We talk to the British international who is making good progress but is not about to anticipate himself
After a whirlwind of a few months, Charlie Wheeler takes the time to reflect. “I don’t want to say a long time, but I feel that I am validating my position in sport a little more,” he says.
Fowed by its recently progress, button of the work that must still be done, the 26 -year -old is philosophical about his current position.
On Valencia 10 km, Hey ran 27:42 and gets under the British record of Mo Farah for a second, with Rory Leonard establishing a national brand or 27:38.
There in second place in the list of all the 10 km of the United Kingdom, that race still saw it ended on the 19th in Valencia and almost a minute behind Andreas Almgren of Sweden, who established a European record of 10 km with 26:53.
“It’s strange to think:” Oh, you’re under the former British record, “but still loses the race in about 50 seconds,” says Wheeler. “When you think you’ve been under a brand of Mo Farah, but you were so far from leadership, I mean, how do you reflect on that? I am sure that the farah of today’s era, in these shoes, would be 30 seconds later.
“So I think you should be careful to compensate yourself with retired athletes because you are not competing ghosts, you are competing against today’s athletes. I am approaching that level, but it is still a long way to go.”
Wheeler also competed for Britain of more than 10 km, his first international vest, in the European racing championship last month in Loeven, Belgium. In a narrow and undulating course, he finished 21 at 28:40.
During the first three kilometers of the race, he was part of the main package, along with any winner Yann Schrub, but fell back through the field just before the midpoint. It was an invaluable experience.
“I hope this is the first of many appearances for Great Britain,” Wheeler adds. “However, let’s be realistic, this was one of GB’s easy teams in recent years, so he felt like a foot at the time instead of an important milestone.
“I think I still have a little impossible syndrome. It seems strange to me when people tell me: ‘You are a really good corridor,’ and I say: ‘Well, I am not, I am losing races for 30, 40 seconds.’
Wheeler, Althegh does not discourage the possibility, believes that the 2025 World Championship is not currently a realistic goal, with the Commonwealth games next year and European championships as the main objectives.
Although he recently progresses about 10 km, his favorite distance remains 5000m, for whom his best personal moment is 13: 20.17 of Boston last February.
“If my summer were perfectly, I think I could approach the world standard [13:01.00]”,” Says Wheeler. “I have a lot of progress to do before that, he thought.
“Last summer, I was at the Olympic Games and spent a lot of time spending the athletes after their careers. Always, although people in the main global championships were different for me, but many of my friends competed for great people” “” “”
Wheeler’s twin brother, George, also competes at a high level and the couple runs for the Distance project of Milton Keynes. Althegh, the couple, looks for coach Jim Bennett, actually designs their own training plan and Wheeler believes that it is currently the right approach.
“We do everything we do our best,” he explains. “Currently works, since I am progressing quite well, but I would like to be a little faster! However, we can do these things, and I know exactly where I want to be.”