GREAT EXPECTATIONS

ALL THINGS GREAT

Learning to run up (and down) hills in the right way can be hugely beneficial to your training, as Peta Bee reports

50 GREATEST THINGS IN ATHLETICS

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SISTER ACT

AFTER FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HER ELDER SIBLING, CINDY OFILI IS MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF ON THE WORLD STAGE, WRITES STUART WEIR

LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS

FORMER COMMONWEALTH 800M CHAMPION DIANE MODAHL IS STILL INVOLVED WITH SPORT, HELPING YOUNGSTERS THROUGH HER OWN FOUNDATION, WRITES EMILY MOSS

FAD OR FACT?

IN the world of fitness there is always a move

SET TRAINING BY YOUR BODY CLOCK

TRAINING in sync with your inner body clock could result

BRIT KIDS LACK FITNESS, SAYS STUDY

JUNIOR readers of this magazine aside, it seems that fitness

ICE COLD DRINKS BRING RED HOT PERFORMANCES

ICY drinks might not be foremost in your mind at

PRE-SLEEP SQUATS AND A PROTEIN SHAKE CAN RAMP UP RECOVERY

RESISTANCE training in the evening followed by a protein shake

THE NUTRITION SOLUTION

YOUR DIET CAN BE INSTRUMENTAL IN OVERCOMING PERFORMANCE-RELATED ISSUES. IN THE SECOND EXTRACT FROM HER NEW BOOK, RENEE MCGREGOR EXPLAINS HOW

POWER UP YOUR HAMSTRINGS

THE NORDIC CURL IS BILLED AS THE ULTIMATE HAMSTRING SAVIOUR. BUT IS ITS REPUTATION DESERVED ASKS PETA BEE?

BOUNCING BACK

WHATEVER you think about whether Charlotte Purdue should have been

FRANKFURT WAS THE ‘PLAN B’ PB

CHARLOTTE PURDUE says she is delighted to have achieved the

COE: WADA RIO REPORT MAKES UNCOMFORTABLE READING

SEB COE has expressed his concern over a World Anti-Doping

DOUGLAS IS NEXT STAR TO SWITCH FROM TRACK TO ICE

FORMER British 100m record-holder Montell Douglas has become the latest

FEARON INSPIRED BY LATE-BLOOMING LINFORD ON THE TRACK

JOEL FEARON may be focused on bobsleigh right now, but

TORONTO WINS MASTERS BID

TORONTO has won the rights to host the 2020 World

CLUB ENTRY FOR 2017 MARATHON

CHAMPIONSHIP and club places for the 2017 Virgin Money London

LEONARD: I’VE PROCESSED MY OLYMPIC HEARTBREAK

A LISON LEONARD says she has resigned herself to never

DE GRASSE: SAD DAY FOR SPORT WHEN BOLT GOES

ANDRE DE GRASSE says that he will be sad to

BRITAIN’S WOMEN SECURE TRAIL WORLDS BRONZE

BRITAIN’S women came home with a bronze medal from the

ABERDEEN JOINS GREAT LIST OF SCOTTISH RACES

THE Great Run Company has revealed its newest massparticipation race

BONE CONDUCTION FOR SAFE AND SOUND RUNNING

A HEADPHONE brand which uses bone conduction technology and is

CUBAN SELLS MEDAL ONLINE AHEAD OF IOC SUSPENSION

DISGRACED discus thrower Yarelys Barrios has sold her 2008 Olympic

MUIR GLORY FOR LAURA

WORLD No.1 1500m runner Laura Muir has won the Scottish

DISQUALIFIED MEDALLISTS

THE LATEST releases by the IOC take the total of

LEWIS IS FOURTH AFTER IOC RETEST

BRITISH outdoor pole vault recordholder Steve Lewis has been confirmed

CHEN CASE CLARIFICATION

PIERS CHEN, the British sprinter “provisionally suspended from athletics” by

CAS GIVES KIPLAGAT ‘JUSTICE’

EDNA KIPLAGAT has been confirmed as winner of the Abbott

TRACK & FIELD / OVERSEAS

ALTHOUGH the peak of the season is some way off,

HOSTS AUSTRALIA START OFF IN GOLDEN FORM

There were also successes for the British men in the

FIREWORKS IN MANSFIELD

BERRY HILL PARK POISED TO STAGE ANOTHER CRACKING EVENT

KEITANY AND BIWOTT EYEING MORE GLORY

MARY KEITANY and Stanley Biwott will attempt to seal a

Brooksrunning

SHERWOOD’S RISE IS NOT BY CHANCE

EMILY MOSS FINDS THERE IS NOTHING ‘LUCKY’ ABOUT EMMA’S PROGRESS

STARTER FOR =10=

WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and competitions for athletics trivia-lovers. After last weekend’s Scottish Athletics Awards celebrations, what do you know about the Scots from 2016?

VOICE JUDGES IMPRESSED BY SAWYERS’ SINGING

JAZMIN RATED AS AN ‘EARLY FAVOURITE’ FOR TALENT SHOW

GREG EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS

FOR someone with no dance background, Greg Rutherford is still

NAIROBI WINNER DQ’D

A 43-YEAR-OLD Kenyan runner who finished first in the halfmarathon

RUNNING REPORTERS READY?

LONDON 2017 will feature stars such as Usain Bolt, Mo

WELCOME TO YOUR RUNNING MONTHLY OFF-ROAD SPECIAL

RARELY do they find themselves in the spotlight but some

INTO THE WILD

Jasmin Paris tells Euan Crumley about a remarkable year in which she has re-written the record books

WRITE STUFF

Journalist Damian Hall has gone from covering the big events to running with the elites and winning a GB vest

HIT THE SLOPES

Learning to run up (and down) hills in the right way can be hugely beneficial to your training, as Peta Bee reports

READY FOR ANYTHING

PAUL FREARY looks at the gear which will keep out the weather and will allow you to clock up the miles on the hills and trails in comfort

SCALE YOUR PEAK

RICHARD ASKWITH outlines why conquering a private Everest can be so fulfilling