Chris Davies

 

D.O.B:

19/10/1976

Occupation:

Postman & Sports Masseuse

Club/County:

Telford AC / Shropshire

Personal Profile:

I’m an attacking type of athlete, and enjoy pushing myself, I like to force the pace in races and run as quick as I’m capable of on the day.

Personal Bests:

• Track
  800m 1.52.1
  1500m 3.43.27
  3000m 7.55.31
  5000m 13.38.95
• Road
  5KM 13.50
  5 Mile 23.15
  10KM 28.37        

GB / National Representative Honours

• Ekiden World Road Relay Champs Chiba, Japan, Three Times
• World Cross Country Champs – Fukuoka, Japan 2006
• Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia 2006
• European Cup – Florence, Italy, 2005
• World Cross Country Champs – Lausanne, Switzerland. 29th March 2003
• European Cross Country Champs, Edinburgh, Scotland 14th December 2003

Achievements

• 16 National titles on Track, Road and Cross Country
• Delivered London’s 2012 Olympic Bid to Seb Coe
• Two British Relay Records
• Launched 2012 Olympic Stamps
• Competed in both World and European Champs XC and the Commonwealth Games
• World Corporate Challenge Champion – New York, 2003, 16.13

Highlights
Breaking Rob Denmarks course record for the short leg in the National 12 Stage Road Relays by 10Seconds running 13.23. To be ahead of guys like Denmark, Brendan Foster, Seb Coe was a pretty good day. Also breaking the National 6 Stage Record by 28 Seconds to run 16.25 which is the better of the two records.

Another highlight was at the Great Manchester run (10K) where I ran 28.37 and beat three defending champions: Stefano Baldini (Olympic Marathon Champ), Jose Manuel Martinez (European 10K Champ) and Wilberforce Talel (Commonwealth 10K Champ)

Disappointments
Getting tripped over during the World XC in Fukuoka, Japan whilst in a good position, I got up and tried to get back into the race but the whole field and pretty much passed me, and there isn’t a lot of time over a 4km race.

My Track Times are a disappointment for me, I struggle with blood blisters over 3km on track which stopped me running a decent 5k time, running the same direction all the time constantly loaded the same area of my foot. This is why I feel more at home on the roads.

Ambitions/Future Plans
I am looking to build up in distance and eventually target a marathon; initially I will be looking to race a few 10milers and Half Marathons and get a feel for them, having only previously raced up to 10K


 

Favourite Colour: Purple

Favourite Music: I listen to quite a wide variety of music including; Jack Johnson, Maroon 5, Cast, Stereophonics, Oasis, Kooks, The Feeling, Daniel Powter, Jamiroquai

Favourite Cartoon: Dogtanian and the three Muskehounds or Mysterious Cities of Gold

What would you have done if you hadn’t been so good at running: Probably either worked as a Sports Masseuse or in the IT Sector in some shape or form