Here we are just two days into the World Athletics Championships and its already been an enthralling, exilerating and sometimes painful watch. Yesterday was great and thanks to the delight of modern technology, I watched the last 5 mins of Mo's race on a mobile phone sat in the middle of a car park in rural Northumberland. The bloke sat eating his dinner in a caravan parked close by must have thought I was bonkers sat shouting at the phone. But Mo triumphed after a bumpy season and a very bumpy 10k race too. The action in the Heptathlon was also superb and Dominic had been up at foolish o'clock to watch the early action and it was great to watch the highlights later to see Jess & KJT at the top of the tree. Now, I'm proud to say that after 44 years, I've never ever got up in the wee small hours to watch a sporting event. We've had England football matches at daft times in World Cups but I've never watched them. I've occasionally stopped up late to wa...
Welcome to the wise words of Mark Ellis, 48 year old gadgee who's married with 3 kids, works in buses, loves athletics & generally has an opinion on lots of things.......