So I'm not going to the Olympics and I've got all the feels about it, so I'm sharing them with you to get them out of my system, so I can get back to worrying about the really important things in life, like Brexit, and...
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Comfortably the most entertaining session of athletics since 2012 it may well have been – but the preposterous premise of Good v Evil that the 100m final ultimately became does not mean the sport 'needs' Gatlin or those of his ilk in order to entertain and...
Paula Radcliffe is really quite cross that people keep questioning the cleanliness of her results. There has never been any serious suggestion that she broke the rules – but why does she not want to share her blood data? Of course, there is the very strong argument:...
Photo by Mick Hall Following on from Manchester Marathon in April, I have been racing frequently and taking advice from Eddie Simpson. Most of my races have been on the road, apart from some Northern League track races for my club; including a dire steeplechase performance...
COE HEADS TO SANDY BEACH, BURIES HEAD IN IT Lord Coe - the man almost certain to become the next President of the IAAF - travelled to a local sandy beach today and proceeded to dig a large hole so as to bury his head in...
“I remember looking over on the green at the start and thinking “who’s that wanker with all the tattoos from TOWIE? Is he a bodybuilder or something? Who’s that div?” and my mate replied “that’s Dale.” Matt Yates’ first impressions of his out-of-shape opposition at the...
The first step recommended by Freud’s, the top PR firm Mo Farah has engaged with to manage the house of cards tumbling in all around him, appears to be a heartfelt Facebook status to his almost 800,000 followers. Smart move. The use of social media, and...
Jody & Bayo Furlong from AthleticSpectacular (@JandBAthletics) chat with Matt Wood about this weekend Euro Team Champs & other nonsense. ...
Profile Name: Adelle Tracey (Follow Adelle on Twitter HERE) DOB: 27/05/1993 Event: 800m Coach: Craig Winrow -------------- How did you get into athletics? I started at school from about year 5, where I did a running club once a week and competed at the Chichester road races once a year. My older sister did athletics at the time...
So, now it seems that maybe, possibly, Eightlane and numerous other outlets had a point when being concerned at Alberto Salazar's appointment by UK Athletics in 2013. People who study the grief cycle will recognise this as the beginnings of stage two of the grief cycle....
Jess Judd reflected on being in a “more positive place” despite walking away from Birmingham disappointed with her tenth-place finish over 1500m last weekend. After finishing fourth at the Commonwealth Games and making the final of the European Championships last summer, the twenty year-old admitted she came close to quitting...
