Georgia Bell: from AI and parkrun to a Team GB place, and the Olympics?
An outstanding junior runner, Bell returned to the sport via her local parkrun and will compete at this weekend’s world indoors
“I think it was good old parkrun, really,” says Georgia Bell, as she explains her extraordinary journey from occasional runner during lockdown to earning selection for Great Britain for the first time at the age of 30 – while also holding down a full-time job working with artificial intelligence. “I got back into enjoying running for fun and fitness. Then, when I started to feel a little bit fitter, I wanted to see how fast I could go.”
The answer, it turns out, was very fast indeed. Bell has won all six of her races this indoor season, and goes into the World Athletics Indoor Championships this weekend with the fourth fastest time in the women’s 1500m field this year, having set multiple personal bests.