Ollie Lockley proved once again that he is currently in the form of his life in this crucial Commonwealth Games year, by obliterating his 5km road personal best time.
Running in the Elite Men’s race at the Friday Night under the Lights event at Battersea Park in London, Ollie finished fourth in an extremely close finish in a time of 13:50.1, taking a huge chunk of 20 seconds off his best time for the distance on both road and track.
Having achieved a Commonwealth Games consideration standard for the 10,000 metres by a big margin in Valencia a few weeks ago, Ollie has now also achieved the mark for the 5,000 metres, with road times being allowed for the 2026 Games in Glasgow.
The Isle of Man standard is 13:50.55, and although road times are rounded up to the next second, Ollie’s chip time is shown on the official results as being 13:50.1, which is inside the standard.
Also running at the same event in the men’s C race was Millfield School student Cai Lewis, of Northern AC, who ran an excellent time of 15:18.5 to take more than 30 seconds off his previous best set last year.