READERS’ CHOICE

ALMAZ AYANA and Usain Bolt were named IAAF athletes

MARATHONS AND LONDON WORLDS ARE PAVEY’S TWO BIG TARGETS

THE FIVE-TIME OLYMPIAN STILL FEELS SHE HAS MORE TO GIVE OVER THE MARATHON IN THE COMING YEARS, DESPITE RECENTLY TURNING 43

IAAF COVERAGE

THE IAAF Council and congress sessions (see p8-9) came

AW SURVEY

HELP shape the future of Athletics Weekly in our reader

BUTCHART HANDED EURO CROSS CAPTAINCY

ANDY BUTCHART will captain the British team at the

McCOLGAN WINS APPEAL FOR LOTTERY FUNDING

EILISH MCCOLGAN has successfully appealed against her

ATHLETES FACE TOUGHER 2017 ENTRY STANDARDS

THE IAAF has published its entry standards for the

ASICS TAKE UP LEAD SPONSOR FROM ADIDAS

JAPANESE sportswear company Asics will become an official

SMALL STEPS TO RACE WALK TECHNOLOGY

AN ELECTRONIC detection system to determine an athlete’s

IAAF SAYS YES TO REFORMING

OVERWHELMING MAJORITY VOTES IN FAVOUR OF SEB COE’S REFORM PACKAGE FOR FUTURE OF IAAF

BOLT AND AYANA STARS IN CLASS OF 2016

USAIN BOLT and Almaz Ayana have been crowned the winners

PRIORITY FOR GENDER EQUITY IN REFORMATION PROPOSALS

SEB COE has reaffirmed the IAAF’s commitment to gender

RUSSIA YET TO SHOW IT IS READY FOR RETURN

THE IAAF Taskforce overseeing Russia’s suspension from

CHINA AND DENMARK TO HOST MAJOR IAAF EVENTS

THE IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in 2018

HEEL OP GIVES WOOTTON SECOND CRACK AT TRACK

AN OPERATION to fix a genetic condition is giving former

ENGLAND EYE BRIGHTON BEST

BRIGHTON Marathon runners have added incentive to be

TWELL BUILDING UP STEADILY FOR EUROS

STEPH TWELL says she is now raring to get going for

FARAH CONQUERER BACK IN EDINBURGH

Garrett Heath: hoping for a fourth consecutive win

EXTREME DOC IS A SHINING POINT OF LIGHT

AN ULTRA RUNNER has been recognised by the Prime Minister

HOLMES’ INDOOR RECORD IS NEXT ON MUIR’S CHECKLIST

LAURA MUIR will have another of Dame Kelly Holmes’

PRES-COCIOUS TALENT

20-YEAR-OLD REECE PRESCOD TELLS BEN COLDWELL THAT HE’S READY TO MAKE BIGGER STRIDES IN 2017

READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

HERE’S WHO YOU VOTED THE BEST ATHLETES OF 2016

SPRINT LEGEND

EMILY MOSS CATCHES UP WITH FORMER UK 100M RECORD-HOLDER ANDREA LYNCH

THE BIGGER PICTURE

ATHLETICS ENJOYS HEALTHY COVERAGE ON TV BUT IT MUST MOVE WITH THE CHANGING TIMES IF THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE, SAYS DAVE GORDON

BOOK REVIEWS

MORE ATHLETICS BOOKS REVIEWED AS RUN-UP TO CHRISTMAS CONTINUES

LEAPING INTO THE RECORD BOOKS

TALENTED TRIPLE JUMPER WANTS TO CONQUER THE WORLD, WRITES RUTH JONES

MUDDY GAINS

CROSS COUNTRY is widely regarded as the bedrock of

GET A LARGE BOOST FROM BETA-ALANINE

TAKING a supplement of beta-alanine, an amino acid

PSYCHE CHECK-UP FOR ATHLETES

PROFESSOR Steve Peters, the leading sport psychologist

RESEARCH STUDY LINKS AMPHETAMINE USE TO ENDURANCE RISK

USE of banned amphetamine substances has been shown

CARB-LOAD FOR STRENGTH AS WELL AS ENDURANCE

PLENTY of evidence exists to support carbohydrate supplementation

FUEL 10K QUARK WITH FRUIT POUCH

WHAT’S NEW?

KILLER SESSION DIANE MODAHL

FORMER COMMONWEALTH 800m CHAMPION, DIANE MODAHL, GIVES EMILY MOSS AN INSIGHT INTO HER TRAINING

AT CROSS PUR POSES

IS CROSS COUNTRY REALLY THAT NECESSARY FOR SUMMER SUCCESS? ASKS DAVID LOWES

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BASE

WHAT YOU WEAR BENEATH YOUR LEGGINGS AND TRAINING TOPS CAN ENHANCE OR DETRACT FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR CLOTHING, SAYS PAUL FREARY

FELL / OVERSEAS

I RAN a low-key cross-country race last Sunday held

INDOOR / WALKS / MULTI

WINDSOR, SLOUGH, ETON & HOUNSLOW AC WINTER SERIES

CROSS-COUNTRY

ANDREW DOUGLAS, 11th in the world mountain running

CROSS-COUNTRY / PARKRUN

BROOKS SUSSEX LEAGUE, Race 3, Stanmer Park, Brighton

ROAD

CARDIFF’S Matt Clowes secured victory at the inaugural

EURO VISION

BRITAIN’S TEAMS HAVE A HABIT OF RISING TO THE CONTINENTAL CROSS COUNTRY CHALLENGE, BUT WILL THERE BE INDIVIDUAL REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL?

TV GUIDE

9.10am – Spar European Cross Country Championships

brooksrunning.com/uk

SOUTH OF ENGLAND MASTERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc SOUTH

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WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and

IOC ARE SLOWLY REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS

LONG after they were revealed as drugs cheats, athletes

LIBBY’S LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

PARTIALLY-SIGHTED Paralympic sprints gold medallist

JESS’S HUSBAND’S EFFORTS IN VAIN

OLYMPIC trials 10,000m surprise winner Jess Andrews