Paul Larkins is a retired English

England

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 middle-distance runner and a sub 4 minute miler. He still ranks in the all time British Top 30 for 1,500m.

After his competitive career, Larkins went into journalism becoming Editor of both Athletics Weekly

Athletics Weekly

Athletics Weekly is the world's only weekly athletics magazine.It is published in the United Kingdom by Athletics Weekly Limited and covers news, results, fixtures, coaching and product advice for all aspects of athletics, including track and field, cross-country, road racing and race walking.-...

 and Running Fitness

Running Fitness

Running Fitness is a globally circulated monthly magazine for recreational runners, published by Kelsey Publishing in Peterborough, in the United Kingdom....

. He is now Production Editor on Classic Car Weekly

Classic Car Weekly

Classic Car Weekly is a British car newspaper published by the Bauer Media Group. Launched in 1990 by Emap, the newspaper comes out weekly on a Thursday, and majors on news and auction coverage, as well as running regular articles on buying, selling, maintaining and driving classic cars...

, a classic car publication and Technical Editor on Trail Running, an off-road running magazine.

Personal bests

Distance	Mark	Date
800 m	1:47.13	1984
1000 m	2:18.35	1985
1500 m	3:35.94	1987
Mile	3:56.65	1987
2000 m	5:01.48	1988
3000 m	7:47.54	1989

External links

• Paul Larkins page at Athletics Data