Will Bolt and Ennis dominate 2009?
Do all athletes dislike this time of the year? I did. After all the hard winter training is done, you have to come out and put in that season-starting performance.
Am I in the shape I think I am in? I wondered on the hour, every hour, in the build up to my first outdoor race of the year. Training gives you a guide, but there is nothing like a competition to tell you exactly where you are really at.
One man who has a very clear idea is .
The 22-year-old triple Olympic champion now has another record to his name after . The lightening bolt from Trelawny in Jamaica is simply untouchable at the moment.
I'm Katharine Merry, former world 400m number one and an Olympic bronze medallist at Sydney 2000. I'm now a mentor to junior athletes as well as working in radio and TV, and as a trackside presenter at major events. I'll be aiming to give you a behind-the-scenes insight to the world of athletics.
