the road to athletic super stardom

after all those years of trying to get in to the news for all the positive things i have achieved in athletics, i finally get in the newspapers-the swindon start, front page-for a race that i utterly failed miserably in, the swindon half marathon. how did i come to be in posession of one of these newspapers-well a customer recognised me from when i had been running around portishead and passed it on to the office pervert nigel lines, who in turn gave it to me. really i was annoyed about this piece of publicity, because i didn't particularlywant to be reminded of failure, but sometimes that can be a good thing to keep you motivated and to keep your feet on the ground when you think you're invincible. you never are you just think you are when you're really fit, but you only ever stay that fit for a short period before fatigue sets in