VERNON HEADS SERIES OPENER

POLLING TIME

THE AW team was out in force at the 54th

STANDING OUT A MILE

THE IMPOSING FIGURE OF ASBEL KIPROP HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE METRIC MILE INTERNATIONALLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT HE TALKS TO STUART WEIR ABOUT HIS RIO DISAPPOINTMENT

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THERE are always plenty of studies outlining the benefits (or

HEAVY TRAINERS SLOW YOU DOWN

WE ALL know that clumpy, heavy shoes make running feel

BROOKS LEAD IN THE LONG RUN

ALMOST two million people ran a half-marathon in America in

COLD SNAP BOOSTS PERFORMANCE

PULLING on your training gear can require monumental levels of

THE VEGETARIAN ATHLETE’S COOKBOOK

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RAISING YOUR AMBITION

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5 WAYS TO DO A PUSH-UP

IF THERE’S A CONDITIONING EXERCISE THAT EVERY ATHLETE SHOULD PERFORM ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT’S THE PUSH-UP, WRITES PETA BEE

SOUP UP YOUR TRAINING

A BOWL OF SOUP IS NOURISHING, CAN STOKE UP YOUR IMMUNE DEFENCES AND AID RECOVERY FROM TRAINING, WRITES PETA BEE

WINTER LEG-WARMERS

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‘FUN’ IN FUNDING

IN the same way that team selections for championships have

GREAT RUN VACANCY

THE Great Run Company is looking to recruit an event

BLACK BACKS YOUNG STARS WITH NEW ERA OF ATHLETICS BECKONING

BRITISH ATHLETICS performance director Neil Black as backed the likes

MAJOR FUNDING CHANGES

NUMERICALLY the Olympic World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) has seen

McCOLGAN CALL FOR ENDURANCE SPECIALIST FUND

FORMER 10,000m world champion Liz McColgan says the current British

PRESCOD: FUNDS HELP ME TO SHINE

SPRINTER Reece Prescod says he hopes to convince selectors with

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HEFFERNAN GETS HIS MEDAL

IRISH race wallker Robert Heffernan last week received his 2012

HOKA SIGNING

DISTANCE runner Adam Hickey has joined athletes like Jonny Hay

PRESIDENT GEB FOR ETHIOPIA

HAILE GEBRSELASSIE has been elected president of the Ethiopian Athletics

EMERSON IN AWARD LINE-UP

HEPTATHLETE Niamh Emerson has made the final 10 for SportsAid’s

JACK BRAUGHTON PASSES, AGED 95

JACK BRAUGHTON, one of Britain’s oldest track and field Olympians,

BOLT SUPPORTS NEW CONCEPT

USAIN BOLT is headlining a revolutionary series of events in

AREAS SEEKING FEEDBACK

THE three area associations of England have asked for feedback

FUTURES TALENT NAMED BY BRITISH ATHLETICS

BRITISH ATHLETICS has announced the 31 stars of tomorrow selected

IAAF INDOOR TOUR DATES SET

THE IAAF World Indoor Tour will expand to five meetings

EURO RANKINGS GREEN LIGHT

ORGANISERS have approved a new ranking system to be used

FARAH AND ENNIS-HILL REWARDED BY BAWA

MO FARAH and Jessica Ennis-Hill demonstrated their domestic dominance by

OVERSEAS

A FEW things struck me about the hugely successful English

MORE BRITS TOP THE PODIUM

THE last six days of action (the opening days were

CROSS-COUNTRY

Men (XC): 1 A Mussett (Col H, M40) NTT; 2

ROAD / MULTI-TERRAIN

THIS event enhanced its reputation as one of the fastest

FELL / PARKRUN

Overall (9.6M/1760ft): 1 J Smith (Axe) 58:44; 2 C Rees

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TOP MASTERS SET FOR FIVE-NATIONS MATCH

LAST year, where the event was held in Dublin, the

STARTER FOR 10

WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and

A NICE TOUCH FROM RED-FACED RUNNERS

AFD CROSS RELAY WINNERS WEAR POPPIES WITH PRIDE

ON YOUR MARKS FOR BOLT MOVIE

LONDON’s Odeon in Leicester Square is the venue for the

HILTON WINNER

THE WINNER of the recent competition in this column to

SCOUSERS READY FOR SANTA DASH

YOU can tell Christmas is coming when the Santa running

BLACK MAGIC

LIBBY CLEGG travelled down from Loughborough to London with a