BOLD KING COE

AFTER first appearing in these pages for winning the Yorkshire

DIAMOND LEAGUE TO DOGS TRUST

VET STUDENT MUIR WON’T IGNORE HER OTHER TRAINING

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER

MIKE BAXTER WAS A REGULAR GB INTERNATIONAL IN THE 1970s AND IS NOW A COACH

STREETS AHEAD

BIRMINGHAM WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME WHEN IT CAME TO MASSPARTICIPATION ROAD RUNNING

BEKELE MISSES OUT ON RECORD

ETHIOPIAN FALLS SIX SECONDS SHORT OF WORLD RECORD AFTER THRILLING RACE WITH WILSON KIPSANG

AFD AT THE DOUBLE

THE VERNONS ANCHOR THEIR TEAMS TO EASY VICTORIES IN BEDFORD

LIVERPOOL FINALLY TAKE THE CROWN

AFTER SEVERAL NEAR-MISSES, THE MERSEYSIDERS TAKE THE MEN’S CROWN

STAGS STAY ON TOP

BIRCHFIELD HARRIERS WERE COMFORTABLE WINNERS, BUT BRISTOL & WEST HAD A TOUGHER CHALLENGE IN THE MEN’S CONTEST

COLD WAR

WINTER weather and hard sessions are a combination that can

WOMEN: TIME YOUR TRAINING CYCLES

PLANNING strength training according to their menstrual cycle could be

HORMONES EXPLAIN GENDER DIFFERENCE IN KNEE PROBLEMS

WOMEN are up to 10 times more likely than men

BEETROOT BOOST AT ALTITUDE

IN LAST week’s AW we reported how Belgian researchers claimed

CARDIAC SCREENING WORTHY INVESTMENT

ACCORDING to the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk In the Young),

SARAH McDONALD

2016 HAS SEEN SARAH McDONALD KNOCK 10 SECONDS OFF HER 1500M PB. SHE TELLS EMILY MOSS WHAT LED TO THE IMPROVEMENT

STOKE YOUR IMMUNE DEFENCES

IF YOUR WINTER TRAINING IS FREQUENTLY BLIGHTED BY ILLNESS AND INFECTION, NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE WITH AN IMMUNE-BOOSTING DIET, SAYS WENDY MARTINSON

IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT BASE

AS THE NIGHTS DRAW IN, IT’S TIME TO START PREPARING FOR THE FIRST COLD SNAP. PAUL FREARY CHECKS OUT THE BEST BASE LAYERS FOR WINTER TRAINING

UNFAIR GAME

THE MEDICAL data hack was afforded a significant chunk of

NO EXCUSES FOR BRADSHAW

THE BRITISH POLE VAULTER WILL UP THE STANDARDS SHE ASSESSES HERSELF BY AS SHE TARGETS AN INJURY-FREE 2017

JOHNSON-THOMPSON PARTS WAYS WITH COACH

KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON has split from long-time coach Mike Holmes after

BEKELE WANTS LONDON RUN AFTER BERLIN BLOCKBUSTER

KENENISA BEKELE hopes the Ethiopian national selectors won’t overlook him

‘FANCY BEARS’ FADE AS THREE MORE ATHLETE TUES SHOWN

MO FARAH’S training partner Galen Rupp is among three more

ENGLISH EYEING UP BIG UNBROKEN RUN IN 2017

THE IRISH 800m RUNNER FEELS HE CAN ACHIEVE SOMETHING SPECIAL NEXT YEAR IF HE CAN AVOID INJURIES IN THE BUILD-UP TO LONDON 2017

THOMMO: DETAIL KEY TO DEFENCE

CHRIS THOMPSON will defend his Great Birmingham Run title when

FELL CHAMPION PLEAS GUILTY TO MURDER BID

FORMER English fell running champion Lauren Jeska has admitted to

CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS DATE

THE SAUCONY English Cross Country Relays take place once again

RPMF GRANT SCHEME OPENS

A YOUNG athlete funding scheme which supported the likes of

MINI SELLOUT

THE MINI Great North Run 2017 event has already reached

YOUTH SUCCESS AS CLUB GROWS

A CLUB for under-12 athletes in Surrey has adopted an

#RUNANDTALK FOR A HEALTHY MIND AND BODY

ENGLAND ATHLETICS is encouraging people to get running and talking

WAKEFIELD PRESIDENT DIES

THE PRESIDENT of Wakefield District Harriers, John Newsome, has died

KEEP RUNNING IN THE FAMILY

THE MIDLANDS Road Relays saw AW’s photographer David Griffiths joined

HOME BOYS FLOURISH IN RUSSIA’S ABSENCE FROM PARALYMPICS

IN THE WAKE OF A PARALYMPIC GAMES NOTABLE FOR THE ABSENCE OF A TRADITIONALLY STRONG RUSSIAN TEAM, BEN COLDWELL LOOKS AT THE IMPACT THE COUNTRY’S ABSENCE MAY HAVE HAD ON THE MEDAL TALLIES

