Mo Farah

Whilst being off work ill yesterday I saw an item on ITV London News about
Mo Farah.

ITV had sent a camera crew out to Kenya to report on his training, plus interview Mo and MRS Mo.

This morning thanks to
www.twitter.com/mo_farah I discovered he is to write a regular blog for ITV.

So, if you want to read how proper athletes train, go
here.

You can relive his fantastic 5K victory in Barcelona this summer at the European Championships
here. Brilliant commentary from
Steve Cram, if there’s a GB gold rush in 2012 I think he might explode!

When in London, Mo Farah and a load of the Kenyen’s train in my local park, it’s not uncommon to be overtaken by one or more of them.

Allow me to name drop for a moment. In the late nineties, Mo Farah spent a bit of time running in the same hill sessions group as me on a Sunday morning in Richmond Park, I confess I have no memory of this at all.

About a year ago he moved into a flat near my house and I was surprised to discover he not only recognised my dad, but remembered my name, at least ten years on from the Richmond Park days of which I have little recollection.

I did smile to myself when I heard him interviewed on Five Live after his victories in Barcelona, stunned that
Arsene Wenger (Mo is a Gunners fan), was aware of who he was and had sent a congratulations message.