YOUR life is your garden.
Your thoughts are your seeds.
If your life isn’t awesome You’ve been watering the weeds.
“That’s my Twitter,” says Asha Philip as her words are read out to her.
“My own words, my thoughts. It’s about how to take care of yourself. If you water the wrong seeds then you are going to get weeds.”
MARK SHEARMAN
It’s the introduction to her Twitter account. What her all-male training group that includes fellow sprinters James Dasaolu and Adam Gemili make of it she doesn’t say, but we’ll come to them later.
“I’m writing about how you take care of yourself, sow and it will grow. Try and be a happy person. I’m always the happiest person you are ever going to meet,” she says with a huge smile.
“I’ve learned growing up that you can’t make everybody happy. You can’t say yes to everyone, and things aren’t always going to go your way.
“But I’m sure the sun will shine. I try to live my life happy. You only have one shot.”
However, for three years laughter was a stranger. She’d had her shot. It looked over. Walking again would be an achievement.
Philip had made history as the first British woman to win a global 100m title when she was crowned IAAF world youth champion at 16 years old.
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About AW - The best coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport
THE BIG FEATURE
16 ASHA PHILIP
Why one of GB’s top sprinters is smiling again
after battling back from injury to make Rio
ACTION
50 CAU/EA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Joel Fearon breaks through to 9.96 100m
and Daniel Gardiner hits form in long jump
56 BEER MILE WORLD CLASSIC
Canadian clocks 4:34 world record in London
SPOTLIGHT
22 SCOTS ON THE UP
A look at the remarkable recent rise of
athletics north of the border
36 MARY DECKER SLANEY
US legend tells Jason Henderson how she
keeps fit despite chronic arthritis
TALKING POINT
30 DOPING IN KENYA
Adharanand Finn puts the recent allegations
into perspective with his insider view
NEWS
6 Charlie Grice upset at Iten doping talk
8 Callum Wilkinson savours world junior glory
10 Mo Farah announced for Great North Run
12 Rabah Yousif’s visa nightmare
PERFORMANCE
42 The latest in sports science
44 Killer Sessions – Susan Tooby
46 An in-depth look at youth dropout
48 How Brits are excelling in New Mexico
RESULTS & FIXTURES
60 Results round-up
77 What’s On – fixtures guide
PREVIEW
75 BAL AND UKWL PREVIEW
REGULARS
34 VIEW FROM THE STANDS
40 YOUNG ATHLETE
76 QUIZ CORNER
82 DIP FINISH