SHARP PRACTICE

LYNSEY SHARP has enjoyed another great season – reaching the

RUDISHA IS RAMPANT

KENYAN GREAT SETS WORLD BEST FOR RARELY RUN DISTANCE

SHARP OVER 500m

AFTER watching her favourite football team, Rangers, get stuffed 5-1

WIGHTMAN’S MILE SCALPS

JAKE WIGHTMAN finished a “long old slog” of a season

KRAMER VS KRAMER

HOLLY BRADSHAW has been in terrific form lately – finishing

DIPPING DASAOLU TAKES VICTORY

IT HASN’T been a vintage year for James Dasaolu, but

HENRY FULFILS DESIRES

DESIREE HENRY set a British best of 16.57 for 150m

TALBOT’S 200m TALENT TALKS

DANNY TALBOT upset local lad and training partner Richard Kilty

MUIR ENDS HER SEASON IN STYLE

AFTER her recent British recordbreaking exploits, Laura Muir was perhaps

SEVENTH HEAVEN FOR GREG

FOR the last time in 2016 Greg Rutherford pulled on

HORN OF PLENTY

SOUTH AFRICAN sprinter Carina Horn (pictured) was among those affected

OMOREGIE ON A ROLL

NIGHTMARE travel troubles almost put paid to David Omoregie’s competition,

COWARD BRAVES IT OUT

TIFFANY PORTER is a CityGames stalwart and has notched up

FARAH SEALS HAT-TRICK

OLYMPIC CHAMP SURVIVES TEST FROM DATHAN RITZENHEIN TO WIN THIRD TITLE ON TYNESIDE

CHEERS FOR CHERUYIOT

IF ROAD RUNNING is where Vivian Cheruiyot’s future lies, then

IT’S STRICTLY BUSINESS FOR RUTHERFORD

GREG RUTHERFORD was quizzed more about his dance moves on

THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE RUN

THE 2016 Great North Run saw the widest range of

BIONIC WOMAN’S FIVE-DAY BATTLE TO COMPLETE RUN

MO FARAH aside, probably the biggest story of this year’s

OTHER GREAT NORTH WINS

SAM HANCOX of Morpeth Harriers won the Great North 5km

NO GO FOR COE

SEB COE was aiming to do the Great North Run

TELFORD WINS WHEELCHAIR RACE

WITH the Paralympics in Rio, the wheelchair event was not

ENGLAND MEDALS UP FOR GRABS

MO FARAH won England halfmarathon gold last weekend despite concerns

FARAH ASKED ABOUT #ASKFARAH TWEETS

AT Mo Farah’s pre-race press conferences last Friday, it was

MRS FARAH RUNS A DECENT 1:49

TANIA FARAH completed the Great North Run in a respectable

BRUSSELS TRIP NO PROBLEM FOR SOME

NOT all of the athletes who competed in Brussels and

GREAT SCHOOL SPRINT BATTLES

ELLIE HOUGHTON of Gateshead and Charlie Fletcher of Newcastle won

CLUB RUNNERS IN HUGE FIELD

THERE were 41,350 starters for this year’s Great North Run

AW ON DISPLAY

ATHLETICS WEEKLY was prominent at the Great North CityGames especially

GREAT MEDALS FOR GB

JONNIE PEACOCK AND HANNAH COCKFROFT DEFENDED THEIR TITLES IN RIO AS THE GAMES GOT OFF TO A GREAT START

FIVE-METRE MORRIS

IAAF GRAND PRIX SERIES ENJOYS AN EXCITING END IN BRUSSELS

WHERE NEXT?

