Jenny Meadows earned a welcome bonus after one of the best performances of her career and it could not have come at a better time.
;Pocket Rocket Meadows won 4,200 from the sponsors after breaking Dame Kelly Holmess 800metres British record at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham.
Record breaker: Jenny Meadows beat Kelly Holmes" record by 0.10secs
She is coached by husband Trevor and Meadows revealed: ;Hes going part-time in his job from April 1 so he can devote more time to the training group, so the money will definitely help.
Meadows, 28, will be one of Britains major medal hopes at next months World Indoor Championships the selectors meet today to choose their team for Doha after taking her form from last summer into the winter season.
She won 800m bronze at the Championships in Berlin last August and at the Nnational Indoor Arena on Saturday she beat Holmess record by 0.10sec as she triumphed in a time of 1min 59.11sec ahead of Ukraines Yyuliya Krevsun and fellow Briton Vicky Griffiths.
Holmes, who won Olympic 800m and 1500m gold in Athens in 2004, was a delighted spectator and she backed 5ft 1in Meadows for glory next month.
Holmes said: ;I didnt do indoors that much but I benefited from being small. I could make the moves and just nip in when it matters and Jenny can do that, too.
"I will be surprised if she doesnt come back with a medal. Shes the right build for indoor running. She is small and thin. And she believes in herself. Thats the main thing.
Phillips Idowu, Britains world triple jump champion indoors and out, was fourth with a seasons best of 17.25m. The 2004 Olympic champ Christian Olsson, of Sweden, won with 17.32m.
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