MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

SEVENTH HEAVEN

THE first time Jessica Ennis-Hill appeared in AW, I was

THE MAKING OF A CHAMPION

HERE’S HOW AW HAS DOCUMENTED JESSICA ENNIS-HILL’S JOURNEY TO BEING A BRITISH SPORTING ICON

TOUR DE FORCE

ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST BEST-KNOWN COMPANIES OF ITS TYPE, TRACK AND FIELD TOURS CELEBRATED ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEKEND

VERNON SHOWS HIS MARATHON POTENTIAL

THE RIO OLYMPIC 10,000M RUNNER IMPRESSES IN A RARE OUTING OVER 13.1 MILES

PATIENCE – A VIRTUE

IF THERE is a single quality universally lacked by many

TRAINING BREAKS CAN SLOW BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN

IT’S NOT only fitness which is affected when you stop

BARELY-THERE SHOES BOOST MUSCLES

RUNNING in so-called ‘minimalist’ footwear can increase leg and foot

DON’T RUN WHEN YOU’RE ANGRY

IF YOU’RE angry, you might want to think twice before

PERK UP WITH PORRIDGE

HERE at AW we are big fans of porridge for

ENERGY FLAGGING? YOU NEED TO GET A GINGER BOOST

A TRIO of entrepreneurs from Scotland claim to have unearthed

KILLER SESSION MARA YAMAUCHI

FORMER INTERNATIONAL MARATHONER MARA YAMAUCHI SHARES WITH EILISH McCOLGAN THE KILLER SESSION SHE UNDERTOOK BEFORE RUNNING THE SECOND FASTEST TIME EVER BY A BRITISH WOMAN

TAKE TIME TO REFLECT

RECOVERY IS IMPORTANT BUT, AS MARA YAMAUCHI EXPLAINS, SOME REFLECTION ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MAKING PROGRESS

PLAN YOUR ULTIMATE TRAINING DIET

FUELLING YOUR BODY TO TRAIN WELL ON A DAILY BASIS IS ESSENTIAL. RENEE McGREGOR EXPLAINS HOW TO PLAN YOUR DIET

MAKING A SPLASH

AS MUD AND PUDDLES BEGIN TO APPEAR ON RUNS, IT’S TIME TO INVEST IN A PAIR OF ALL-WEATHER SHOES. PAUL FREARY PUTS THE BEST TO THE TEST

ROAD REVISIONS

PACED OR NOT, ROAD RACING NEEDS A MAKEOVER, SAYS TIM HUTCHINGS

ALL-TIME GREAT

TRIBUTES of all forms were whizzing around Twitter just moments

ENNIS-HILL GONE TOO SOON?

TRAINING BUDDY AND COACH HAVE THEIR SAY ON JESSICA ENNISHILL’S DECISION TO RETIRE FROM ATHLETICS AFTER OLYMPIC SILVER

THREE HELD OVER GAY’S DAUGHTER’S DEATH

THREE men have been charged with the shooting that caused

IAAF REVEALS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2016 NOMINEES

TWENTY athletes have been nominated for this year’s IAAF Athlete

HOLMES: ENNIS-HILL WINNING RETURN WAS GIANT SUCCESS

FROM one legend of British athletics to another, Dame Kelly

KJT SPLIT A ‘POPULIST’ CALL, SAYS MINICHIELLO

TONI MINICHIELLO has questioned Katarina Johnson- Thompson’s decision to split

SHAKE-UP AMONG THE BRITISH ATHLETICS MEDICAL PERSONNEL

BRITISH ATHLETICS has appointed two key medical staff to work

BRIT COMMITS DOPING FOUL

A BRITISH sprinter has been provisionally suspended by UK Anti-Doping

CAS RULE ON RUSSIAN WALKERS

FIVE Russian race walkers have had four-year bans upheld by

MUNRO TAKES FULL-TIME CEO SCOTTISH ROLE

MARK MUNRO has been appointed as the chief executive of

OLYMPIC ATHLETES ARE MORE THAN MEDALLISTS

DAME KELLY HOLMES has launched her ‘More Than Medals’ campaign

DEAF ATHLETE UP FOR AWARD

ONE of Britain’s best young throwers has been nominated for

PAVEY TAKES TRACK SLAB TO SCHOOL

JO PAVEY took a two-in-one trip down memory lane as

SUB-4 MARATHON FOR 85-YEAR-OLD RUNNER

EIGHTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Ed Whitlock became the oldest man ever to break

FARAH AND BEITIA REIGN SUPREME IN EUROPEANS

DOUBLE Olympic champion Mo Farah and Spanish high jumper Ruth

PRESIDENT HANSEN HAILS A NEW ERA IN CHANGE SPEECH

EUROPEAN Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen says that 2016 has

‘YOUR SPORT FOR LIFE’ BRAND

A SLICK rebrand was revealed by European Athletics ahead of

#CLICKYOURCLOCK INNOVATES

UK ATHLETICS’ #clickyourclock weekly contest was acknowledged for its innovation

VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS

ENGLAND ATHLETICS PAID TRIBUTE TO SOME OF THE HARDEST-WORKING AND MOST EFFECTIVE OFFICIALS AND BODIES IN THE COUNTRY

DIBABA’S 10-MILE DEBUT

ETHIOPIAN LEADS ENTRIES FOR THE GREAT SOUTH RUN

TV GUIDE

2am – Time of our Lives – Denise Lewis and

VETERANS SET FOR GLOBAL GET-TOGETHER

LESS than 18 months after the last edition, this event

OVERSEAS / TRACK & FIELD

LAST Saturday and Sunday was the first major league weekend

CROSS-COUNTRY

Men (5.6km): 1 P Norman (N Dev) 19:02; 2 S

PARKRUN / ROAD

94.32%; Middlesbrough Albert: G Bracken 16:11 M50 94.02%; Cardiff Blackweir:

FELL / ROAD

Men (4x4km): 1 Cambus 51:52 (J Carter 13:25, B Bristow

MULTI-TERRAIN

GIBSIDE FRUIT BOWL TRAIL 7, Gibside Estate, Rowlands Gill GARY

BROOKS

NORTHERN IRELAND & ULSTER EVEN AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc BOBBY

YOUR SAY

Email: jason.henderson@athleticsweekly.com or write to us at Athletics Weekly, The

JUST SEY THE WORD

EMILY MOSS SPEAKS TO A YOUNG HURDLER WITH BIG AMBITIONS

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WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and competitions for athletics trivia-lovers. This week’s quiz features general questions from the past and present of track and field

EXMOOR ENDURANCE

RED BULL EVENT BRINGS ADRENALINE-FUELLED RACING TO THE SOUTH WEST