Name Mick Woods | ||
Born 15 February 1949 (age 75) ( 1949-02-15 ) (Great Britain) Occupation Former distance runner, sports lecturer, running coach | ||
Day in the life of mick woods
Michael 'Mick' Woods (born 15 February 1949 in Great Britain) is a former long-distance runner and a middle/long distance running coach. He is currently a coach at Aldershot, Farnham & District AC and sports lecturer at St Mary's University in London. As an athlete, Woods ran internationally for Ireland and ran in over 70 marathons, with a personal best of 2:20.12. Woods is now one of the nation's leading endurance running coaches.
Contents
- Day in the life of mick woods
- Mick woods room check
- Athletics career
- Coaching career
- Personal bests
- References
Mick woods room check
Athletics career
Mick Woods' first marathon was the Polytechnic Marathon in 1971. He has been a member of Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club since 1964. Woods ended up completing more than 70 marathons in his career with a personal best of 2:20:12, achieved in the London Marathon in 1983. He represented Ireland in various international marathon races.
When I asked if he could have run a marathon quicker, Mick allegedly replied, "yes but I wasn't coaching me".
Coaching career
Woods is based at St Mary's University in London. He has been coaching since 1986 and has been extremely successful, putting numerous junior athletes into European Championships, GB teams and even the Olympic Games. Woods is currently coach to many GB athletes including Olympian Steph Twell, 10,000m, European cross country champion Emelia Górecka, and international athlete Jonathan "Jonny" Hay.
In 2003, Woods was employed by the UKAthletics as a performance coach.
In 2008, he was presented with the English Athletics Association Coach Of The Year Award.
In 2014, Woods was asked by Athletics Weekly about his retirement and his response was, "I like seeing athletes come through and improve and I coach athletes to race. As I get older, such a busy lifestyle is becoming more of a challenge, but I do not envisage retiring. Athletics is in my blood”.
Personal bests
Marathon - 2:20.12 - London, England, 1983