The highs and lows of running in a standstill

RAISING THE BARR: Thomas Barr loves the thrill of the big occasion. ‘There’s nothing like a major championships where anything can happen to anybody. That’s what I live for.’

HERE’S the trade-off, a see-saw in his psychology that can go either way on any given day. For Thomas Barr, there are mornings where he skips down the stairs and relishes the thought of lifting weights in his living room.