At the 1988 Olympic Games in
Seoul, he represented
Great Britain in the 5,000 metres. He was the silver medallist in the
5000 metres at the
1990 European Athletics Championships. He was also a team silver medallist with
Tim Hutchings at the
1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He represented
England in the 10,000 metres event, at the
1990 Commonwealth Games in
Auckland, New Zealand. Staines was on the podium five times in the 5,000 metres at the
AAA Championships from 1987 to 1993. Staines was successful on the British road racing circuit and was a winner at the
Reading Half Marathon (1996), won three-times at the
Great South Run (1993, 1994 and 1996), and was twice champion at the
Great Edinburgh Run (1993 and 1995). In cross country, he won the 1989
Trofeo Alasport meeting == Personal life ==