Chatting with My Hero


My week took a strange twist when I received a message from a BBC producer asking me if I wanted to appear as a surprise guest on Colin Murray’s BBC 5 Live radio show while he was interviewing Steve Cram. He was chatting to the Olympian, World Champion and multiple World Record Breaker in advance of the start of the Olympic athletics programme about his life as a runner.

You would have thought maybe Seb Coe, Steve Ovett or Daley Thompson would have made a more appropriate guest to sing the praises of one of Britain’s greatest ever athletes. But no, I was asked.

You may ask why? Well, it’s probably not what you think.

But if you click on the link here you’ll find out. I’m on at the start of the programme, but the rest is well worth a listen too.

It was a great giggle and an honour!!