Kelly Holmes
Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, MBE, DBEis a retired British middle distance athlete...
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth19 April 1970
depends leg point
It depends on the leg and where you go from this point in time, ... It's if I want to do it as well as being able to do it.
planes
Without planes I wouldn't be able to do what I do.
expect felt last obviously quite racing round
I actually didn't expect to get round the whole 800 meters, so I'm quite pleased. Around the last 250 meters, I really felt my leg. That obviously wasn't me racing at my best.
experience life shook touches ways
He'd just come into my life but it shook me up very much. That was a life-changing experience that sometimes touches you in more ways that you think.
body case definitely ready trying
But even if I do, after that definitely not - my body is not ready to take any more punishment. Now it's just as case of trying to do one thing at a time.
three
I have another MRI scan in three weeks' time,
fit wait whether
We'll have to wait and see whether I am fit enough,
competing home
There is nothing like competing before a home crowd.
event great
Sheffield has been a great event for me in the past,
clear fitness future head mind settle
Let that settle and get back into fitness and then I need a clear head to make my mind up on my future and the Commonwealth Games,
although decision fit point realistic remaining until whether
I've told the selectors I will give it until mid-November to make my decision whether to compete. I really do want to go but I have to be realistic and if I'm not fit enough, there is no point - although I am remaining hopeful.
achieved including looking surpass
I've achieved everything I wanted. I have nothing to prove, including to myself. Looking at what I've achieved, I don't think there is anything that is going to surpass that.
achilles bad bend fighting fights-and-fighting point round
Round the bend my achilles was too bad so there was no point in fighting any more
case trying
Now it's just as case of trying to do one thing at a time.