Nick has coached me for over 12 years now and under his guidance I have progressed from an athlete who couldn’t make the county team to reaching the 2010 European Championships Great Britain team for the marathon. I have progressed every year with PBs over various distances almost every single year. I have represented Great Britain students… Read More

“Neither Jo or myself had ever run before and the thought of jogging to the end of the road was daunting, let alone running our first 5k. Jo was an ice skater and suffered a knee injury which involved a long rehab process. We were pretty devastated when she was unable to train or skate… Read More

“I was that girl that refused to run for the bus. That refused to do anything that involved my breasts moving unless I was in a controlled environment that wasn’t too sweaty and that preferably didn’t have any one else around. Surprisingly this left me few options and plenty of excuses NOT to exercise.  Which… Read More

I started running just over a year ago, having been encouraged to enter my local 5k Race For Life. Although I am a keen cyclist, I had not run since leaving school. I started to go for regular runs to practice for the race, determined I was going to run the whole way in a… Read More

“At the end 2006, as I made my new years resolutions, I realised that I had spent more than half my life as a heavy smoker.  This combined with daily lunchtime drinking had changed a once fit Army soldier into an unfit, 16 stone office worker. To try and address this I started to jog… Read More

I am Andy Vernon, 24 and I compete over 5000m, 10000m and cross country. My career highlights include my 1st European medal (silver) at the European Junior Cross Country Champs in 2005, running sub 13.30 over 5000m for the first time (2010) and finishing 44th at the World Cross Country Champs in 2010.
 
I have been… Read More

“I started running in 2005 after finally mending my ways and stopping smoking. Up to that point I didn’t have any interest in doing sport or improving my fitness, but within a few months of starting to run, I was hooked. My debut half marathon was the Great North Run in 2005 which I finished… Read More

“Nick Anderson appears to have spent his whole life coaching runners. His current group of international athletes include recent European cross country trial winner, Andy Vernon and European and Commonwealth marathon representative Ben Moreau. In his time he has coached over 30 individuals to international honours from the 5000m to the marathon. Nick also acted… Read More