Domestic Championships Record
2001 – 1st English National Cross Country Championships, 2nd AAA Championships 1500m
2002 – 1st English National Cross Country Championships
2005 – 1st European XC Champs Trials
2006 – 3rd AAA Championships 5000m
2007 – 1st English National Cross Country Championships, 2nd European XC Champs Trials
2008 – 1st English National Cross Country Championships, 9th Flora London Marathon (1st National Championships)


Major Championships Record
Olympic Games – 2004 25th Marathon, 2008 26th Marathon
European Championships – 2002 20th 10000m
Commonwealth Games – 2002 4th 10000m, 2006 3rd Marathon


Other noteworthy performances
1998 – 34th World Cross Country Championships (3rd team)
1999 – 4th European Cross Country Championships
2000 – 8th European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)
2001 – 5th European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)
2002 – 20th European Cross Country Championships (3rd team)
2003 – 8th Real-Berlin Marathon, 8th European Cross Country Championships (1st team)
2004 – 13th World Cross Country Championships (3rd team)
2005 – 8th European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)
2006 – 6th ING Amsterdam Marathon, 15th European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)
2007 – 4th LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, 10th European Cross Country Championships (2nd team)


Liz Yelling made her marathon debut in 2003, where finished eighth in the Berlin Marathon in 2:30:58, which ensured qualification for the 2004 Olympic Games, where Yelling finished 25th but since, the Bedford & County athlete has continued to improve in ability and confidence. The 33-year-old picked up a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in 2006 and one season later, Yelling broke the 70-minute barrier for the half-marathon in Bath and was eighth at the Flora London Marathon in a lifetime best of 2:30:44, but the hot weather was not conducive to a superior time. At the Chicago Marathon in October, Yelling was in very good shape but a heat-wave scuppered an attack on the sub-2:30 barrier but was a fine fourth.

Yelling is proving age is no handicap as she finally broke the 2:30 barrier in London, clocking 2:28:33 for ninth but a fall at the 15km point in the Olympic Marathon meant any chances of a high finish were ruined, as Yelling had to struggle on with bruised ribs as a result.

Liz will miss the 2009 season, because she and her husband Martin are expecting their first child this summer but could return for the London Marathon in 2010.