Olympic Games Tokyo 2020ish

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hellywobs Aug 2021 4:19pm, 6 Aug 2021 24 posts	0 hellywobs My son does race walking, and represented England at school level but has sadly lost a bit of interest since lockdown. He's still training though and banged out 7.36 in a mile race on Wednesday evening. I could keep up with him (running!), but it would be at effort level. He's hoping to go to York university next month, results permitting, so won't be far from the national centre in Leeds. I saw that Kate French can do an 18 minute parkrun. I'd love to think this would be Callum Hawkin's year in the marathon. Go Callum.
Ocelot Spleens Aug 2021 4:28pm, 6 Aug 2021 31,619 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens turns out athletes you have races against is mot for a different thread. Laura weightman, Beth Potter, got the better of me by 10 mins or so last road 10k I ran.
rf_fozzy Aug 2021 5:17pm, 6 Aug 2021 15,050 posts	0 rf_fozzy The Paris 2024 surfing competition will not take place on la Seine, but instead in Tahiti... bbc.co.uk
Oranj Aug 2021 5:19pm, 6 Aug 2021 2,757 posts	0 Oranj I once shared a flat with Tim Berrett amongst others, who later went on to represent Canada (the UK had some rather good race walkers at the time and he changed allegiance) in race walking, a five-time Olympian. He had a Nike shoe contract; you should've seen his wardrobe, stacked with shoes!
Pothunter Aug 2021 6:37pm, 6 Aug 2021 4,557 posts	0 Pothunter I seem to remember that Fellrunning’s daughter represented Australia at London 2012 in the walk
Fragile Do Not Bend Aug 2021 7:01pm, 6 Aug 2021 8,620 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Technically I was in the same race as Mo Farah in the World half marathon in Cardiff in 2016, but I think he had finished before my wave started.
jda Aug 2021 7:04pm, 6 Aug 2021 10,594 posts	0 jda I did a 5k fun run with Mo. On zwift. Got a selfie and all. Then zwift crashed so I didn’t get to beat him.
swittle Aug 2021 10:16pm, 6 Aug 2021 78,212 posts	0 swittle Women's Marathon started at 22:00 BST; showing on BBC iPlayer. Quite shaded as far as I've seen.
Oscar the Grouch Aug 2021 10:18pm, 6 Aug 2021 3,366 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch I beat MRS Farah at the great north run a few years back. She ran something pretty respectable from memory. 1.45-1.48 something like.
Night-owl Aug 2021 10:25pm, 6 Aug 2021 37,570 posts	0 Night-owl Yes women's marathon on the red button