Wheelchair racing

For anyone who wants speed and a stopwatch. Racing wheelchairs let athletes reach 18 mph or more, and track events run from the 100m sprint to the 1500m. The practical way in is your local athletics club, which WheelPower names as the best place to start; ask whether it coaches wheelchair racing and has a racing chair to try. Once you want to race, note that the summer Grand Prix meets at Stoke Mandeville run under IPC rules, which set a minimum age of 11. Wheelchair athletics also includes field events such as shot, discus and javelin, so the same club can cover both.