I don’tgettoo hung up on who I am racing.Atthis time of the yearitis alwaysaboutracing againstmyself and racing againstthe clock

qualification, experience has told Tindle to let nature take its course. Being hailed as the next big thing of Scottish sprinting must have its pressures. However, during his stints in Loughborough with the GB team, he regularly picks up hints and tips from such British sprint regulars as CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili and Richard Kilty.

“Last year when I was trying to qualify for world juniors I got too hung up on chasing times,” said Tindle. “Eventually, when I only had one more chance, I got it. This time I just want to go out and run because I know then that the times will follow. I don’t worry about the fact I have been running these times at such a young age. It is more exciting than anything else. If I can do something at the age I am at just now, what can I do when I am older? It doesn’t scare me at all.”

Tindle’s choice to pursue a degree in sports studies at the University of Stirling affords him the best of both worlds. One of his miscellaneous modules this semester is criminal law, but perhaps the main lesson he must learn is the discipline away from the track that distinguishes all great sportspeople.

“My flatmates do sport too but they are not full-on elite performers or anything like that,” said Tindle. “They are quite understanding. If they ask me to come out and I say no because I am training or competing or something like that, it is not like they are bugging me constantly. They are quite good that way.”

Tindle was actually a promising wing coming through the Northumbria rugby ranks and being scouted by Newcastle Falcons when he tore a cartilage and made the opportune move to pursue a career in athletics.

His friend and sometime training partner Guy Learmonth used to play alongside Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg. “I have no regrets about it at all, although I do miss playing rugby, particularly when the Six Nations is on,” said Tindle. “I am going to try to go along to some of the matches, if my schedule allows . . . I am definitely supporting Scotland.”