DISTANCE REVIVAL

THE line-ups for the Euro Cross trials in Liverpool on

BUTCHART IS NOW A BELIEVER

EUAN CRUMLEY SPEAKS TO A YOUNG BRITON WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF SUCCESS —OR TAKING OVER FROM MO FARAH

AN ATHLETICS EXTRAVAGANZA

ED WARNER PUTS NEXT YEAR’S MASSIVE SUMMER OF ATHLETICS INTO PERSPECTIVE

WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER

FORGET TAKING HOME $50,000, TOP INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE CASH, AS PAUL LARKINS DISCOVERS

TITAN OF THE TRACK

NEW ZEALAND HAS PRODUCED SOME OF THE MOST PROLIFIC MIDDLE-DISTANCE RUNNERS IN HISTORY. CAMERON TUCKER TALKS TO POSSIBLY THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL

FUNDING THE FUTURE

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER RON PICKERING’S DEATH, FORMER COLLEAGUE STUART STOREY PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIM AND THE FUND THAT IS HIS LEGACY

RACE RECORDS ARE SMASHED

CLAIRE MARTIN AND ANDY PEAT WERE ON FORM AS THE COUNTRY’S TOP VETS COMPETED FOR THEIR CLUBS

ACHILLES HEEL

IF THERE is an injury that unites all athletes it

BEETROOT STILL BEATING VEGGIES

RESEARCHERS took a shot at the wonder-root, beetroot recently when

ATHLETES BENEFIT FROM SPECIALIST DIET ADVICE

HOW helpful is expert advice about nutrition? That was the

ENERGY DRINKS BOOST YOUR RUNNING TIMES

RECREATIONAL runners given a commercial energy drink prior to completing

FLIP-FLOP CURE FOR PLANTAR FASCIITIS

AN orthopaedic surgeon from Louisiana has developed a flip-flop that

APPLE WATCH NIKE+

What: The latest incarnation of the Apple Watch Series 2,

ACHILLES CARE

ACHILLES INJURIES ARE RIFE AMONG RUNNERS. IN AN EXTRACT FROM HIS NEW BOOK, PHYSIOTHERAPIST PAUL HOBROUGH TELLS HOW BEST TO LOOK AFTER THE TENDONS

RAINY DAYS AND RUN DAYS

UNPREDICTABLE WINTER WEATHER MAKES A GOOD RAIN JACKET A MUST. PAUL FREARY AND THE AW TEAM PUT THIS SEASON’S OFFERINGS TO THE TEST

ANTI-DOPING IN ETHIOPIA

MICHAEL CRAWLEY HAS A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO ETHIOPIAN ATHLETICS AFTER IMMERSING HIMSELF IN THE COUNTRY

DISTANCE DOUBLE

IN THE same Olympic Games that Dame Kelly Holmes completed

DAVIES FACING BRIBERY CLAIM

THE former secretary general at the IAAF has informed the

MUIR: SCOPE FOR ME TO DO A DOUBLE LIKE HOLMES IN FUTURE

DESPITE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, THE SCOT DOUBTS IF SHE WILL EVER GO ANY FASTER THAN HER 3:55.22 BRITISH 1500m RECORD RUN IN PARIS

PRESCOD: ME AND JOEL HAVE OPENED THE FIELD

REECE PRESCOD says the emergence of both himself and Joel

INTERNATIONAL FEEL FOR BIRMINGHAM MARATHON

THE inaugural Birmingham International Marathon looks like living up to

JUDD LONGING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL RETURN

JESS JUDD says she has missed the buzz of competing

IOC RETESTS HIT 2008 HIGH JUMP

SEVEN more athletes have had results disqualified from the 2008

NEW PAYMENT EMERGES FROM QATAR TO DIACK

THE son of disgraced IAAF president Lamine Diack, Papa Massata

IPC LAY ROAD TO RECOVERY FOR RUSSIAN SPORT

RUSSIA has been set a series of reinstatement criteria by

BASC’S BEST BRITS JOIN TO CELEBRATE SUCCESS

MO FARAH WON BASC’S ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING WHILE BRITISH 2016 SUCCESS WAS CELEBRATED

SEEKING NEW CHALLENGES, COSSINS QUITS SPRINT COACHING

THE former coach of Olympic sprinter Danny Talbot has given

OVERALL LEADS BERMUDA TEAM GEBRSELASSIE’S TOUGH TASK

MARATHON runner Scott Overall and Gemma Steel are among six

TRACK & FIELD / OVERSEAS

I ATTENDED the British masters cross-country relay event at Long

CROSS-COUNTRY

Overall (4M approx.): 1 A Chepelin (Edin U, U20) 22:00;

PARKRUN/ FELL

Overall: 1 C Somerville (PHRC) 80:18; 2 A Laycock (Kinross,

OLYMPIAN SHOOT-OUT

TOP TRIO CONTEST SENIOR MEN’S RACE IN LIVERPOOL

BROOKS

SOUTH OF ENGLAND MASTERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc SOUTH OF ENGLAND INTER

INSPIRATIONAL LIFE STORY

WITH CHRISTMAS FAST APPROACHING, WE REVIEW SOME OF THE LATEST ATHLETICS BOOKS NOW ON THE SHELVES, INCLUDING THIS MUM RUNS

CHASING THE DREAM

STEEPLECHASER VICTORIA WEIR IS AIMING HIGH AFTER A SUCCESSFUL 2016, WRITES EMILY MOSS

STARTER FOR 10

WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and competitions for athletics trivia lovers. Our quick-fire 10 questions this week are on current athletics affairs

RUNNERS WIN THE LOTTERY

MOUNT’S BAY HARRIERS HIT THE JACKPOT ON WAY TO AMSTERDAM MARATHON

THE CORNISH LUCK KEEPS ON ROLLING

ATHLETICS facilities in the most south-westerly county of England have

KING CARLSEN IN RUNNING TO DEFEND WORLD TITLE

YOU would think chess requires considerable mental athleticism but physical