ll be spending here at over 2,700m altitude in preparation for the year ahead. This summer, with the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the European Championships in Zurich, my focus is clear: running faster than ever before has to be the main aim. Having raced 25 laps of the Olympic Stadium in 2012 to become the third-fastest British woman over 10,000m, deep down I know for certain that more is possible,...
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