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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Stoke-on-Trent, ENG |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | City of Stoke: Stoke-on-Trent, ENG |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Supporting Stoke City FC. (uka.org, 01 Sep 2010) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | She started running when a friend asked her to run in a race with her. Her parents also encouraged her as they were former runners. |
General Interest | |
| Most influential person in career | Her parents. (uka.org, 01 Sep 2010) |
| Hero / Idol | Dame Kellie Holmes. (stokeac.org.uk, 31 Dec 2009) |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2012 Olympic Games. (athleticsweekly.com, 31 May 2012) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Alan Morris |
| Coach from what year? | 1999 |
| Training Regime | "Training is pretty intense. I usually train twice a day on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Saturdays and Sunday's I train once. My training sessions entail an hours run or a gym session in the morning. Then in the evening I will do a 4 mile tempo run or training at City of Stoke where my coach Alan will set me a session where he will time me. A typical session would be 10x 400m reps with between 60 and 90 seconds recovery." |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She started running at the age of nine. |
| Coach from which country? | England |
General Interest | |
| Other information | FUTURE 1500M RUNNER She sees herself running the 1,500m in the future but it won't be for a few years as she still needs to increase her strength. "As a youngster my endurance wasn’t the best so it will take a while to build that up. When I’m ready and have got the endurance I need, then I’ll move up. I still think that I’ll always be able to run a really good 800m, but if I want to look at medals then I think it will be over 1500m," she said in 2012. (athleticsweekly.com, 31 May 2012) |
| Awards and honours | She was named the 2012 Female Sports Personality of the Year at the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sports Awards. (bbc.co.uk, 14 Mar 2012) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete |