John Beattie is fast becoming one of Britain's top endurance runners. Yet a few years ago many would have believed that the Portsmouth native would have competed at the World Cross Country and Commonwealth Games, and boast such an impressive range of personal bests. John took the time out to share his gradual rise to the top in an athletic journey which has taken him from Portsmouth, to Tulsa in the USA, and now his current base at the UKA performance centre in Loughborough.
