Athletics is back! Time to finish the story.

As occasional readers will know, I’ve been writing a book with a sport/sneakers/track&field background over the last few years.

I was totally blown away by Bolt’s amazing win the Olympic 100 metres today, and it surely marks the return of track as a major sport. Really since Carl Lewis it’s been in the doldrums, but at the end of the day the raw challenge of the sport – to be the fastest woman/man, the highest jumper in the world, etc – is so fundamental, and so compelling.

Anyway I feel inspired, and as my train flashes through the Norfolk countryside, it’s time to get back to the page and make the story happen.