MY first training group was with the Greater Boston Track Club in the summer of 1997, led by the doyen of New England running Tom Derderian. I didn’t stay for long as I returned to England after five years away, but I’d already seen a great mix of hard work, handicapping, humour, and teamwork to ‘file away’ for another day.
Will Cockerell, behind Sonia O'Sullivan as coach Alan Storey leads the group
Mark Shearman
Really good training groups are hard to find and a tip-off led me to the Paddington recreation ground in the summer of 1999 where Frank Horwill’s group was operating as Battersea was closed for a year. I was one of its mainstays until his death 14 years later and built up countless happy memories and friendships.
Mark Shearman
I also investigated Alan Storey’s set-up at Kingsmeadow in the summer of 2002. This was a legendary group, where I would run in lock-step with Sonia O’Sullivan for the last three years of her competitive career. Alan moved away in 2005, Robin Dickson took over the group for a decade, and upon his passing last summer, I now lead it, christening it the “Kingsmeadow Custodians”. Another remarkable group I’ve sampled is Mick Woods’ set-up at Aldershot, which I wrote about at length about on these pages.
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