By Steven Mills, March 9th 2010

Johanna Jackson shaved one-minute from her two-year-old UK 10km race-walk record and lifetime best at the CAU Inter Counties Championships

Jo Jackson smashed her UK 10km race-walk record by one minute at the CAU Inter Counties Championships at the University of Warwick on Saturday.

The Middlesbrough & Cleveland athlete clocked a PB of 43:52, which corresponds to a 60-second improvement on her two-year-old lifetime best and UK record.

Jackson’s form indicates she has a very good chance at defending her title at the EAA Grand Prix 20km in Lugano this weekend, where Jackson broke the UK 20km race-walk record last year.

Jackson put the improvement down to her decision to relocate to the UKA National Race Walking Centre at Leeds met Carnegie, where she is studying for a degree in Sports Performance.

Jackson said: “This has enabled me to train regularly with other athletes as opposed to on my own and have also benefited from the environment at Carnegie and the medical and support services that are available on Campus”

via Athletics Weekly.