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Newbury’s Izzy Fry will take on the “best of the best”, having been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Athletics Championships in Rome this weekend. The 24 year old cross-country and long distance runner has had a month to remember, setting a new personal best over 1500m, before getting the call which confirmed she’d be on the plane to Rome. That event in Manchester two weeks ago saw Izzy set a time of 4:11.89. Not bad for an outing which was just meant to “turn the legs over”. “I went into it with no pressure. I don’t see it as my distance”, said Fry. “I knew that if I was go…

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