If you look up the phrase “Round the bend” in the Collins English Dictionary it is defined as someone who does foolish or silly things and is the British slang for mad; crazy; eccentric. At the age of 62 I completed my first ever competitive Welsh Masters season on the athletic track as a 200 and 400 metres sprinter where “going round the bend” in these events is compulsory. To the uninitiated it’s true that for someone of my vintage there is a correlation to the dictionary definition and...

I have been competing abroad since 2022 at the European Indoor champs, Braga. Restarting after having my left knee replaced in 2021 due to osteoarthritis . During this time of recovery I had a lot of thinking time and I’d always  regretted giving up athletics aged 25 as good shot putter, discus thrower whose pb’s were 12.24m and 33.50m with a highest British ranking of 6 for shot put aged 16.

The indoor Inter Area Challenge took place at Lee Valley, North London on 16th Feb 2025. A few years ago it clashed with The Beast from the