Meet The Team

Sportlink owner

Neil represented England and Great Britain on a number of occasions including a World and European Cup. He won the Leicester, Wolverhampton, Bungay and Norfolk (four times) marathons boasting personal best times of 29:28 secs for 10K, 49:47 for 10 miles and 2:17:35 for the marathon.

Sportlink Manager

A total shoe geek, Mark loves all things new and old  in the world of running. As well as coaching Mark is also chairman of Norfolk Gazelles. Formally a reasonable club runner you are likely to see him still at races but running for fun or pacing a clubmate. If you do see him he will happily talk shoes all day long !

Sportlink Events Manager and Team Member

Adie has been running seriously since the mid-1990s (god he's tired!) and is now an honorary member of Norwich Road Runners. He is also a founder member and coach of The Braydeston Milers which during the last few years has become a very popular and local fun challenge for so many athletes wishing to test themselves over this classic distance.

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Karen has been interested in fitness since her early teens and qualified as a fitness instructor in her twenties. Later working as a Primary School teacher, she was responsible for the delivery of the P.E. curriculum within the school (fantastic as she got to wear running shoes for work)! More recently having rediscovered the joy of running she now can’t
imagine a world without it.

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Fraser took up running in lockdown and since then has completed multiple marathons and shorter races. He's always keen to share his knowledge and experience, especially when it comes to discussing the latest running shoes and gear.

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I started running in 2017 because we rescued a husky cross, and it was very apparent she needed to run, so we took up Canicross. I run solo too, mostly trail, half marathon being my favourite distance. In 2022 I got persuaded to try triathlon which I love for the variety of training.

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Neil took up running in 2015 when he entered the East Coast 10k to raise money for charity. Although it wasn’t an instant love affair with running he soon caught the running bug after trying trail running and hasn’t stopped since.

He is a qualified ultramarathon coach, and has raced in ultras all over the world ranging from 50k to 100 miles, as well as several charity runs, including from Switzerland back to Dereham.

Logan Smith

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Logan started running in 2013 as he was finishing school, cross country initially as it got him out of school!

Now you can find him tearing up the streets of Norfolk. Predominantly on the roads, finding his home in the marathon. He boasts a marathon PB of 2:15:23, Half Marathon 64:36, 10k 29:53 & 5k 14:09.

You can find him in the shop talking about everything running. He really does live & breathe the sport!