0:00:03 > 0:00:08The moment of winning, glorious as it may be,
0:00:08 > 0:00:10is only the final scene,
0:00:10 > 0:00:15a snapshot to represent years of hard work.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18The effort of a whole team grafting behind the scenes.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24For 18 years, Tony Minichiello has coached Jessica Ennis-Hill
0:00:24 > 0:00:26along every step of her journey.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. Then out.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30From schoolgirl to golden girl.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34COMMENTATOR: Jessica Ennis-Hill is the Olympic champion!
0:00:34 > 0:00:38The past four years have been the most successful.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41COMMENTATOR: Jessica Ennis-Hill is back on top of the world.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44But also the most life-changing.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46I definitely underestimated how hard it would be coming back
0:00:46 > 0:00:48from having your first child.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50A lot of times where I've just kind of said,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52"I'm rubbish. I just can't do it."
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And now, Tony is preparing Jess
0:00:54 > 0:00:59to defend her Olympic heptathlon title in Rio this summer.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02You're looking at somebody who's probably going to be the best
0:01:02 > 0:01:04female track and field athlete Britain has ever produced.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07She could create history.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10This is a story about what it takes to coach a champion.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Work, work the floor.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I think we're on target to start the season where
0:01:22 > 0:01:24we want to start the season.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26As for Rio, then, hopefully, it should flow
0:01:26 > 0:01:28because if we start the season in the right place and,
0:01:28 > 0:01:32touch wood, we don't get any issues then it should fit the normal plan
0:01:32 > 0:01:35because we've done this a few times before.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39'Right, that was better, wasn't it? A little bit more chest on it then.'
0:01:40 > 0:01:43So, you've just got to wait that fraction.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45So, here, wait, stretch...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50'This isn't her strongest event so this is one that isn't going
0:01:50 > 0:01:53'to win the gold, but it could certainly lose the gold
0:01:53 > 0:01:54'if she's in position.'
0:01:54 > 0:01:57So, you know, it's important she's throwing somewhere between 45 and 50
0:01:57 > 0:02:01and if she can do that, she's fine and dandy.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05That's how many days to the Olympics.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Got a little counter. It's a bit sad really, I suppose.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Ready? Away you go.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16How have I ended up coaching?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I ask myself that most days. Um... why am I here?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I did athletics. I did decathlon very badly.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I think it was pretty obvious to me
0:02:24 > 0:02:27that I wasn't ever going to make a high-level athlete.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28WHISTLE BLOWS
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I suppose I live vicariously through the athletes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32So, they're doing things that I can't
0:02:32 > 0:02:36based on age and the fact I'm not skilled or talented enough.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Tony has coached me since I was about 13.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43So, yeah, a very long time. Now I'm 30.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48Not many athletes and coaches stay together for that period of time.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I bet Rob a cup of coffee that you took in a 32.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54You just said that to me before, so you planted it in my mind anyway.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Did I? Cheated!
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I cheated? I cheated?!
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Rob, I cheated.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Initially, she just wanted to be a sprinter,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04but then she became very successful in the high jump.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Won English Schools medals for high jump.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09So, therefore, you went, "OK, so we'll push you towards that."
0:03:09 > 0:03:11But she's quite petite for a high jumper.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Would she really have made it at the higher levels?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15But then she was quick at sprint.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19So, having done multi-events, we then kind of stuck with it
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and stuck with it and she made international teams as a junior,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25fifth in the World Youth, eighth in the World Championships
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and then won the European Championships.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I thought he was really scary, quite miserable.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I didn't really want to train with him.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37He's very serious and, obviously, he was really serious about coaching
0:03:37 > 0:03:41at that stage and, for me, athletics was just a hobby and it was fun.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45As I grew older through the years, that did obviously change.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Same sort of time on Monday probably.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Hold on a minute, it's Bank Holiday Monday, isn't it?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I'll be down because I'm always down.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Dedication!
