May 07, 2009
Farah heads to sunny climes
NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGLES Mo Farah is heading to the Pyrenees in preparation for the summer track season.
The
26-year-old will join six other athletes this week at the Font Romeu on
the French side of the Pyrenees mountains, famous for being a training
base for the UK's most successful long distance runner of the last
decade, Paula Radcliffe.
UKA National Endurance Coach Ian Stewart said: "We need to expose our athletes to this type of training environment.
"It has worked for Paula and it can work for other British athletes too.-
Report by Newham Recorder
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