Where were you this time last year? Did you witness Super Saturday?

Diary of an Also Ran 2012

I bet you can remember exactly where you were, this time last year, watching Jess Ennis win the Olympic heptathlon, followed by Greg Rutherford winning the long jump and then, to top it all, Mo Farah claiming gold in the 10,000. Geoff Wightman, MD of runbritain and athletics commentator certainly can. After commentating on the 20k walk that finished in the Mall that day, everything that could get in the way of his journey back the Olympic Stadium did.

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'Diary of an also ran 2012' has recently been published and is available for £2.99 on Kindle through this link.

Here is an extract, telling Geoff's story from that day.