David Weir’s latest column in the Evening Standard. 24 May 2012

Prior to last week, I’ve had two big crashes in my career. The first was in a race when I was 15 or 16 years old and I then had another in training in 2006.

That one six years ago happened when someone left out a steeplechase barrier out on the track, I didn’t see it and I clattered into it.

Last Thursday, I was racing in Switzerland and we were all pretty bunched up coming into the home straight. I was trying to go past Kurt Fearnley but he got cut up and came over to me. There was nowhere else for me to go and I hit the track.

People say these things happen in slow motion but it was all over in a flash, although I remember hearing a gasp from the crowd as I fell. I landed on my temple and, because we’re attached to our chairs for racing, I was just stranded on the track.

It felt like an age that I was there thinking “hello, can someone help me out here?” although Emily, who was watching in the stands, said someone came over pretty quickly.

My head was sore and I had some nasty road rash on my shoulder and forearm but it could have been a lot worse. And I decided to race in the 800m two hours later which probably wasn’t the best idea as I felt pretty faint during that.

Hitting the track at 20mph hurts and it’s amazing that maybe there aren’t more accidents but it was no one’s fault. It’s just one of those things.

I spoke to one of the doctors at UK Athletics the following morning, who did a phone check on me to see whether I had any concussion. I think he was a bit amazed I did the 800m so soon afterwards so I took the following day off although was back racing at the weekend.

Since coming back from Switzerland, I’ve felt a bit sore so I made the decision to miss the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester this week but I’ll be back at the UKA meeting in Liverpool on Saturday and Sunday.

We had the 100 days to go to the Paralympics this week and I can’t say I got that excited about it. There’s so many countdowns and a lot of races between now and then. For me, there’s no point thinking about it this early.

Saying that, I competed at the Olympic Stadium earlier this month so you can’t help but get an idea of what the Paralympics are going to be like. I enjoyed the track - it seems pretty quick and I was happy with how I raced there.

Athletes talk about the low of life after an Olympics or a Paralympics but I can’t see myself having that, with Emily due to give birth in October.

We’ll find out the sex of the baby in a couple of weeks but we think it’s another boy, a brother by baby Mason. It’s exciting and Emily’s doing really well with the pregnancy.

Mason came along with us to Switzerland for my racing last week and he was so good on the trip - we drove there together. I don’t know if he’s a future athlete but people say he’s a dead ringer for me in terms of his looks.

He’s such an easy-going baby so let’s hope he gets on with his brother and sister!

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