“Legacy” is the bud from which today’s edition of Relational Athletics blossoms. How have the Olympic Games affected the lives of residents in the boroughs of Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest? Earlier this year, Matthew Homer travelled to the East End to ask local people what they think. Residents speak about their hopes and fears for the Olympics and the Olympic “legacy”. At the start of the programme Matthew speaks to East End resident Steve Dowding at his allotment near the Olympic Park. Steve is a contributor to Games Monitor a website that aims to ‘deconstruct the ‘fantastic’ hype’ of the ‘Olympic industry.’