0:03:54 > 0:03:55LAUGHTER
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I think, quite often what happens in lots of sports,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00people judge the aesthetic.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02They look at you, judge your size, the size of your feet
0:04:02 > 0:04:04and make a decision.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Yes, I was told she'd be too small, she'd never be able to throw far.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12And I was like, "I get it, but look at the competitive nature."
0:04:12 > 0:04:14They can run fast. You can teach throws.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Just... It goes early. Your snatching it a little early.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Instead of being in and on it, then it comes from behind,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27there's just a tendency to... You're throwing.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28I knew he had belief in me.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32I knew he thought that I could achieve something good
0:04:32 > 0:04:33within the sport.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35And having that belief that he had in me,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38then gave me the confidence to keep pushing on
0:04:38 > 0:04:42and wanting to train a little bit harder and push myself.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45That's better. That was nice.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47That was nice. Well done! We obviously work well together.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51We have banter. We annoy each other. He mainly annoys me, but...
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Only joking!
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Circuit work tomorrow?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Just a little one. 20/20. 15 exercises.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Just do some conditioning.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03He's got some really great performances out of me
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and, you know, brought me from a young child who didn't know
0:05:06 > 0:05:09anything about athletics who just enjoyed being active
0:05:09 > 0:05:12and running around, to Olympic and world champion.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15So, yeah, he's definitely doing something right.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18This time four years ago, Tony
0:05:18 > 0:05:22and Jess were facing their first-ever Olympic games.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24As the favourite to win the heptathlon
0:05:24 > 0:05:29and the face of the games, nothing but a gold would do at London 2012.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I felt so much pressure going into London.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Everyone just expected me to win and it was just, yeah...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38a crazy, crazy time.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Jess clearly had huge, huge expectation.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43You're the poster girl. You're supposed to win.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46The poster girl wins, that's the story.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Otherwise you're just a loser.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53In front of an expectant home crowd, she started in spectacular style.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58COMMENTATOR: Wow! The fastest time ever by a heptathlete.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Jess didn't look back,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04producing two more personal bests, and going into her final event
0:06:04 > 0:06:08the team knew the title was hers for the taking.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11COMMENTATOR: Jessica Ennis-Hill is the Olympic champion.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14That moment of crossing the line and just having my family there,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18the crowd, and just knowing I'd put all those events together
0:06:18 > 0:06:23and it had all gone right, it was pure excitement and shock
0:06:23 > 0:06:26and relief and, yeah, an amazing feeling.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31'What should happen after an Olympics is that somebody...'
0:06:31 > 0:06:33You know, the end credits go up and you leave the cinema and,
0:06:33 > 0:06:34"Yeah, that was a great movie".
0:06:34 > 0:06:36But it isn't. Life continues.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38You kind of go, "Now what?"
0:06:38 > 0:06:41OK, she wants to go out and celebrate and you have to wait.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45So, Tony waited.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46And Jess returned to training.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Morning!
0:06:47 > 0:06:51But the coach's craft of meticulous planning and routine
0:06:51 > 0:06:53was about to be thrown out of the window.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Well, she didn't ask my permission first to get pregnant
0:06:57 > 0:06:58so I was really disappointed.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59HE LAUGHS
0:06:59 > 0:07:01When I first told him that I was pregnant,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03he was kind of like... "Uh!"
0:07:03 > 0:07:05He was quite shocked.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08So that was something that will always stay with me.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10And then he was... "Oh, congratulations!"
0:07:10 > 0:07:11I met her when she was nine,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I started coaching her when she was 12 or 13.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17And I know she's a lot older than that now,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21but, you know what? To a certain extent, in my head,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23she's still the same person.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26You know, like anybody would, when your child comes up to you,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30when that day comes, and says, "Hi, Mum. Hi, Dad. I'm pregnant,"
0:07:30 > 0:07:32it's going to be like, "Wow, when did you grow up?"
