The Olympic 1500m bronze medalist will run over 5km at Battersea Park on New Year’s Eve.
At the Diamond League finals held in Brussels, Georgia Bell said that her season is over.
“It’s over, it’s my 27th race of the year,” he told AW. After finishing the 800m/1500m at the Memorial Van Damme.
The 30-year-old clocked 1:57.94 in the 800m to finish second behind world champion Mary Mora, before running 3:58.95 in the 1500m a day later.
It was the culmination of a long and remarkable season that began with Bell sending letters to meet with principals in hopes that he would be able to demonstrate his value on a fast pitch.
At the end of August, he was the British indoor and outdoor 1500m champion, secured a European silver medal and went on to win Olympic bronze in a British record of 3:52.61.
Georgia Bell, Keely Hodgkinson and Gemma Rickey (Getty)
Over the past month, Bell, under the tutelage of Trevor Pinter and Jenny Meadows at the M11 Track Club, has continued to work on his craft in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Alongside Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson and 4x400m bronze medalist Lewis Davy, the Briton is now building his base for the 2025 season.
However, there is still room for one more event this year, with Bell competing over 5km at the Podium 5k event in Battersea on December 31.
Incredibly, it will be his 28th race in a historic season.
Bell boasts a 16:34 over the 5K, although she has been much faster on the track (15:35.24) and the parkrun (16:14).
If conditions are good at Battersea, therefore, he will be aiming to take a significant chunk off his fastest 5km mark, which will no doubt help him hold on over the middle distances.
Georgia Bell (Getty)
Bell, who used to work 10-hour days in cyber security but is now a professional athlete, has big ambitions for next season.
He told AW in Brussels that “I want to see what I can do full-time for a few years”, adding: “I’m really excited for next year and there’s still so much we can add and improve.”
Hers is a tale of extraordinary perseverance, self-reliance and the confidence of those who believe in the bigger picture.
A brilliant youngster, Bell was the 2008 English Schools 800m champion and the future looked bright.
Georgia Bell in 2008 (Mark Shearman)
However, injuries sustained while studying at the University of California made him lose his passion for the sport.
Inspired by the Tokyo Olympics, she decided to give running another chance, and in 2022, running 16:14 showed Bell that she had her work cut out for her in the sport.
As a result, he called Painter, who was his old coach, and the rest is history.
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