I see Usain Bolt on the circuit and he’s always good fun. He likes to make jokes of me! I remember in Moscow, at the last World Championships, when I was competing in the 200m when most people saw me as a 100m runner, he killed me in the warmup. ‘What are you doing?’ he asked me. ‘This is for the 200m runners – the 100m was a few days ago. You missed it.’ I told him I was doing the 200m. ‘Why? he asked again. I said I wanted to try it. He was winding me up. It was helping me relax, actually. It was very nice. Adam Gemili says Usain Bolt is a joker on the circuit and gives him great advice . The young British athlete says he is nowhere near Bolt's standard at the moment but it could be his time soon . Gemili has announced his participation in the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games this summer . It obviously worked, as I then ran sub-20 and he was praising me a lot and saying great things about me. Bolt gave me some great advice to really enjoy athletics and have fun with it. He told me to have patience with it, make sure you keep enjoying it and you will get serious when you get a bit older and start to take it more seriously but don’t put pressure on yourself to perform. No matter whatever anyone says or writes, make sure you’re always having a good time. He’s good like that. I can take that into this year. I like to think I always have a great time when I go to compete. I always give a big smile before races because you never get bored of that feeling; people cheering for you and making you feel like ‘wow’ all this training you’ve done in the winter and throwing up on the track, all the hard slog is worth it. It’s a brilliant feeling. Hopefully I can get a bit more serious, now that I’ve just finished uni and I will start to get a bit more competitive with those guys. I don’t think Bolt will be too worried about me at the moment, he’s something special when he gets himself into shape and competing. I’m very lucky to be around at this time when he’s at his peak and running. To be in the mix and be a part of these guys is nice. Bolt has been beaten before, which shows he is only human. After those guys have retired — sprinters like Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin — it’ s quite open for people to step in and take the mantle. Obviously the American and Jamaican sprinters have always been the top dogs, they are very powerful nations and hard guys to beat. In Britain and Europe we have some great young names coming through that can go on and push the performances up. I’d like to think there is a chance for British sprinters to step into the void. We don’t do the sport to come second or third. You do the sport to try to be the best. There will be a nice little gap opening and it will encourage a lot of people to step up their performance . Ten British sprinters - including Gemili (centre) got together for as stunning Sportsmail photoshoot . As well as funding the Road to Rio athletes, every week National Lottery players raise over £33 million for arts, heritage, charity, community projects and grass roots sports clubs and facilities. Find out where your money goes at lotterygoodcauses.org.uk .
British sprinter Adam Gemili blogs about his preparations for Rio 2016.
Gemili says Usain Bolt is great at the circuit as he is often joking around.
Admits Bolt gives great advice and he will try to take that into this season.