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I was quite nervous about telling him
0:07:34 > 0:07:37because it was obviously a big surprise and a big shock.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40But then obviously he's got his little daughter, Bella,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43and I think it was good timing because he'd been through
0:07:43 > 0:07:46becoming a father for the first time and he'd kind of experienced
0:07:46 > 0:07:49all the things you experience as a first-time parent.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53When you are pregnant, until the little one really arrives,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55the harsh reality of it doesn't hit you.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57And that was the situation.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00So, even though, before Reggie arrived, it was yes, I'm definitely
0:08:00 > 0:08:04going to come back, in the back of my mind, I'm saying,
0:08:04 > 0:08:05"Yeah, that's great.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09"Now, let's wait and see when the little fellow arrives.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12"Let's see what it does to your world."
0:08:12 > 0:08:15In power-based athletes, there's very little written on
0:08:15 > 0:08:20how we should rehabilitate her, how soon you get her lifting weights
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and what kind of programme to follow.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Are you all right? No!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28'He was actually really sympathetic. You know,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31'when I came back to training, I definitely underestimated'
0:08:31 > 0:08:33how long it would...well, just how hard it would be
0:08:33 > 0:08:36coming back from having your first child.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Oh, God, that hurts!
0:08:38 > 0:08:41'I remember doing lots of running sessions through the winter
0:08:41 > 0:08:43'on the hills with the rest of the group'
0:08:43 > 0:08:44and normally in those sessions
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I'd be the top, out at the front and I was at the back of the group
0:08:47 > 0:08:51and I was struggling and I just didn't have anything to give
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and I was tired and, you know, really emotional,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56'and it was just so hard.'
0:08:56 > 0:08:59You have all those hormonal changes, your body changes, you know,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03muscles stretch around your tummy cos they have to,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05you're more lax in your ligaments.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Some of the structures that become lax, like tendons and stuff,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11are the very structures that you jump off.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13So, with these still being lax, you don't get...
0:09:13 > 0:09:16It's like a soft spring, that's not productive
0:09:16 > 0:09:18to what you want to try and do.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Tony's very thorough, he leaves no stone unturned.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23He would turn up with papers saying, "Have you read this?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26"Have you thought about that? Have you looked at this?"
0:09:26 > 0:09:28What's your favourite nursery rhyme with Reggie?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Well, whenever I try and sing to him, he's just, "No, no!"
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Is your voice that bad?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I had all this history, and I knew from the age of 13
0:09:37 > 0:09:40how she reacts, what works for her, what doesn't work for her.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Then they give you a brand-new Jessica Ennis
0:09:43 > 0:09:46and everything you had before goes out the window
0:09:46 > 0:09:49cos you've got lax tendons, you've got childcare issues
0:09:49 > 0:09:52to deal with, you've got sleep deprivation to deal with.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55We had a lot of times where I just kind of said,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58"I'm rubbish, I just can't do it,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01"I can't run like I used to, I can't hurdle like I used to."
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And he'd just say to me, you know, it's going to take time,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06it's not going to happen straight away.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And he always said to me,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12"Stop comparing yourself to who you were in 2012."
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I made a conscious decision, when she came back from pregnancy
0:10:15 > 0:10:19was saying, "You're a brand-new person. Everything is now at zero."
0:10:19 > 0:10:22So her personal best for me in the 100 metre hurdles,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25yes, it's 12.54, but actually,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28her personal best following pregnancy is 12.79.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Tony is in charge of Jesse's training programme.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37But he also coaches 14 other athletes.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Can you just line up, please?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Just line up and I want a picture. I'm not quite ready.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I'm not quite ready either!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48It's not just Chel and Jess, there's a group
0:10:48 > 0:10:52and an environment where she can just improve, and she loves it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55It's good for me to try and stay ahead of her in sessions.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58I suppose it's good for her to try and catch me in sessions.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Here, come into the middle.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Hannah, could you just grab those?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Stand as if you're doing the standing throw.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10OK, now turn your body.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Yeah.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Yeah? Go, go, go.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18And then out. Yeah?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21You don't really cos a lot of the time when you come in... Go again.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26You're kind of here. Cos you go with this before this.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Even in training, I mean, we'll do a shot put session, for instance,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33we'll do 20 throws, a 20-throw session,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36and Tony will go, "Right, these last three are a comp."
