Lennon-Ford sees world success as a stepping stone
The 20-year-old has experienced a season to remember thus far in 2010 – clocking a lifetime best of 48.16secs to claim third place behind Richard Buck in the 400m at the Aviva World Indoor Trials and UK Championships in February.
Lennon-Ford further reduced his lifetime's best performance to 47.64secs in Birmingham in late February and as he prepares to do battle in the 4x400m in Doha, he is in confident mood.
Lennon-Ford will join forces with 400m individual stars Dale Garland and Richard Buck, plus Nigel Levine and Conrad Williams.
And with the London 2012 Olympics ticking ever closer – Lennon-Ford is determined to use Doha as a springboard to greater things.
"The European Championships will be the next aim and I want to make every team from now until 2012," he said.
"Looking past the indoor season, what I have achieved so far definitely bodes well for the outdoor season.
"I have been running pretty well and I know that outdoors I can run quicker.
"Whatever you do indoors can benefit during the outdoors – once the worlds are done, the indoor season will be over and I plan to do some warm weather training and improve for the rest of the season.
"At the start of the campaign I definitely felt the World Indoor Championships were a realistic aim – I looked at the times and looked at what it would take and saw spaces up for grabs.
"I am feeling good and it feels great to have been picked on the relay team. At the moment we are all being told to be prepared to run."
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