AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine | April 13, 2017
ACTION
6 NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS
Leeds take the women’s 6-stage gold
while Swansea’s men win the 12-stage
title at Birmingham’s Sutton Park
14 BRIGHTON MARATHON
Coverage from the south coast
26.2-miler
16 BRIGHTON 10KM
Katrina Wootton races to victory
ahead of the city’s 26.2-miler
17 GREAT IRELAND RUN
Gemma Steel claims the honours
STATISTICS
20 CROSS COUNTRY LISTS
Steve Smythe ranks this winter’s
domestic cross-country female runners
SPOTLIGHT
26 HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Steve Smythe looks back at the IAAF
event in Paris in 2003
30 LONDON 2017 HOPES
US miler Jenny Simpson explains why
she’s looking forward to London
PERFORMANCE
38 Sports science and training news
40 Alex and Rosemary Stanton
44 Track spikes review, part one
NEWS
32 Sumgong doping disaster
33 Great Run in Golazo deal
34 Runner follows in father’s footsteps
RESULTS & FIXTURES
48 Results round-up
58 What’s On events guide
REGULARS
36 Young Athlete –
Ben Davies
61 Weekly
athletics quiz
62 Dip Finish
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in AW – Athletics Weekly Magazine April 13, 2017.