| What's your full embarrassing name? |
Tony Kiprono Allen |
| Married, or are you young, free and single and like to mingle? |
I'm very young and I love to mingle with young people who are single. |
| Where do you live? |
Where ever I lay my hat, that's my home. |
| Do you work or stay at home? |
She who must be obeyed works, while I stay at home (joke!). |
| How long have you been a member at Stubbington? |
It's like being married, too long. |
| Can you remember your first race? |
Yes. Are you trying to say I'm old? |
| How often do you bother to go training? |
It's like my sex life - every day! |
| What is your favourite training run? |
800m or 1000km reps uphill. |
| What was your best ever race? |
English Schools' 800m final, coming 4th in the under-18s in 1min 54sec. |
| And what was your worst or most embarrassing race? |
My most embarrassing and worst race was when Mark Le Gassick almost beat me at the Goodwood cross-country race! |
| Do you have a pre-race ritual? |
Yes I eat lots of chicken, that's why I get called chicken legs - and not because my legs look like chickens' legs - okay?! |
| What is the best piece of gear you have bought? |
Grass, because it makes me mellow! Oh, you mean running gear? My May Flys, because that's what I do: I fly. |
| Worst piece of gear? |
It has to be a pair of adidas training shoes which crippled my feet and I was out for four months. |
| Why do you run when you could be sat at home watching EastEnders? |
Because I have to. I can't stop running because it's in my blood. |
| What does she/he who must be obeyed think about your running? |
It's she, by the way, and she thinks it's great!! |
| What is the one piece of advice you would give to any new runner? |
If you want to get somewhere in the running world, you have to train hard. There are no short cuts unless you are under five foot tall - and then you are short! |
