Focus on Athetes - 3

ATHLETES' PROFILES - 3

TED PARTRIDGE (WREXHAM)

Age: 51      D.O.B: 13.1.61

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMPETING: 40 years, with long gaps inbetween

ANY OTHER SPORTS PLAYED: Golf, fishing, cycling

OTHER HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: Horseracing

FAVOURITE RACING DISTANCE: 10k

FAVOURITE RACE AND WHY: Twin Piers 10k, 2012 - because the wind was behind us all the way from Llandudno to Colwyn Bay

FAVOURITE TRAINING SESION:  Interval session 5 x 1 mile on grass - not my favourite but the hardest and most rewarding

 PROUDEST MOMENT: Representing Wales

WHO DO YOU MOST ADMIRE (INSIDE ATHLETICS AND OUT) AND WHY: Mo Farah for his achievements and Jess ica Ennis

ANY PERSONAL AMBITIONS: To continue to train and compete for as long as possible

ANY REGRETS: Not competing regularly at an earlier age

ANY EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCES: Not completing Welsh inter-counties XC champs in 2005 after being sent the wrong way by a marshal when in the lead

WHAT CHANGES (IF ANY) WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE SPORT: To try to find some way of attracting more youngsters into the sport