Jock Athletic 2012.06.pdf

Vive

Le Tour

WHAT’S YOUR

ATHLETIC AGE?

NEW Wmen

IN SPORT SECTION

JOCK ATHLETIC PAYS

TRIBUTE TO HAILE

GEBRSELASSIE, OLYMPIC

LEGEND.

In May this year, at the age of 39, my all-

time favourite distance runner won the Great

Manchester 10km run in a time of 27mins and

39 seconds, the fastest 10km time in the world

this year. Haile was the irst distance runner

that I saw take on, single-handedly, the Kenyan

runners who hunted in packs and teach them

a lesson. In 1992 as he sprinted past Machuka

from Kenya in the last 10m of the Junior World

Championships, Machuka punched him in the

back of the neck, so frustrated were the Kenyans

at not being able to beat the Great Man.

Haile you were an inspiration then and 20 years

later at the age of 39 you most certainly still are

now! I really hope you get that wildcard entry to

the London Olympic Games.

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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 20: Haile Gebrselassie wins the

BUPA Great Manchester Run in a time of 27mins 29 secs, the fastest

10,000m time in the world this year. One week later, the Olympic

marathon and 10,000m champion missed out on selection in the

Ethiopian Olympic Team for the 2012 Games but is likely to get a wid

card providing he can prove his itness.

(Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

JUNE 2012 3

EDITOR’S LETTER

A GREAT SEASON OF SPORTS IS FAST APPROACHING AND WE CAN HARDLY CONTAIN OUR EXCITEMENT. IN AUSTRALIA, THE FOOTY SEASONS ARE WELL UNDERWAY

AND THE MIGHTY SHARKIES ARE IN THE TOP 4. IN EUROPE, FRANCE IS BRACING ITSELF, NOT ONLY FOR THE FRENCH OPEN OF TENNIS, BUT FOR THE TOUR DE

FRANCE - THE BIGGEST ANNUAL SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD!! SOME OF YOU MAY WONDER WHAT COULD BE SO INTERESTING ABOUT WATCHING A BUNCH OF

MEN IN TIGHTS RIDE FOR HOURS ON END. BUT I LIKEN IT TO A STORY UNFOLDING - THE DRAMA, THE TACTICS, THE SCENERY, THE SPECTACLE OF IT ALL IS WORTH

THE 3 WEEKS OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION. ADD TO THAT THE WIMBELDON TENNIS FINALS IN LONDON, FOLLOWED BY THE OLYMPICS IN JULY, AND YOU’VE GOT ENOUGH

SPORT TO LAST YOU TILL THE CRICKET SEASON STARTS IN NOVEMBER!

IN HONOUR OF THE ‘TDF’, THIS EDITION IS PACKED FULL ‘O’ CYCLING - WE INTERVIEW AUSTRALIAN CHRIS SUTTON FROM TEAM SKY ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A

PRO-CYCLIST, DAN ATKINS GIVES US THE BASICS ON CYCLING FOR TRIATHLON, AND MEL CAMPBELL BRINGS US ROAD CYCLING FROM A ROOKIE PERSPECTIVE. PLUS,

WE REVIEW THE BEST BABY BIKE SEAT GOING AROUND AND ARE GIVING ONE AWAY, JUST ‘CAUSE!

AND THIS MONTH WE LAUNCH OUR WOMEN IN SPORT SECTION! TO KICK IT OFF WE INTERVIEW OLYMPIC MARATHON HOPEFUL LISA WEIGHTMAN AND FEATURE OUR

“GIRL, INSPIRATIONAL” OF THE MONTH, LAURA BOLTON. SO MUCH MORE, YOU HAVE TO READ IT FOR YOURSELF.

VIVE LE TOUR!

Image courtesy of Hamilton Island

Photography, Michael Montiglio