AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | February 23, 2017
ACTION
6 MÜLLER INDOOR GRAND PRIX
Mo Farah and Laura Muir were both in
record-breaking form at Birmingham’s
Barclaycard Arena, while Elaine Thompson
and Lorraine Ugen impressed
SPOTLIGHT
24 HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
A look back at Rome 1987 where athletes
such as Carl Lewis, Fatima Whitbread, Abdi
Bile, Greg Foster and Stefka Kostadinova
were stars of the show
28 LONDON 2017 HOPES
Andy Vernon on his track ambitions this
summer before moving to the marathon
PERFORMANCE
32 Sports science and training news
34 Richard Nerurkar’s killer sessions
36 Part two of our TRX circuit
38 Compression socks reviewed
NEWS
18 Muir’s European learning curve
19 Kilty relief after dramatic week
20 Pearson so glad to be back
21 Langford looking to a fast future
22 Knight takes big step forward
PREVIEWS
54 Look ahead to the English National
Cross Country Champs
55 Scottish and Welsh cross country
champs in the spotlight
RESULTS & FIXTURES
42 Results round-up
57 What’s On fixtures guide
REGULARS
40 Grace Gentry is our young athlete
61 Quiz – test your knowledge
62 Dip Finish
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine February 23, 2017.