0:11:36 > 0:11:38And she can go from throwing
0:11:38 > 0:11:4313 metres to 15 metres... at the drop of a hat.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Ohh!
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Now's your chance to take advantage, John.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52'As soon as you say there's a comp on, everything changes
0:11:52 > 0:11:54'and tunnel vision and she's on it.'
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Good, but no cigar. Did you actually beat me, then?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02By about half a metre. Half a metre?! Yeah.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06In my defence, my shot put's twice as heavy,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10so I keep saying that to her, but she doesn't really listen or care.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I've seen that happen in Jess a lot.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14She can deliver when she wants to,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17when she sets her mind to it, that competitive nature.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Cos if you look at John, John had the last throw.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22So even though he improved his throw,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24he didn't improve and beat her.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27A lot of people train and they're massive physical specimens.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30But when there's pressure, some people can't do it,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35some people just crumble and that, and I think...normal people do.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39But she has that little button that she just... There you go.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44In the spring of 2015, Jess stepped back onto the track
0:12:44 > 0:12:47to compete for the first time since giving birth.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49That summer held the possibility of competing
0:12:49 > 0:12:52at the World Championships in Beijing.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54But, for Tony, it was still unclear
0:12:54 > 0:12:56whether she would return to form in time.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I think the fan base wanted...were really supportive of her coming back
0:13:00 > 0:13:04and that sort of thing, but people in the know looked at it and went,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07"I don't think so. That's a little bit difficult,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09"that's too big a mountain to climb."
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Which...red flag to a bull for me.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I'm going to go, "Yes, I see your perspective, but watch this."
0:13:14 > 0:13:16In all honesty, I didn't think
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I would be back on the world stage that year.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I just thought it was out of reach.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25I thought, if I can get back into competing, but then obviously
0:13:25 > 0:13:28things just came together really well towards the end of the year.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31And me and Tony both felt that I was in a position
0:13:31 > 0:13:34to be competitive out in Beijing and we just thought, you know,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36let's just go and see what happens.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40You've got to remember, her body was changing month-to-month,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43and it was coming back and it was coming back.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45And the World Championships was
0:13:45 > 0:13:47just over a year after Reggie was born,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49and your body takes a year.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51So every month and every week
0:13:51 > 0:13:53leading up to that particular point in time,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56the body was changing, changing,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58trying to come back to where it was.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00But it wasn't until she competed in the Anniversary Games,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03which was some six weeks before the World Champs,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06that we actually went, actually, your performances here means
0:14:06 > 0:14:09it's worth going to the World Champs.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Their expectation wasn't a gold medal,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13but as the competition went on,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Jess showed nothing but consistency and determination.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21She went into her final event with a significant lead.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Her comeback almost complete.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Jessica Ennis Hill is back on top of the world.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Absolutely brilliant.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Storybook athletics...
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Definitely one of my proudest moments
0:14:36 > 0:14:38standing on the podium in Beijing,
0:14:38 > 0:14:43cos I mean, only myself and my family and people that are closest to me
0:14:43 > 0:14:44saw how,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48you know, emotionally stressful it was to kind of get back into training, you know,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51very tired and missing my son...
0:14:51 > 0:14:54It was just really up and down emotionally, and
0:14:54 > 0:14:59then for it all to come together and to win it was just, yeah, just really unexpected.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04If I quantify which medals mean the most to me,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I would have to say that this Beijing, coming back from pregnancy,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11is probably the number one medal in my book.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16It's kind of overcoming adversity, solving the problem,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19succeeding against all odds, if you want to be that Hollywood about it.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25With three months to go until the Olympics,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Tony and Jess are working towards Gotzis,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31the most prestigious heptathlon meeting on the calendar.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32It will be her first full heptathlon
0:15:32 > 0:15:35since the World Championships,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38and an important step on the road to Rio.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Good. I'm happier with this... OK?
