Liz Yelling Explained

Elizabeth Anne Yelling (née Talbot;^[1] born 5 December 1974, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is a British long-distance runner currently based in Poole, Dorset. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Hayley Yelling through her marriage to steeplechaser Martin Yelling and is the former training partner of Paula Radcliffe.

Yelling has taken part in the marathon at two summer Olympic Games; she finished 25th at Athens 2004 and 26th at Beijing 2008.^[2]

Yelling won the bronze medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games marathon.^[3] She also holds the women's course record for: the Bath Half Marathon with a time of 69 minutes 28 seconds set in 2007;^[4] and the Reading Half Marathon in 69 minutes 35 seconds, set in 2008.^[5]

After retiring, Yelling co-founded and ran a running coaching company, alongside her husband.^[6]

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Representing
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	25th	2:40:13
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	26th	2:33:12
2008	Reading Half Marathon	Reading, United Kingdom	1st	1:09:35[7]

Personal bests

^[8]

Distance	Mark	Date	Location
800 m	align=right	2:09.72	align=right	6 September 2000	Watford
1,500 m	align=right	4:15:01	align=right	14 July 2001	Birmingham
3,000 m	align=right	8:57.3	align=right	25 July 2001	Watford
5,000 m	align=right	15:38.86	align=right	30 July 2004	Crystal Palace
10,000 m track	align=right	31:58.39	align=right	30 July 2002	Manchester
10,000 m road	align=right	32:55	align=right	20 May 2007	Manchester
Half marathon	align=right	1:09.28	align=right	25 March 2007	Bath
Marathon	align=right	2:28.33	align=right	13 April 2008	London

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Wolverton 5 Mile Road Race . MKAC . The Open University . 11 July 2008 .
2. Web site: Athletics Women's Marathon Results – The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games . The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad . 17 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080822154852/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C73K/ATW099101.shtml. 22 August 2008.
3. Web site: English duo earn marathon bronzes . BBC . 19 March 2006 . 3 July 2009 .
4. Web site: Yelling tunes up with Bath record . BBC . 25 March 2007.
5. Web site: Reading Half Marathon . https://web.archive.org/web/20090117233921/http://www.readinghalfmarathon.com/results08/Half_full.pdf . dead . 17 January 2009 . Asics Reading Half Marathon . 2 March 2008.
6. Web site: founders and coaches - Yelling Performance.
7. Web site: Search 2008 Results . Asics Reading Half Marathon . 9 July 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511143638/http://racepayment.mirrorservers.co.uk/readinghalfmarathon/results08/results08.cfm . 11 May 2008 .
8. Web site: Athlete Profile: Liz Yelling . Power of 10. 2 July 2009 .