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For a track and field athlete the winter months are long and tough. Double training sessions in the coldest and wettest conditions.

That’s why January can never come around quick enough. The first of the warm weather training camps. This year we are in Potchefstroom, about 1 1/2 hrs from Johannesburg, South Africa. Potch is about 1400m above see level. Which means that when you first arrive it is tough. The air is thinner so we have to take it easy over the first few days until we acclimatize to the conditions.

click here to read more on South Africa and what is the first installment of my journey to Beijing

Danny is awarded an honorary degree by the university of essex and south East Essex College at the graduation awards ceremony.
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