0:15:43 > 0:15:44She has an incredible amount of speed
0:15:44 > 0:15:48but she doesn't jump as far as she should off of that speed.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Cos what she does is she rushes through the air, so
0:15:50 > 0:15:53if you look at her arm position, they just whirl,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55and as soon as they go past your head you're coming in,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57and you land early, and she lands prematurely.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Watch it a couple of times at full speed...
0:16:03 > 0:16:06You're supporting, it's a selfless thing,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10but there is a selfish side, I want them to be successful, that's what I'm trying to do...
0:16:11 > 0:16:13If you take off arms,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16then as you sweep back and round to there...
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Yeah, just keep that. Yeah?
0:16:20 > 0:16:21I want to work with someone who's motivated,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23wants to be successful
0:16:23 > 0:16:26and wants to win, because, you know,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29that to me is much more exciting because that's probably MY make-up.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33If this is a GREAT one,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35then you can stop. If it's good...
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Me.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Cos I've got a badge that says "Awesome"!
0:16:42 > 0:16:43I've got a badge that says "Awesome".
0:16:43 > 0:16:45HE CHUCKLES
0:16:53 > 0:16:55That was a great one.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58You know what? You could have landed on your face,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00you'd have still said it was great, wouldn't you?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Mmm... Great(!) SHE LAUGHS
0:17:03 > 0:17:06It's not great!
0:17:06 > 0:17:07There, arms slowly up...
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Hold that, come on!
0:17:10 > 0:17:15I'll do one more. One more. Take a rest, though, between 'em.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18The heptathlon is the athletic equivalent
0:17:18 > 0:17:21of finding the best all-round female athlete,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23through running, jumping and throwing.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24And it's done over two days.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28So...the tough thing about heptathlon is the training for it.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33You've got seven technical aspects to put in,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36so running in different ways, running mechanics, hurdling -
0:17:36 > 0:17:39all of those aspects. Then you've got the throwing and the actual jumping.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42So it's how you get all that work in
0:17:42 > 0:17:47and how you have the...the physical fitness to last two days.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49So really what I'm looking at now
0:17:49 > 0:17:53is a year plan that's pretty much the same as a...
0:17:53 > 0:17:57a school timetable, really, so Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
0:17:57 > 0:18:02Sunday and then the four-week block in this case,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05and then each of the days written in a square
0:18:05 > 0:18:07is roughly what she's doing on that day.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11We've had days where Reggie's been really ill through the night,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I can't come training...
0:18:13 > 0:18:16You know, and it's very difficult to turn around to her mum and say
0:18:16 > 0:18:20"Somebody else needs so look after your child, not you." But internally, you go, "OK,
0:18:20 > 0:18:22"can I catch that session up or do I just delete it
0:18:22 > 0:18:24"and we go in a different direction?"
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I want to try as hard as I can, but I want to be there for my son,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I don't want it to be at the expense of not being with my son.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I want to make sure that I'm the best mum
0:18:34 > 0:18:37that I can be and that I'm with him as much as possible,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40but that I'm also able to, you know, tie in training.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43He's very, very good at planning,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47programming, and getting you to peak for the right event.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50He's very good at trying to get you to your peak for those two days.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54This whole drill is about being quick over the top.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59But to be honest, all you're doing is fitting three steps in and over, three steps...
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Each one of the movements here
0:19:00 > 0:19:04has to be incredibly vigorous - this bit in between doesn't have to be.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08They started with two of them now and...
0:19:08 > 0:19:09you look at the team that's around her
0:19:09 > 0:19:13with agents and doctors and physios, masseurs, a few coaches -
0:19:13 > 0:19:16the glue that holds it all together is Chel.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18It's one of those things that works,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21and it's fabulous. And it's nice to be a small part of that jigsaw.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I'm very focused and driven in what I do,
0:19:24 > 0:19:28and I train hard and I make sure all those elements come together
0:19:28 > 0:19:31but I wouldn't be able to do it by myself, I'd need a great coach.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35It's definitely something that I wouldn't be able to do without Tony.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Can't believe I said that!
