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Garmin Forerunner 205 |
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Elite coaching special - Craig Mottram and Andy Baddeley on athlete lifestyle
Page 4: Craig Mottram and Andy Baddeley - Money and earnings |
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Sooner or later the question of money was bound to raise its head. Performance and pay are clearly linked in a sport where it is possible to be so objective about performances. Mottram was clear on the fact there is not as much money in athletics as in sports such as football. He said: “If you are not performing you don’t get paid. People quickly stop paying you. You have a few good performances and get a bit of money. You are paid to go to races and get prizes and bonus money. There is probably a bit less interest in the sport because there is not so much money in the sport. If you are in it for financial reasons you are in the wrong sport. I do it because I love it but you can make a living out of it without a doubt.”
Baddeley is still putting some hours in as a part time lecturer to supplement his earnings but planned to be concentrating on athletics full time in the new academic year. He said chasing money or a kit deal was not the right focus for a young athlete to have: “A lot of young guys get a kit deal early on. People get a deal early on and get excited about it. If you do it for the right reasons you will get people who come to find you, and you don’t have to chase after the money.”
Baddeley studied Engineering at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, before going to the UK Athletics Endurance Centre at St Mary’s College after he had completed his MEng in Aerospace Engineering. He said when he was doing his A-Levels his choice of university had not been made based on running. “The facilities at Cambridge were okay. My decision was made purely on academic choices.”
He had applied to universities with a more sporting reputation but was persuaded to apply to Cambridge at the last minute and then had got in. At times academic studies had to take priority. When he was coming towards his Final exams he took three months away from the sport. Now the focus is very much on the running and the results are telling their own story.
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