AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine Jan 30 2020 Back Issue

DIGEST
6 Linford Christie hopes to see GB record fall
7 Running Show success
8 National League takes shape
9 World Indoors in doubt due to coronavirus
ACTION
12 SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Adam Hickey and Jess Gibbon win at Parliament Hill
18 NORTHERN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jess Judd takes title as Calum Johnson takes the men’s title at Bedale
24 DERBY RUNNER MIDLANDS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Omar Ahmed and Gemma Steel take the wins at Prestwold Hall
RESULTS & FIXTURES
64 Results round-up includes the Scottish and Welsh Indoor Championships, plus the New Balance Indoor Games in Boston which saw a UK record from Jake Wightman
75 What’s On fixtures guide
TRAINING SPECIAL
30 TRAINING TO GAIN
For all the advances which have been made, there’s still a lot to be said for keeping things simple and getting the basics right
32 HOW THEY TRAIN
British athletes Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Jamie Webb, Andy Butchart, Steph Twell, Holly Bradshaw and Sophie McKinna with insights into how they are preparing for Tokyo in their various disciplines
44 FUELLING UP THE RIGHT WAY
Sports nutritionist Renee McGregor gives advice on using food to improve performance
48 LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS
Physio and Paul Hobrough says think about training from all angles and include stretching plus strength and conditioning
54 A HELPING HAND
Paul Freary and team select gear and gadgets to aid progress
58 AT HOME WITH THE RANGE
Ultra runner Tom Evans loves to be in a sport which has tested him over all sorts of distances – from 100-milers to the mud of cross country
REGULARS
10 UKA VIEW
Cherry Alexander says ‘change’ is in the air in 2020
78 DIP FINISH
Female runners frustrated by women’s races at area XC champs being shorter than the men’s
SPOTLIGHT
60 RUN BARBADOS MARATHON WEEKEND
Jessica Whittington experiences the three-day celebration of running on the eastern Caribbean island and learns more about the growth in participation levels at the popular event