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I've been fortunate, lucky,
0:19:41 > 0:19:45that somebody like Jessica Ennis has come along.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49There is that element that she has a series of God-given skills
0:19:49 > 0:19:51that are down to her mum and dad and genetics -
0:19:51 > 0:19:53what I've added to that is saying, "Right,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56"let's harness those a little bit and push them in this direction
0:19:56 > 0:19:59"and add this to it and see where it's weak, add this to it,"
0:19:59 > 0:20:04but if she didn't have the raw materials, it would be difficult.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08With just 100 days to go until the Games,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10media interest and anticipation are growing.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14But as Jess prepares to leave for international competition,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16she suffers a major setback.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19We'd started to build back up the running,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22her running work, ready for 800 and 200 metres and sprinting.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25And unfortunately her calf's got really tight
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and she ended up getting another niggle,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29and then for it to turn out to be
0:20:29 > 0:20:33a grade 2 tear in her muscle is kind of like...ohhh.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37I think because of this we've got to seriously consider
0:20:37 > 0:20:41not going to Gotzis, and from my point of view
0:20:41 > 0:20:43we won't go. Shouldn't take it well. You don't,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45it's another setback and you think it's huge damage
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and it's more weeks lost.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Dealing with an injury this close
0:20:49 > 0:20:53to such an important event in her life is extremely difficult.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57I think when you've worked with her long enough and worked with Tony long enough,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00you kind of know how to take the rough with the smooth a little bit.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03INTERVIEWER: When you find out that something's not OK with your body...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Yeah... what's your instant reaction to that?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Erm... To cry!
0:21:08 > 0:21:12To be honest, when you sacrifice time and you train really hard
0:21:12 > 0:21:15and your body breaks down and you pick up injuries,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17it's just emotional and...
0:21:17 > 0:21:20you know, I've been to Leeds for numerous scans and...
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I've had those occasions, lots of occasions
0:21:22 > 0:21:26driving back on the motorway, you know, just so emotional and upset
0:21:26 > 0:21:30thinking, "I'm doing all I can, but things are still falling apart."
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Then you have to pick yourself back up
0:21:32 > 0:21:35and you have to surround yourself with your team, with your family,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37and take their advice,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39and then just keep pushing on.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42This isn't the first time they have dealt with
0:21:42 > 0:21:44an injury in the build-up to a Games.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48In 2008, Jess was forced to pull out of the Beijing Olympics
0:21:48 > 0:21:51due to a stress fracture in her foot.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54It was an absolutely horrible injury.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I think because of the size of it and the timing of it
0:21:57 > 0:22:01and the fact it was career-threatening, it was awful.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04She, herself, says she's learnt a lot from that.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07It was a really good opportunity to reflect.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I think if we hadn't have had that, maybe we...
0:22:09 > 0:22:15I pretty much think we wouldn't have had the success that we had in 2012.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18With Jess still recovering from her injury,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Tony and the medical team tread carefully
0:22:21 > 0:22:23with the intensity of her training.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Presently she's running in her trainers. She's doing 31s, 32s.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30As soon as she puts spikes on, she'll bring it down to the 29s
0:22:30 > 0:22:35or even 28s, but she doesn't get the benefit of looking at a good time.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36It is a softer track,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38but if you put the trainers on, that makes it softer.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40So there's a bit of cushioning,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42so there's not so much damage going through the legs.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Just things we need to consider, really, where she's concerned.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51She's moaning about spikes now. What, not wearing them?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Yeah. Or wanting to wear them, should I say?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I just said, "No, you're in flats."
0:22:56 > 0:23:00"But it's June." "It's not, it's May."
