AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine  |  Nov 21 2019
DIGEST
6 Joe Dugdale wins world mountain title
7 Katarina Johnson-Thompson is fans’ favourite
8 Painful lessons for Andy Vernon in New York
9 Nick Butter runs a marathon in 196 countries
10 Inspirational official raises awareness for Cancer Research
11 Athletics writer Vikki Orvice’s life celebrated
12 Mel Watman's tribute to Olympic legend Harrison Dillard
ACTION
14 WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sophie Hahn, Kayleigh Haggo and Gavin Drysdale among
British winners in the final four days of the World Para Athletics
Championships in Dubai
20 BRITISH & IRISH MASTERS INTERNATIONAL
English veteran runners dominate the annual cross-country
fixture at Aintree Racecourse on Merseyside
THE BIG INTERVIEW
26 STEPH TWELL
After her big marathon PB in Frankfurt, the Aldershot athlete
chats to Jessica Whittington and looks ahead to Tokyo 2020
SPOTLIGHT
30 STAN GREENBERG
Former BBC athletics statistician and GB selector picks
some of his most memorable hurdles and steeplechase
moments from a lifetime of watching the sport
34 JEAN PICKERING SCHOLARSHIPS
In another in our six-part series, we profile one of the Jean
Pickering scholars, 800m man Markhim Lonsdale
PERFORMANCE
39 Warm-ups – latest training-related news
40 Details on studies that show running even a small amount
helps your health enormously
42 Former English Schools 100m champion Aidan Syers on
his transition into coaching
44 Product reviews – Garmin’s latest GPS watch and an
interesting new sodium bicarbonate cream on test
RESULTS & FIXTURES
48 Results round-up includes news of Letesenbet Gidey’s
huge world 15km record in the Netherlands
59 What’s On fixtures guide
PREVIEW
46 EUROPEAN CROSS TRIALS
Contenders to look out for as British Athletics Cross
Challenge hits Liverpool
REGULARS
36 YOUNG ATHLETE
Sprints and multi-events talent Kaliyah Young is profiled
62 DIP FINISH Alf Tupper Harriers, a Norwich-based ‘run gang’, plus a
novel event in Somerset with naked ambition
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