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- another athlete, your coach or one of the club's many volunteers - please let me know. - Ron Scott Featured Athlete:
What is your favourite subject at school? I always hated Spanish, purely cos I couldn't get to grips with learnin a new language. I think at the time I had this mentality that everyone should all speak English cos we're the best. I now realise that a view like that is quite stupid and lazy, but I still haven't learned a foreign language. However, I always used to love goin to Spanish cos I sat with my best mate Andy Wright and we used to cry laughin in every lesson! My favourite subject would have to be.......erm, PE I think. I found the theory side of it really interesting and useful to my training. Plus I just generally enjoyed the subject as a whole and so I am still doing it now at A- Level and plan to carry it on to degree level!
Do you do any sports other than running? I used to play Basketball a lot when I was in High School. I never really got into it as much as I have done with athletics though. I really enjoyed it though and played for the school in most games. I still play a little bit now but I haven't played a real game for years. I love playin footy with my mates too, although I'm really quite poor at it. I usually just get bunged on the right wing and get told to run! What other things do you do in your spare time? In my spare time I travel round the country attending interviews like this one. That's only since I've gained my celebrity status though. I was invited by Ant and Dec to go on "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!" but I turned them down because I'm involved in rigorous training at the moment. I have recently been to Russia for dinner with President Putin though. I took a week off just for him. It was mainly to build a few political bridges between our two great nations. Seriously though, my life isn't that exciting! I usually just chill with my friends and just generally have a laugh! Coming back to athletics, what are your events? I'm strictly a sprinter and I do the 100m and 200m (favouring the 200m). I have occasionally participated in the odd long jump though, getting particularly poor distances. I think the last jump I did was at Elsmere Port and I jumped about 2 metres and the rest were no jumps. Since then I haven't been asked again! Who is your coach? Graham
Pilkington! He's got one sicko look if he doesn't like ya, I get
that look all the time. And he's a legend in his own mind. However,
credit where credit's due, he's a very well respected coach and
he looks after us so we're lucky to have the guy! *cough* easy
session please Tell
us a bit about your training We train at the new Litherland
Track. We also use the gym up there too. We also train in Stanley
High School on Monday nights doing circuits and plyometrics. I
train on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and sometimes
at the weekend doing sand dune training or hills if I'm off work!
What were your best performances? My best performances were both at Wavertree in the 2005 Merseyside Championships. I remember the final of the 200m and there was only three of us running cos a few people had dropped out. And I was in the middle with Alex Stokes staggered behind me. I came off the bend ahead of the guy in the outside lane so I was feeling happy but I could feel Alex behind me and coming up onto my shoulder and with about 80m to go I think I just pulled away and ended up winning by 0.4 secs And I can remember you, Ron, running over to me and saying in complete awe "22.6!" and I think I was as shocked as you because my previous best was about 23.4 secs! When I received my medal I was told that it was a new record! Later that day I was still bouncing after the 200m and I won the 100m as well in 11.2 secs! What does winning any race mean to you? I love crossing the line first! I train hard so I can cross the line first as much as I can. Obviously its more important in certain competitions but anytime I win I feel great! Who are your favourite athletes or role
models and why? Tell us about your athletics ambitions I want to be just like Graham when I'm older......haha! Nooo, in the distant future I just hope to be still involved! I'm in Under 20's now, I would love to win a medal at any competition like the AAA's, Northerns or English Schools before I get too old! Is there anything else you would like to share with us? I've gotta be a bit of a suck up and say thanks to Graham for the time he gives up. Also, we've gotta mention everyone in The Squad....I'm not going to though....Just, Hello to The Squad in general. Thanks Eddie....nice one
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Tell
us about yourself. Well, I'm 17 (18 in May) and I'm
gettin' really worked up cos all my mates are 18 and I'm not!
I live in Waterloo and go to Sacred Heart Sixth Form College!
I love sprinting, particularly when I win in a fast time! Its
the best feeling in the world! I work in Slater Menswear in town
and I am a Sales Assistant, so I help the gents who come in get
their right sizes and try to advise them on fashion....? 
How
did you get into athletics? Well I've got Big Paddy
O'Connor to thank for that! I remember in one PE lesson Paddy
said to me that I should come down to training at Edge Hill with
him and see how I got on. I turned him down more or less every
week for about a month but eventually (mostly just to shut him
up) I agreed to go down and I loved it! I think that was
about 3-4 years ago now.
*cough*
Well
until we found out he was a cheat I really liked Justin Gatlin,
mainly because I liked his running style and technique but I also
admired him because he seemed quite down to earth. I also really
like Michael Johnson, I just generally think he's an absolute
beast! I think Darren Campbell is a dude as well. He was never
the best but he always represented us well. However, I've got
to say everything I do in training is trying to copy Drapes...such
a cool guy, what a dude. What else can I say?
