‘MY APPRENTICE IS OVER’

CHARLIE GRICE HAS MADE FINALS AT EACH OF THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE FIVE-TIME BRITISH 1500M CHAMPION TELLS JESSICA WHITTINGTON WHY NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THINGS UP ANOTHER NOTCH

LEAP YEAR

LONG JUMPER TIANNA BARTOLETTA REFLECTS ON HER THREE GLOBAL OUTDOOR TITLES WITH STUART WEIR

PACKING A PUNCH

BOXER TOMMY LANGFORD ON HOW HIS EXPERIENCE POUNDING THE TRACK HAS HELPED HIM PUNCH HIS WAY TO THE TOP

NEVER TOO LATE

IAN MACMILLAN REPORTS ON BRITAIN’S OVER-70 MARATHON RECORD-HOLDER, WHOSE STORY IS ONE OF PERSEVERANCE

WELSH CLUBS TO THE FORE

CARDIFF AND SWANSEA FIGHT OUT AN ALLCELTIC BATTLE IN THE MEN’S RACE, WHILE AFD’S WOMEN HOLD OFF BIRCHFIELD

AFD VICTORY

The drop-out was greater among the women’s clubs as just

HONOURS ARE SHARED

SIX DIFFERENT CLUBS TAKE THE GOLD MEDALS IN THE YOUNG ATHLETES’ EVENTS

WINTER WAYS

IT does seem that the Indian summer we’ve been enjoying

PRE-COMPETITION SEX? YOU GO FOR IT, EXPERTS CONFIRM

CONVENTIONAL wisdom holds that abstinence from sexual activity can boost

RESEARCHERS SEEKING MARATHON RUNNERS

EXERCISE scientists at Leeds Beckett University (LBU) are calling out

ENGINEER DEVELOPS HIGH-TECH SLEEVE TO CUT ACL INJURIES

A REVOLUTIONARY knee sleeve designed by a university engineering student

HEALTHSPAN ELITE HIGH-STRENGTH PROBIOTICS

WHAT: Capsules each containing a blend of 20 billion live

ANDREW POZZI

ANDREW POZZI TELLS EILISH McCOLGAN HOW HE GOT BACK TO HIS BEST THIS YEAR AFTER SEVERAL INJURY-HIT SEASONS

TAKE TO THE TRAILS

LONG RUNS ON VARIED TRAILS ARE DE RIGUEUR AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT WHICH SHOES TO WEAR? PAUL FREARY DOES THE GROUNDWORK

PREPARE FOR THAT WINTER WORKLOAD

TAKING STOCK OF YOUR WINTER SEASON AND PLANNING AHEAD IS CRUCIAL AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, SAYS MATT LONG

LAST MINUTE

I KNEW something strange was going on around Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake

NCAA PAIN IS BIG MOTIVATOR

NETHANEEL MITCHELL-BLAKE IS LOOKING TO TAKE POSITIVES FROM EVERY EXPERIENCE IN A WHIRLWIND YEAR

COE: NO SET TIME FOR RUSSIA REINTEGRATION

SEB COE says he hopes the IAAF will be able

HARRY: MY MUSCLES ARE KEY TO UNLOCKING MY POTENTIAL

HARRY AIKINES-ARYEETEY plans to make the most of his natural

GEBRSELASSIE RECEIVES AIMS CAREER AWARD

HAILE GEBRSELASSIE will receive the Association of International Marathons and

MALCOLM JOINS WELSH LEGENDS

CHRISTIAN MALCOLM has been inducted into the Welsh Athletics Hall

CHICHEROVA LOSES BEIJING BRONZE AFTER FAILED DRUGS TEST

ANNA CHICHEROVA has been ordered to return her Beijing 2008

RUSSIAN STRIPPED OF DISCUS CROWN

RUSSIAN thrower Tatyana Beloborodova has been stripped of her 2012

SUNNY START FOR THROWERS

EUROPE’S top throwers will kick off their 2017 in style

MOSCOW RACE INVESTIGATED

TWO banned Russian athletes took part in the Moscow Marathon

BRITISH TRIPLE THREAT AT GREAT SOUTH RUN

A BRITISH trio of Andy Vernon, Ross Millington and Chris

PASHLEY DIES OF CANCER

FORMER British sprinter Anne Pashley has died of cancer at

MARATHON 401 IS DONE AS MAN RAISES £250,000

ABRITISH runner has raised more than a quarter of a

SUSPICION OVER JERSEY MARATHON RUSSIAN WINNER

THE WINNER of the 2016 Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon will

GREAT SCOTTISH RUN RE-SIGNS TOP SPONSOR

THE GREAT SCOTTISH RUN has extended its partnership with Bank

GATESHEAD RELAY GRIEF

THE ENGLISH Road Running Association (ERRA) has been branded “pathetic”

RUNNERS NEED TO START RECYCLING OLD TRAINERS

RUNNERS are being encouraged to recycle old shoes as part

ENGLAND TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR COMBINED EVENTS MATCH

TRIALS winner Jade O’Dowda is part of the England team

STRIDERS TAKE TO THE TRAILS

STOWMARKET Striders have raised a record £2100 for three local

OVERSEAS / TRACK & FIELD

ALL over the world, Kenyans are dominating the major road

PARKRUN / CROSS-COUNTRY

parkrun 5km ON the weekend she lost her British W55

FELL / CROSS-COUNTRY

Overall (16M/6200ft): 1 K Jones (Dark Pk) 2:15:52 (rec); 2

MULTI-TERRAIN

TEAM (4 to score): Div 1: 1 North Shields Poly

ROAD

Overall (10M): 1 P Hamilton (Slieve G, M35) 51:26; 2

THOMPSON DEFENDS

OLYMPIAN TAKES ON ANDY VERNON IN HALF-MARATHON

TV GUIDE

6.40am – Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon – highlights from the recent

JEPTOO LEADS QUALITY FIELD

PRISCAH JEPTOO, the 2013 London Marathon winner, leads the lineup

BROOKS

NORTHERN IRELAND & ULSTER EVEN AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc BOBBY

THE WORD ON THE STREET

THE BRITISH ATHLETICS SUPPORTERS CLUB REFLECTS ON THIS YEAR’S CITYGAMES EVENTS

ADAM RELISHES ENGLAND CHANCE

EMILY MOSS TALKS TO SPRINTER GEORGINA ADAM ABOUT A SEASON WHICH BROUGHT HER GOLD MEDALS AT THE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL

Athletics Weekly is a proud supporter of the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund

THE charity, which was formed in 1991, supports many of

STARTER FOR 10

WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and

VAULTER ESCAPES DRUG BAN AFTER CASUAL ENCOUNTER

CANADIAN SAYS COCAINE WAS DISCOVERED IN HIS SYSTEM AFTER HOOK UP

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY

Vic Shirley, 73, came through the line with his 52-yearold