Mike Flatley

Name: Mick Flatley

Age: 44

Favourite pre race food: This depends on the distance. A marathon then I have porridge and two slices of wholemeal bread toasted with jam on. Shorter races I have a snack a couple of hours before of crusty bread with jam on.

Favourite post race food: My daughters home made flapjack about 20 minutes after the race then fish and chips always goes down well later. (a pint of milk with a spoonful of chocolate milkshake powder such as Nesquick is as good if not better than any expensive recovery protein shake).

Best race: Probably winning the Blackpool Marathon in 2010

Worst race: Dropping out of Blackpool marathon in 2014 due to legs giving up

Something you don't know about me: I was an amateur boxer before taking up running and won my first fight in Bolton town hall against someone called Muhammad Ali Ahmed

Claim to fame: My training partner went to university with Paula Radcliffe and they still keep in touch.