Mccourt's Race Against Time

Athletics Weekly|October 19 2017

FORMER INTERNATIONAL MILER HAS A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS TO CRACK 16 MINUTES FOR 5KM AND AVOID TATTOO NAMES NIGHTMARE

COLIN McCOURT could win his much-publicised weight-loss wager at the Great South Run 5km on Saturday but he goes into the race without many hard sessions under his belt after a couple of dizzy spells in recent weeks plus a bout of flu have hi-jacked his training.

Back in February, Dip Finish told the story about how McCourt took on a bet with his old running friends where he had to get in shape to break 16 minutes for 5km otherwise he’d have to tattoo their names – all 17 of them – on to his body.

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