THE OVERWHELMINGLY positive responses from athletes and supporters alike towards

BRONZE LEAVES A BITTER TASTE

REFLECTING ON HIS RIO BRONZE MEDAL, GREG RUTHERFORD IS SLOWLY COMING TO TERMS WITH MISSING GOLD

MUIR AFTER FIRST INTERNATIONAL GOLD AT 2017 EURO INDOORS

LAURA MUIR plans to win her first senior international gold

HENRY FELT INFERIOR WITH TOP GROUP

DESIREE HENRY says training with world and Olympic gold medallists

LEGENDS SEE FUTURE IN MARATHON RUNNING

RUNNING GREATS TIRUNESH DIBABA AND VIVIAN CHERUIYOT WILL BOTH SWITCH THEIR FOCUS TO RUNNING THE MARATHON IN THE NEAR FUTURE

MO PONDERS ONE BIG SHOT AT 10,000m RECORD

MO FARAH has hinted he may look to break Kenenisa

WORLD TRIALS HELD AT INTER COUNTIES IN LOUGHBOROUGH

PRESTWOLD HALL near Loughborough will host the trials for the

THOMPSON PLANS NEXT MOVE AFTER TOUGH RUN

CHRIS THOMPSON will look to make up for the frustration

MAYOR CANDIDATE SAVES SURREY LEAGUE VENUE

NEXT WINTER’S 2XU Surrey League will return to Richmond Park

BAL CANCELS 2017 QUALIFIER

“The BAL has been working with a number of men’s

BAL CRITICISED FOR U17 STANCE

THE British Athletics League (BAL) has been accused of trying

SIMPSON WANTS MORE AFTER RIO

JENNY SIMPSON says another outstanding medalwinning season has motivated her

PAYBACK TIME

THIS week we make no excuses about devoting plenty of

CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF CIRCUIT TRAINING HAMPER IMMUNITY

CIRCUIT TRAINING is considered key for developing cardiovascular fitness and

CORN FIBRE CAN BOOST BONE HEALTH IN TEENAGERS

A DAILY supplement of soluble corn fibre, a non-digestible carbohydrate

WHEAT PROTEIN AIDS MUSCLE GROWTH

HAS whey had its day? If a new study from

WHO’S THE HEALTHIEST?

POST-Olympic excitement often throws up some bizarre statistics, none more

FAST FUEL: FOOD FOR RUNNING SUCCESS

What: A guide to performance nutrition written by elite sports

ATHLETE INSIGHT SEB RODGER

AFTER BECOMING THE BRITISH 400M HURDLES CHAMPION IN JUNE, SEB RODGER WENT ON TO GAIN SELECTION FOR THIS SUMMER’S OLYMPICS. HE TELLS EMILY MOSS HOW HE GOT THERE

RULES TO REFUEL

FOLLOW THE ‘THREE RS’ WHEN IT COMES TO POST-TRAINING RECOVERY STRATEGY

PREMIUM FUEL

DON’T HAVE THE TIME OR INCLINATION TO PREPARE A RECOVERY MEAL OR SNACK? THESE READY-MADE FUEL SOURCES MAY BE JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO SOUP UP YOUR ENERGY LEVELS IN AN INSTANT, SAYS PAUL FREARY

AIMING FOR PERTH

BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ALEXANDER STADIUM, BIRMINGHAM, SEPTEMBER 17-18

TV GUIDE

1-4pm and various other times until Sep 18 – Paralympic

OVERSEAS, TRACK & FIELD

SO MANY pacemakers are not up to the job. It

X-COUNTRY / MULTI-TERRAIN

FOR THE second year in a row, Tonbridge filled all

FELL / ROAD

17M/7900ft): 1 N Talbot (Amble) 4:59:22; 2 L Eccles (Penny

BROOKS

PETE HAYES HANDSWORTH 10km Handsworth Park, Birmingham, West Midlands. 10.30am

STARTER FOR =10=

WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and competitions for athletics trivia-lovers. This week’s questions focus on the Great North CityGames and Great North Run

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FARAH DOES A ‘SHEARER’

GREAT NORTH RUN WINNER CELEBRATES WITH TRIBUTE TO MAGPIES LEGEND

FORMER ATHLETE SACKED FOR SHARING CRIME SCENE PHOTOS

BLACKBURN runner Jason Lobo has been sacked from Lancashire Police