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Thank you to all the team at Kingston Hospital for the care they gave to Jacob.
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Massive thank you to Consultant Paediatrician Dr Rachel Howells (Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital).
British Athletics Supporters Club; thank you so much to all the athletics fans that have supported me over the years; the British medical team including Paul Dijkstra, Bruce Hamilton, Rob Chakraverty and Noel Pollock – thanks for helping me out when I was ill or injured and thanks for putting up with my very stubborn ways! Zara Ford, Pierre McCourt, Neil Black, Dean Kenneally, Gerard Hartmann, Benita de Witt, Eben Verster and Toby Smith – thank you to all the physiotherapists and osteopaths who have treated me over the years; James Davies (my physiotherapist for the 2014 European Championships); thanks to Jemma Oliver (physiotherapist Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014); Andy Jones (Exeter University), Charlie Pedlar (St Mary’s College), Raph Brandon and John Kiely; Tim Hutchings; Geoff Wightman, Kim McDonald, Ricky Simms and Marion Steininger, Jane Cowmeadow; Jonathan Marks, Emma Wade and all at MTC; Liz Birchall at British Athletics, Zara Hyde-Peters (formerly of UK Athletics), Jeni Pearce, Glenn Kearney, Adrian Harris, Lewis Jones, Marion Barnacle, Chris Griffiths, Barry Fudge, Brian Moore; thanks to Jean Verster, Alta Verster and Olli-Pekka Kärkkäinen; Pauline Beare and Peggy Wireman; photographer Mark Shearman, Frank Horwill, John Gladwin, Dave Scott, Kate Carter, Sean Ingle, Andy Dixon, Joe Mackie and Ben Pochee. Thanks to Gordon Seward, Catherine Newman and Berihu Tesfay; Janet Phillips; Peter Ferlie; Emily Lewis; Exeter Harriers, my club since childhood; British Milers Club and Bristol & West AC; Runner’s World magazine and ‘AW’ (Athletics Weekly); David Monti, Mary Wittenberg and all at the New York Road Runners; Brendon Foster, David Hart and all at Great Run; Dave Bedford and all at the London Marathon; Steve Cram, Wendy Sly; all at Adidas UK, PowerBar and Thule; all at my home track Exeter Arena and Exeter City Council; St Mary’s College, Twickenham (endurance centre and facilities), Imperial College London (facilities), The Metropolitan Police (facilities), Exe Valley Leisure Centre (facilities); Jake Hannis, South Somerset District Council and all at the Bill Whistlecroft Athletics Arena in Yeovil; Plymouth Brickfields Track; funders and sponsors both past and present, Matthew Fraser Moat and Sir Eddie Kulukundis; special mention of Dreams Come True, Exeter Leukaemia Fund, Exeter & East Devon Sports Association for the Disabled and Children’s Hospice South West; thanks to those that nominated or voted for me in some of the awards that followed the 2014 season.
Finally, those countless volunteers that make sport possible. The coaches, officials and all that give up their time freely for others. Thank you so much.
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