Nigel Gates

D.O.B:

18.05.1853, no 1953


Club:

Brighton and Hove City AC


Occupation

: Special Needs Coordinator at Ringmer Community College


Personal Profile:

Wife Patrica (my tennis adversary), 2 boys: Grant 23, Eliot 12, Jewel (my training partner – a Collie cross)


AMBITIONS:

I am very motivated to continue to be successful relative to my age, but also to keep enjoying my training and racing. If I can do that I’ll keep going - but I have to say family life comes first these days. I still love the feeling of running every day, but it wasn’t much fun struggling to run with injury for the first couple of years of my 50’s. I am doing off road racing at the moment but will focus on my times again as a M55 in 2008.

 

 

Senior

M40

M45

M50

1500

3.48

3.57

4.07

4.17

3000

8.00

8.20

8.27

8.49

5000

13.39r

14.26

14.42

15.29

10k

28.18r

29.43tr

30.19r

32.18tr

half marathon

63.01

65.50

    

 

ACHIEVEMENTS:

I counted up that I have won 11 World age group titles over track, indoor track, road, cross country and mountain running, plus a few European championships. Too lengthy to list them all but I am proud to hold the World age 3000 records for 45 and 50 indoors.

I started training at 17 but have only had one serious injury at 48. I hurt my Achilles during the foot and mouth outbreak due to road running in bad shoes. This is why I need to wear really good footwear (Brooks of course!) to look after my legs.

BEST RACE:

I have had too many great experiences to pick out just one – the same goes for the worst race. I was really pleased to break the world M50 as it showed I could get over the injuries

Nigel’s favourite shoes ...

... are the Radius for training

 









and T5 for racing.