch up with the doctor. There was a good debate … Continue reading Who would YOU choose?
Sport can be cruel. After riding the rollercoaster of emotions over the last 17 weeks and believing I was well in the road to recovery - I was clobbered with another road block. The ankle has consistently been sore to run on, throughout my rehab - albeit, at a low level around a 3/10 pain. I … Continue reading 2015..Good Riddance. Never Liked Odd Numbers Anyways…
EILISH McColgan has revealed she will miss the entire season – including this summer’s world athletics championships – after failing to recover from a broken ankle. It is the latest in a series of setbacks for the UK steeplechase champion who had to battle back from a foot fracture to snatch a place at the … Continue reading Eilish McColgan to miss whole season over ankle – Scotsman
Eilish McColgan says the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio are "now more than ever" her goal after revealing she is unlikely to race again this year. McColgan, 24, broke her ankle in January and has suffered a setback in her return from injury. "Initially, we believed this injury would be a small blip in the … Continue reading Eilish McColgan focused on Rio as injury ruins 2015 – BBC Sport
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