East African athletics has been in the doping spotlight, but Michael Crawley found the Ethiopian running scene to be guilty only of ignorance and naivety
DISTANCE runner Michael Crawley of Corstorphine AC made significant progress in 2015 with second place in the Scottish 10-mile championships and fourth place in the Manchester Marathon in 2:19:39 and earned his first GB vest.
The Edinburgh University student is not involved in serious racing in the UK this year as he has “gone native” for a year in Ethiopia as a consequence of undertaking research work related to an economics based Phd he is studying for, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRB).