Chris Thompson – Most talented distance runner we have?

I love following this guys journey….

He ran 28:02 solo at the weekend in Trafford for the 9th fastest 10k ever by a Brit!

I knew Thommo a bit from Loughborough, I only ever managed to jump into a few sessions with him but I am pretty sure that he wasn’t any where near as fit as he is now.  We did 10×600m on the track a couple of years ago.  We had 200m ‘Float’ rest in between each rep but this ‘float’ was in 45 seconds…My target pace was 65 secs 400m pace which was tough but on the last few these boys were tapping through 400m in sub 60.

What is so exciting is Chris has been so unlucky with Injuries.  To the point where I think he thought he would have to knock it on the head. The whole time we were at Loughborough he struggled and could never get consistent but since he has been training in the USA, he has been injury free and flying! I think he is one of those guys who only needs 5 weeks to run fast!

Good luck buddy.

Categories: 2010, motivation

Tags: Chris Thompson, Thommo, Trafford 10k

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