As a professional athlete, I am more than happy to urinate into a cup, roll up my sleeves and allow a stranger to stab at my arm to provide blood - yet I couldn't tell you what the testers are trying to identify in the samples they take. All athletes who are part of the whereabouts … Continue reading Blood Testing in Athletics – Blog for BBC Sport
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Published - 24th July, 2015 Athletics has always been prominent throughout my life. I remember as a kid watching the Olympic Games and being utterly in awe at the athletes. More vividly, I recall watching the great Gebrselassie of Ethiopia and Tergat of Kenya, battling to the line at the Sydney Olympics - fifteen years … Continue reading Glasgow 2014 Article, Daily Mail
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
Published 3rd May, Eilish McColgan There have been huge changes within my family life – the biggest being my mother (and coach), Liz, relocating to Doha, Qatar. I thought it was in my best interest to go visit my mum for two weeks in her new surroundings, with the added benefit of having someone monitor … Continue reading Training in Doha, Daily Mail.
Choice. To willingly select an outcome. A yes or no. Everyone has to make them. Children, teenagers, adults. From a young age the word 'Drugs' didn't mean much to me – other than – 'say no.' - perhaps a little naïve on my behalf but the situation never occurred all throughout my teenage years. However, … Continue reading The Drug Called Sport
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