{"id":305,"date":"2016-08-03T13:22:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T12:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2016\/08\/03\/no-break-olympic-ambitions-mmu-graduate\/"},"modified":"2016-08-03T13:22:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T12:22:56","slug":"no-break-olympic-ambitions-mmu-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/no-break-olympic-ambitions-mmu-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"No break in Olympic ambitions for MMU graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>NQ<\/u><\/strong>: What were your emotions when you first got selected for the 2016 Olympics trials?<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>JW<\/u><\/strong>: Once I got the top two, I was really happy with getting that part of the selection done, but it was just unfortunate that I missed out on the time [I set out to get]. It was a really good experience, and hopefully in four years&rsquo; time, this experience will give me an advantage when I go for the next trials!<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NQ<\/u><\/strong>: What was the first thing which went through your head when you knew you were injured?&nbsp; Did you know it was going to be a serious injury?<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>JW<\/u><\/strong>: Well, I got injured a week before trials, and with the trials being so close, I tried to forget about it. I ran on it for three weeks, which didn&rsquo;t do it any favours! But after the Euro&rsquo;s, it was like: &ldquo;Right, I need to stop now, and just get everything better and fixed.&rdquo; I&rsquo;m just in the rehab phase at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NQ<\/u><\/strong>: And how&rsquo;s that going?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>JW<\/u><\/strong>: It&rsquo;s going alright. I&rsquo;m working with a British Athletics doctor and physio, so it&rsquo;s going well. I&rsquo;m coming up to three weeks now, and it&rsquo;s about eight weeks until I&rsquo;m allowed to run again.<\/p>\n<p>But I&rsquo;m cross-training, I&rsquo;m in the pool and cycling, so it&rsquo;s not <em>too boring<\/em>; but the first few weeks on crutches were boring as hell!<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s just a case of weight-loading now, as it&rsquo;s a fracture in my foot, just a case of gradually introducing more weight to it. So, it&rsquo;s just a long process!<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NQ<\/u><\/strong>: Are you just taking it slow then, building your strength back up?<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>JW<\/u><\/strong>: Yeah, exactly. We&rsquo;ve got a bit more time before the next big event, which is the European Indoors in March. So if I&rsquo;m sensible now, hopefully I can build up my strength slowly and get fit in the pool. 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Sometimes I would go from home to Manchester, up to Liverpool, and then back to home.<\/p>\n<p>Literally some days I would leave at 7 in the morning and get home at 9 at night, it was crazy!<\/p>\n<p>I don&rsquo;t know if I <em>can<\/em> say one&rsquo;s been harder, but I&rsquo;d probably say the studying has been harder. Then again, it&rsquo;s getting home and finding the motivation to go and train. But it&rsquo;s been balancing the both I&rsquo;d say.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m going on to do a Masters, but I&rsquo;m doing it part-time, which will allow me a lot more flexibility to get involved in training camps. 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