Ben Killip emerged as one of the dark horses in the running tests on the first morning of pre-season training and then insisted that fitness will be a key factor for Pools in 2019/20.
The summer signing surprised his new teammates on Monday morning by taking off quickly and being up among the pace-setters for their Cooper Test - a 12-minute track run.
Afterwards, we caught up with the keeper as he got his breath back to see how things were going on his first day at the Club and he let us in on the secret behind his running prowess…
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