From the quiet, peaceful surroundings in the build-up to race day in Japan, George Mills’ time is now finally here. The British 5000m runner rarely deviates from a regimented routine. “Eat. Sleep. Train.” They are the fundamentals which have catapulted the son of former England defender Danny Mills into elite endurance company.
But with every box on the track ticked, Mills has been training the brain, too, visualising the legendary Sir Mo Farah and his iconic, raucous championship races, which so often developed into a fierce examination of an athlete’s intangibles, with emotions spilling out on the track. Mills snatched Farah’s British 5000m record in Oslo earlier this summer, slicing off more than six seconds to post a blazing 12mins 46.59secs.
