PARTE 4

 Today I'm talking to 21 year old long distance runner Anne brown who's just returned from the World Championships so Anne how did you feel about your performance in the championships when you haven't raced for a while you've no idea whether you're in sufficiently good shape I'd only had a few weeks of training behind me so I wasn't thinking I'd do brilliantly and it certainly would have been amazing to come first anyway I was happy to get the silver medal it was an exciting race and the crowd was fantastic so what's your training routine like and I do around 25 to 30 hours a week mostly long distance steady stuff I go running through the woods running on roads is pretty dull so I make sure there's always some attractive countryside to keep me interested I get pleasure from seeing the changes in nature but I do have to remember to keep my eye on the time so I can check my pace it's vital to keep pushing myself to my limits do you train every day or do you take a day off the accepted idea is that our professional sports people should have at least one rest day a week so the body can recover I'm not a great believer in that though at my age I find I can keep going without one I do five hours a day and I'd even like to be able to do more than that but I don't want to push my body too hard because that can lead to other problems what about your competitors in races do you get to know them as friends I race against athletes from all sorts of places I wouldn't say I've got friendships with them though I'm sure some of them are really good guys but I tend to keep a professional distance it would be too easy to let friendships start interfering with the way I run races of course at my age chatting about life having fun and a good social life you are important to me I share a house with three mates they're the people I really get on well with so do you have any favorite free time activities let me think I suppose I did when I was a kid but I'm not so sure nowadays yeah I used to take my kite to the top of the hills and fly it for hours in season skiing something that I get into quite a bit when I've got the time I've always enjoyed active things and never really been much of A reader of books or that kind of thing of course I watch TV and play computer games like most people and you get recognized in the street very often very rarely I'm pleased to say I think it would be a bit strange and I'm not sure how comfortable I'd feel about being stopped for autographs and pictures all the time on the whole I find people wanting your autograph a bit of a pain to be honest it happens sometimes when I'm at events and at first you say OK and then after a while you wish it had stop I suppose I did that sort of thing when I was younger it was always such a thrill to meet someone in the public eye so are you planning for the next Olympics well in my sport most people peak in their late 20s so it's important to have an eye on the next five years or so but that's when supposedly I'll be at my best in the immediate future I want to do well of course but I'm concentrating my attention further ahead fortunately I've been injury free so far so I don't have that worry it's no use having fantasies about winning gold medals until I've reached the top of my own fitness and endurance levels then I can start to think seriously about it