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James Thie: bases his coaching theories on a wealth of personal experience
PICTURES: MARK SHEARMAN
I COACH more than 20 athletes, many of whom have won Welsh or BUCS medals and represented Scotland, England or Wales. My squad includes Paralympian Stephen Morris, 2014 Commonwealth Games athletes Dave Bishop and Adam Bitchell, 73:19 half-marathon runner Charlotte Arter, 2016 Welsh 5km champion Ieuan Thomas, Australian duo Tom and Kat Marshall and 2015 World 50km eighth-place finisher Mike Kallenberg. That’s just to name a few.
I work with a lot of other good people who all chip into the coaching. As I’m the performance director for athletics and a lecturer in sports development at Cardiff Met University I have a lot of good contacts.