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Living With Athletes? The Good, the Bad and the Messy Kitchens...
📸 by Jodi Hanagan
Living with athletes may come as a no-brainer to some, to others it might be their worst nightmare. Just like anything, it is important to consider the pros and cons, with these differing from person to person. Drawing on honest first-hand experiences/opinions from a number of athletes, this article will look into the pros and cons of living with athletes or not.
My experience of living with athletes has been pretty straightforward, I can't lie. For someone who loves all th…
Athlete Dating: The Good, the Bad and the Downright Filthy
Featured Image: GB Athletes Kevin and Naomi Metzger
It’s Valentine's Day; a time to celebrate love and romance. But what if you have to be up for training at 6 am tomorrow? Or what if you’re suffering from DOMS so painful you can’t “put on a show” on the big day?
The dating game can be a challenging one, especially if you decide to play it as an athlete. Early nights, strict training programmes and those “sorry for the slow reply, I was training” texts can really get in the way of a healthy …
Leaving Sports and Finding Yourself...Again? by Daniel Oderinde
What’s up people, I begin this piece by sending peace to everyone reading this and introduce myself - my name is Daniel Oderinde and I am a former national and international medallist at the youth/junior level (AAA’s bronze medallist and FISEC International Catholic School Games 100m champion). As you can tell by my writing in the past tense, I have stopped pursuing a career in athletics, that was due to having suffered from an on-going chronic knee injury called patella femoral pain syndrome. W…
Super Spikes: Are They Fair? by Trak Archives
The Nike Air Zoom Viperfly aren’t the first super spikes to be shelved. Back in 1968, the Puma Brush spikes were also banned before the Olympic Games. The only difference being they were released first, 2 world records were broken competing in these spikes.
Most notably John Carlos broke the 20 second barrier for the first time in the 200 metres a month before the games on a new tartan surface.
Years later, Tommie Smith wrote in his book, Silent Gesture: “Carlos couldn’t have been beate…
The Athlete Afterlife by Emily Borthwick
‘The Athlete Afterlife’ – how high performance environments allow a simplistic and successful transition to the world of work.
“Guidance for athletes to maximise potential in high performing environments”
It isn’t uncommon that athletes struggle to accept that sport doesn’t last forever. What feels like a lifetime of success is usually only 20 years on average[13]. What happens after that? The fear of entering the real world and realising hours of pushing your body and mind to its…
The Journey by Yasmin Liverpool
In some ways, being a semi-professional athlete is a thankless job. You train just as hard as those at the top do, but the rewards aren’t reaped until you make that critical breakthrough to the “elite” level.
This is not a complaint about our lot, but rather an observation of fact. We are often told to stay motivated by keeping in mind our goals and focusing on the end result. However, especially due to the times we are in, these can seem rather remote.
think that’s why it is important to e…
Life After Sport as a Winter Olympian by Dave Coleman
Following a late call up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where I was a spare and had to lose 12kg in 7 days to make weight, I returned home as part of Team GB and with a certificate saying I was an Olympian. A dream I had worked for since I was 6, having watched the 92 games in Barcelona.
As I'm sure we can all appreciate the time, effort, discipline etc that goes into what we love doing and being the best we can be. While also the honour of representing our country.
One thing…