POWELL'S STATESIDE WARNING AS INJURIES MOUNT

Trackspeed1 coach John Powell has fired a fierce warning to his athletes 4000 miles across the Atlantic from his current Boston base.

As news reached him of another injury to one of his sprinters, he again repeated what he has been warning all winter – condition or take the consequences!

John Powell at Harvard University track with former Trackspeed1 and
Harvard graduate, Chris Lambert's, record marks proudly etched on
their history board.

Edmond Amaning is the latest TS1 sprinter to injure his hamstring and early indications are that the recovery period could be quite lengthy. 

“Edmond has opted out of gym work for reasons best known to himself,” said Powell, “and this is despite almost weekly warnings, and examples like David Bolarinwa who also suffered an injury recently.  I fail to see what else I have to do to get the message across.  The level these guys want to train at demands a high level of basic fitness, and a strong body.  Without that, the risks of injury are sky high.”

Powell hopes to arrange an urgent assessment for Amaning so as to minimise the length of time he will need to rehabilitate but, whilst some athletes are going from strength to strength as the indoor season gets into full swing, the TS1 injury list gets no shorter.

Currently David Bolarinwa is approaching a rapid return to full fitness after a hamstring problem, but Ellis Zorro (hamstring), and Edmond Amaning have prematurely terminated their indoor competition plans. 

Other athletes who have been on the injured list over the past month or so include Ellie Doel, Tunde Judun, and Kwame Francis, with Tunde still facing a lengthy course of rehabilitation before he can resume full training.

On the positive side, though, Trackspeed1’s overall indoor picture is a positive one.  Medals or PB’s for Lawrence Wooldridge, Jason Hussain, Samuel Adeyemi, Kieron Daley and Anton Daley sparked success on day one of the indoor season, while James Ellington, Dwayne Grant, and Danny Doyley all gave indications of their capabilities over the next few weeks.

South of England Champion Anton Daley is back in action this weekend at Lee Valley in the London Indoor Games agegroup event, while most of the rest of the squad compete in the senior events next weekend 29/30^th January.

Omari Carr-Miller (left) and Omardo Anson are with coach John Powell
at Harvard University, USA this week.

Stateside, John Powell is reviving his relationship with Harvard University again, with TS1 members Omardo Anson and Omari Carr-Miller.  Both have trained at the university’s six-star indoor facility, while Omari has been hosted as a potential student in two years’ time.  This Sunday they both compete in the Boston Track Club's meeting, at Harvard, where Omardo will contest the 60m and 200m, while Omari runs in the 200m and 400m.  They return to the UK on Tuesday.