Joe competed at the British Masters athletics championship at Lee Valley on 11th March and won the 60mH, 3rd in LJ and 2nd in 60m at his age group M45.
One of my aims this season is the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in Daegu, South Korea 19-25 March. I entered for 3 events. My 1st event was LJ final at 9am on 20th and achieved a silver medal with a jump of 6.24m. After this l completing the heats and semi final of the 60m. In the final on 21st l got of to the best start and the 2 favourites just took me with 7m from the line. I got a bronze medal with a time of 7.30secs. My faster 60m time for 5 years. Next stop my main event on 23rd, 60m hurdles semi final which l won comfortably. By this time my back was causing me some issues which was effecting my hamstrings. The team physiotherapist have been excellent in fixing my back after each race. I run the final 60m hurdles race and won by almost a second with a time of 8.42secs, not too far from my European record. My job was done, 3 events, 3 medals, a very successful championship.
As you can see Joe is having a fantastic indoor season and we are looking forward to seeing how he can perform outdoors this years. Thanks again to Joe for sending us the update – we love hearing about our supported athlete successes!