My parents care about track and field, but not only to see me run but also my friends run.
“I've been to meets with some friends whose parents wouldn't go along to the meets. “My parents have always been there to support me,” he says. Myles racing in Nanjing, 30 years after his dad's Olympic bow He then tried everything from the sprints, triple and long jump and the mile before gravitating towards the 800m. Trying several sports before choosing athletics aged 12, Marshall was never pressured from his parents to compete in track. So I think genetics play a role, but there is a certain way the genetics have to fall to be in God’s plan.” I can’t even touch my toes, whereas he can touch the ground whenever he pleases. He is not a runner, but is still a very muscular guy and much more flexible than I am. “My older brother, who has the same parents, is actually a dancer. “Genetics most definitely plays a part, but the way I see it is it only plays a role in a certain way,” says Myles Marshall, 16. Mother Debbie (Grant) posted her 800m lifetime best running 2:00.81 to win in Lausanne in 1989. Fresh from winning gold at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics, SPIKES finds out what it's like to grow up in a middle-distance super family.ĭad John ran a lifetime best of 1:43.92 aged 20 to make the 1984 US Olympic 800m team, and won bronze at the following year's World University Games in Japan. With two international 800m runners for parents, it's no great surprise that 16-year-old Myles Marshall is proving slick over the two-lap distance.
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