COX AND CO STAR IN RUSSIA ABSENCE

JUST days before the British Paralympic team jetted off from

US AND THEM

DESPITE finishing second in the athletics medal table with 42

BRAZIL BENEFITS AS MEDAL CHANCES OPENED UP

WHILE not necessarily representative of form heading directly into the

KIPSIRO WANTS MORE

CAN HAWKINS STOP FORMIDABLE UGANDAN THIS TIME?

JEPCHUMBA EYEING RECORD

VIOLAH JEPCHUMBA, the second-fastest half-marathoner in history, is expected to

OVERSEAS

IT IS always a shame when a venue change wipes

TRACK & FIELD

Mixed events: PV: A: 1 A King (D&T, U15W) 2.43;

ROAD

CAMBRIDGE & Coleridge gained some consolation for failing to defend

PARKRUN / ROAD

Bushy: J Davies 21:30 W65 95.54%; Leeds Hyde: T Johnson

CROSS / MULTI-TERRAIN

Overall: 1 G Pearce (KPMG) 15:57; 2 J Bradford (KPMG)

FELL

Year 12-13 (4.25M/1350ft): 1 N Smith 30:33; 2 J Dugdale

Brooksrunning

“THIS IS A SPORT I’D DIE IN A DITCH FOR”

ON HIS LANDMARK BIRTHDAY SEB COE REFLECTS ON HIS CAREER, THE FIRST TURBULENT YEAR OF HIS TIME AT THE HELM OF THE IAAF AND INSISTS THERE REALLY IS NO PLACE HE’D RATHER BE

SIGNS OF LIFE

THERE IS MUCH WORK TO DO BUT IAAF PRESIDENT LORD COE HAS AT LAST FOUND REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, WRITES EUAN CRUMLEY

“I JUST COULD NOT AFFORD TO LOSE”

SEB COE’S FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD CAME IN MOSCOW BUT NOT IN THE RACE HE WAS EXPECTED TO WIN. JASON HENDERSON LOOKS AT THE TRULY UNFORGETTABLE RIVALRY WITH STEVE OVETT AND HOW THE PRESSURE REACHED BOILING POINT FOR BOTH

“IT WAS MY PERFECT RACE”

THE LA OLYMPICS ESTABLISHED SEB COE’S LEGENDARY STATUS, BUT HIS PREPARATION FOR THIS GOLDEN MOMENT WAS FAR FROM FLAWLESS

“THE BAR WAS SET SO HIGH”

STEVE CRAM ON WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO FACE COE AND OVETT AT THEIR PEAK AND HOW THE SEEDS OF A FIRM FRIENDSHIP WERE SOWN IN THE MIDST OF COMPETITION SOWN IN THE MIDST OF COMPETITION

FAMILY AFFAIR

PETER COE’S INNOVATIVE APPROACH WAS KEY TO HIS SON’S SUCCESS. HERE, WENDY SLY TELLS EUAN CRUMLEY HOW THE METICULOUS MAN WAS VERY DIFFERENT TO THE MYTH

SEB COE

THE DOUBLE OLYMPIC 1500m CHAMPION OUTLINES THE KEY WORKOUT WHICH TOLD HIM HE WAS IN SHAPE TO BREAK THE MILE WORLD RECORD IN BRUSSELS IN 1981

COE’S KEY RACES

STEVE SMYTHE LOOKS AT SOME LANDMARK PERFORMANCES

A CONFESSION FROM LORD COE: I USED TO SMUGGLE AW INTO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

ATHLETICS WEEKLY for me is synonymous with Thursday or Friday

A CLASS APART

UNBEATEN THIS YEAR AS AN UNDER-17, BETHAN REES TELLS EMILY MOSS HER GOALS

STARTER FOR 10

WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and competitions for athletics trivia-lovers. Fittingly, having dedicated this issue of AW to Seb Coe, here are 10 Coe-related questions for you

ASAFA CLOSES IN ON MAGIC MARK

JAMAICAN IS ON THE VERGE OF 100 SUB-10 CLOCKINGS

TWO DECADES ON, SWALLOW FLIES HIGH

TWENTY years after winning English Schools gold, Jodie Swallow has

STORMING START IN STRICTLY FOR GREG

GREG RUTHERFORD is so far wowing the judges on the