Now is the best time to look at the situation.

I knew the school was going to be crowded, but I never thought it would be within a year's time.

You can't do that. That's when programs start to be affected, core facilities like the cafeteria and gymnasium are affected. It won't be a good place to be, so why should we wait?

You tend to be very, very cautious this time. And it was nice to get excited about something different. It wasn't David all over again. This was Rachel.

I'm real sorry that Mark has chosen this time to run against me because I think we have a good team on the council. One of us isn't going to be there next January and I think that's too bad. We both can't win, but we've both been very valuable members of the team.

The role of chair is voluntary but the amount of time that's required is about to go up and that makes it quite difficult. I have five kids and my coaching responsibilities and I can't commit to these meetings at what is a really important time for Scottish and British athletics. Whenever I do something I like to commit 100 per cent - if I can't give 100 per cent then I feel it's time for somebody that can to take over.