Kelly Holmes
Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, MBE, DBEis a retired British middle distance athlete...
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth19 April 1970
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.
felt football high home junior needed team
When he was in junior high the football team needed a kicker and he felt at home doing that.
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.
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