About Achilles Heel

Achilles Heel opened in 2000 and was based in Decourcys Arcade in the West End of Glasgow. We gradually expanded and eventually had to move to the larger premises where we are now located on Great Western Road.

The name Achilles Heel came about after the owner, Katie Alexander ruptured her achilles during a marathon. The name of the shop is a permanent reminder along with the huge scar to go with it.

Company Affiliations

  • Adidas
  • Asics
  • Berlei
  • Brooks
  • Concurve
  • Craft
  • Gore
  • Helly Hansen
  • Hilly
  • MBT
  • Mizuno
  • New Balance
  • Nike
  • Odlo
  • Pearl Izumi
  • Polar
  • Ron Hill
  • Saucony
  • Sugoi
  • Timex
  • X Socks

Staff Profiles

Katie

Katie

Katie is the owner of the shop and isn't happy unless she's training for a marathon. Some of her PB's include Dublin Marathon in 3hrs 18mins, Glasgow Half Marathon in 1hr 29mins 18secs and Dumbarton 10k - 40mins 23secs (still trying to get under 40).

sam

Sam

Sam is Katie's daughter and most commonly known as the gaffer! Sam enjoys her running along with dancing but can't make the Thursday night runs as her long shifts get in the way.

Steven

Steven

Steven is Katies son and has been working in the shop for 3 years now. He's in charge of the mail order team and will ocassionly be in the front shop at the weekends. Stevens main sport used to be football and it's now slowly changing to running. He ran his first 10k at Strathclyde Park in 39min and is looking to improve his time.

Christine

Christine

Christine has been with us from the start! She loves her running and is starting to race more (which is just as well as she needs to improve her PB's). Christine also specialises in sports massage which she does in our sports treatment room where she keeps many people injury free.

Karen

Karen

Karen is the smallest member of staff (ha ha!) and is also known as T.P. which stands for Tiny Person. She may be small but she's a really keen runner with these PB's:

  • 10k - 40mins 19secs
  • Half Marathon - 1hr 30mins
Michaela

Michaela

Michaela has many hobbies but her running is starting to take over (the well known bug!). She rarely misses our Thursday night runs from the shop and recently competed in her first 5k road race.

Martin

Martin

Martin is very passionate about his athletics with long jump and decathlon being his two main events. He has represented Scotland at all levels, competed for Great Britain at under-18, under-20 and under-23 at long jump and decathlon and was also the Scottish under-20 long jump record holder. His long jump PB is a big 7m 47cm and his decathlon is 6577 points.

Leon

Leon

Leon's two main intrests are kickboxing and running. When he's not working in the shop he's busy in the gym teaching kickboxing classes. Running plays a big part in Leon's fitness for when it comes to his competitions to make sure his stamina levels are high.

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