Liz McColgan

McColgan won the 1991 world 10,000m title in Tokyo by running away from the field in stifling heat, a front-runner's victory built on an enormous training base. Within months she made her marathon debut in New York and won it, then added the 1992 world half-marathon title and London in 1996. Olympic silver in 1988 and two Commonwealth golds complete a record that makes her one of Britain's most rounded distance runners, and the mother and coach of Eilish.