Feeling Inspired at The Muller Anniversary Games, London

On Sunday the 22nd July I travelled across London to Stratford and the famous Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to take in a day of inspiring and world-class Athletics at the Muller Anniversary Games. Having done sport my whole life this was a real highlight for me and something I had been looking forward to for the whole month. 

I would of loved to have had the chance to sit in this Stadium at the 2012 Olympics in London but as we all know the tickets were like gold-dust but what makes the annual Muller Anniversary Games so fantastic is how accessible it is to everyone. With tickets starting at £10 you can be a spectator to some incredible sporting feats from the best in the world and it was only a 6-minute train from St Pancras or if you decide to drive in there is plenty of very reasonably priced parking. Being able to see first-hand world champions such as Luvo Manyonga win the long jump was really something special.

Despite it being very warm as the event landed over one of the UK's longest heatwaves the atmosphere was electric and this made for the perfect day out and it was great seeing so many families there as this is the perfect way to inspire the next generation and get kids excited about sport. 

The Stadium itself was breathtaking and much bigger than I ever could of imagined and you really felt you are a part of something when you were inside. You can also view nearly all of the events from wherever you are in the stadium and we had fantastic views of the high-jump, long-jump and hurdles events. 

Living in the UK certainly has it's perks and I always feel incredibly grateful that world class events like this happen here and are so easily accessible and affordable. Even if sport isn't really your thing you would be hard-pressed to not be swept away in all the excitement of the day and this is certainly an event I would recommend. It falls over the summer holidays so makes for a great day out with the family and certainly one you won't forget for a longtime. 

I'm looking forward to next year and taking my two boys with me as my eldest is starting to show an interest in running and I know something like this will only encourage that even more and hopefully inspire him to see that if you put the hard work in amazing things can happen. Plus as always London is such a vibrant place and having the chance to spend a couple of hours in the Olympic Stadium was incredible.

Disclosure: We were invited to the Games by Mumsnet and British Athletics. All words and images are my own.