0:23:00 > 0:23:04The thing is, the times are crap, but I think the effort's going in.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08We're competitive in different ways.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13When it's being in charge, I'm more competitive.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Cos I am in charge.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18OFF-SCREEN: What would she say to that?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21She thinks she's in charge, but that's my success,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24because I've made her believe that she's in charge
0:23:24 > 0:23:26without realising that it's actually me.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27She gets away with murder with him
0:23:27 > 0:23:29and he gets away with murder with her,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31cos they know each other so well.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34But, I mean, they have fun, they have banter.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38They have the odd argument here and there, but every coach does,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42but you know on those two days where it matters,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45then she'll listen to him and he'll listen to her.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Each of the events in a heptathlon is awarded points.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53It's the total score that determines the winner.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Tony decides that competing in Ratingen in Germany
0:23:56 > 0:24:00is the best way to assess Jess's form and condition ahead of Rio.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06On average, 6,820 wins a global championship.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08That's where we need to get back to.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13A score above 6,500, around 6,600 is really what we're looking for,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17but if it doesn't happen because of the weather, so be it.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21I'd say it's a bit of a dress rehearsal for the Olympic Games,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23seeing how she stands up to the rigours of heptathlon,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27and then with six, seven weeks to go now to the Olympics,
0:24:27 > 0:24:31we've got time to correct anything or deal with anything appropriately.
0:24:34 > 0:24:3613.13.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38It's over 13 seconds, so it's not a great start,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40but you get what you get. It's soggy, not great.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Jess has finished the first day in first place,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49which is nice - 3,990 points.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52A little bit short of where I'd want her to be.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Happy with the way she ran the 200, cos that's the fastest she's run.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57She's coming back from pregnancy,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00it's the furthest she's thrown shot, pregnancy.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01She was close in the high jump.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The hurdles, well, there was a little bit more work to do.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Yeah, good first day.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10The second day of competition begins with the long jump.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11It's an event the team
0:25:11 > 0:25:14has been specifically targeting for some time.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20This passes your toe end. Work it so it comes over.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Her all-time personal best is 6 metres 51.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30APPLAUSE
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Ratingen begins with an R, Rio begins with an R.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41That's where the similarity ends, yeah? Keep learning, keep learning.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44That's unbelievable what she's just done there. 6.63 is incredible.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46That's a PB bar none. That's it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50That's her personal best in the long jump. That's her biggest ever jump.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57It's the best score she's done since coming back. You know, 6,734.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Happy with that, coming in with 6,7. I'm chuffed with that.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03There are some bits and pieces to work on, so...
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Yeah, give her a few days off and then we'll work out what
0:26:05 > 0:26:08we're doing for the next five weeks before Rio.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I always had in my head that as soon as I started athletics
0:26:16 > 0:26:18that I wanted to get on the podium.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22I just wanted to stand on the top of the podium.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I obviously knew about World Championships and the Olympics,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27and I just wanted that feeling of being involved
0:26:27 > 0:26:29in those amazing events.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Kids come to you as a coach
0:26:32 > 0:26:35and they put their dreams and ambitions in your hand and say,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37"Help me with this, please."
0:26:37 > 0:26:40That's a huge responsibility as a coach.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43This year, I just...I want to get to Rio.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I want to be on the start line,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48ready for those two days knowing that I've done
0:26:48 > 0:26:52all I can do training-wise, that I'm in reasonably good shape.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Obviously, I'd just love to get back on the podium.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59I'd love to, you know, defend my title and be there
0:26:59 > 0:27:01and come away with another medal.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02This will be my last Olympics,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05but I'm just going to give it everything.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08I'd love to kind of come away from the sport this year
0:27:08 > 0:27:11or next year on a massive high.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14It is her last...last Olympic Games.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18No British woman has ever retained an Olympic title.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Certainly not in track and field.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24There's some historical opportunities here that,
0:27:24 > 0:27:26you know, she could create history.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Come on! Come on! Come on!
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Might be plus-two.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Right now, it feels horrible.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36It'll feel better in a bit.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I'm just knackered. So tired.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45I don't think my body is designed to do this any more.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Ah.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51It is a strange feeling to think that, you know,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54in the not-so-near future I'll be retiring
0:27:54 > 0:27:58and things will change, I won't be training every day and competing.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03It's going to be odd if she's not around,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05cos she's been around for 18 years.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I was 32 when I started, I'm now 50.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10You kind of go, somebody's not there...
0:28:10 > 0:28:13For 40% of your life so far,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16somebody's always been around.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19It will be a bit strange, but I'm sure she won't miss me.