▁has ▁been ▁spec ulation ▁that ▁Mc Le od ▁could ▁and ▁should ▁therefore ▁be ▁eventually ▁awarded ▁the ▁gold ▁medal . ▁ ▁Mc Le od ▁ran ▁for ▁El sw ick ▁Har riers ▁of ▁New castle ▁upon ▁Ty ne ▁from ▁an ▁early ▁age ▁winning ▁many ▁races ▁on ▁a ▁regional , ▁national ▁and ▁international ▁scale . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁greatest ▁achiev ements ▁was ▁being ▁presented ▁with ▁an ▁Olympic ▁Silver ▁Medal ▁at ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Olympic ▁Games ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁the ▁best ▁performance ▁by ▁a ▁British ▁ath lete ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁Tw ice ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁Golden ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁met re ▁which ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁world ▁champion ships . ▁Mc Le od ▁won ▁the ▁Mor p eth ▁to ▁New castle ▁road ▁race ▁on ▁ 5 ▁occasions ▁with ▁ 6 3 ▁minutes ▁and ▁ 2 5 ▁seconds ▁being ▁his ▁best ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁Salt well ▁Har riers ▁ 1 0 k ▁road ▁race ▁ 1 7 ▁years ▁in ▁a ▁row . ▁Mc Le od ▁also ▁won ▁the ▁first ▁Great ▁North ▁Run ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁it ▁again ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁He ▁competed ▁abroad ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁G iro ▁al ▁S as ▁ 1 0 K ▁race ▁in ▁Italy ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁ ▁He ▁represented ▁England ▁and ▁won ▁a ▁bronze ▁medal ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁metres ▁event , ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁Commonwealth ▁Games