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Runner's Web January 2017 FrontPage Archive

  January 31, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(Business Insider) Athletics: 34-year-old marathoner posts inconceivable Fitbit stats after running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days

(Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: Seb Coe's right-hand man Nick Davies expelled by the IAAF after admitting to receiving £25,000 in illicit payments to delay naming Russian dopers
* Nick Davies, ex-chief of staff to Sebastian Coe, has been expelled by the IAAF
* The former IAAF general secretary admitted taking £25,000 in illicit payments
* However, Davies is still free to work in athletics after being cleared of corruption

(The Nation) Athletics: Lagos City Marathon - Winners to get prize money on the spot

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: NCAA & NJCAA ITF National Athletes of the Week

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Olympic bobsleigh champion among seven Russians banned for doping
Seven Russian athletes have today been handed doping bans, including Sochi 2014 Olympic bobsleigh champion Dmitry Trunenkov

(BBTM) Athletics: Olympians, International Pros & Rising Stars Ready to Race to Camel City
Chelimo, Bishop, Oliver and Manzano headline February 4th indoor meet to be streamed live online by RunnerSpace; 5th edition to award more than $50,000 in prize money and bonuses

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Coe denies discrepancy in Select Committee evidence
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has denied there is a discrepancy in the evidence presented by him and former 10,000 metres world record holder David Bedford to a Combating Doping in Sport inquiry

(Eurosport UK) Athletics: Two-hour marathon not possible, says Cheruiyot
Running a marathon in under two hours is not possible, Kenya's Olympic 5,000 and world 10,000 champion Vivian Cheruiyot has said in response to an initiative by sportswear manufacturer Nike to achieve that feat

(IAAF) Athletics: Bahamian women making inroads in the 4x400m

(Royal Gazette) Triathlon: Duffy to ‘double up’ on the Gold Coast
Flora Duffy is hoping to “double up” at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, by competing in the mountain bike as well as the triathlon

(Radio NZ) Athletics: Olympic shot put champion to compete in New Zealand

(BBC) Drugs in Sport:Russian doping scandal - Emails confirm Lord Coe 'aware' of claims
Claims that Lord Coe misled an MPs' inquiry have grown after new emails confirmed he was "made aware" of corruption allegations in his sport four months before they became public

(The Guardian) Cycling: British Cycling coach insists he did not know contents of Wiggins package
Hand on heart - I do not know what was in there,’ says Simon Cope - Cope summoned to appear before select committee with former team doctor

(The Guardian) Olympics: US Olympic Committee: foreign athletes will not be affected by Trump travel ban
Athletes to get expedited access for international competitions, say USOC - President Donald Trump has banned visitors from Muslim-majority countries

(TASS) Drugs in Sport: Russian anti-doping agency certified under ISO quality management standard
The audit of the Russian anti-doping agency’s quality management system was held on December 13 last year

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: Record Strengthens Oregon’s Lead In NCAA D1 Women’s ITF Rankings
Huge Weekend Alters NCAA DI Men’s ITF Rankings

(Sports Illustrated) Athletics: 78-year-old man ends daily running streak after 52 years and 39 days






  January 30, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

Athletics: Sydney McLaughlin Running at Top of Her Game Heading Toward 300m at NYRR Millrose Games
High school Olympian Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic (Scotch Plains, N.J.) will have a prime chance to go after a national record in the 300 meters at the 110th NYRR Millrose Games on February 11 at The Armory’s New Balance Track and Field Center

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: European Athletics to store doping samples of record breakers for 10 years

Athletics: HOKA ONE ONE Athlete Mike Wardian Crushes World Marathon Challenge Record
Wardian bests competitive field, running seven marathons in seven days

(IAAF) Athletics: Morris, Maslak and Schwanitz among the headliners as the World Indoor Tour moves to Dusseldorf

(NY Times) Athletics: A Runner’s City - How the World’s Biggest Marathon Took Shape

(Business Insider) Athletics: Nike's CEO condemned Trump's immigration order in a letter to staff

(The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: In sport ‘no positive tests’ is not the same as ‘there is no doping’

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: Top-10 Marks of the Collegiate Weekend: January 23-29, 2017

(The Guardian) Athletics: IAAF worried Trump’s US immigration order will impact World Championships
IAAF wants assurances for 2021 World Championship in Oregon - ‘We clearly need to understand the implications of this’

(IAAF) Athletics: My greatest challenge - Kendra Harrison

(Globe and Mail) Athletics: Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee taking part in study on high-fat diets

(AW) Athletics: Great Scottish Run releases course re-measurement findings
The 2016 course, on which Callum Hawkins had run a Scottish half-marathon record time, is found to have been 149.7 metres short

Athletics: Zablocki, Ayela Meet Challenge Of Cold And Rain At Miami Marathon And Half Marathon
Christopher Zablocki lives in Essex Connecticut and does not like to run in the heat

(Soorts Illustrated) Athletics: Immigration ban brings sadness, fear to U.S. Olympian Lopez Lomong

(AllAfrica) Athletics: Kiprotich Eyes Breaking National Ugandan Marathon Record

(Yahoo) Cycling: Team Sky, Lance Armstrong deny secret motor cheating - report

(The Nation) Athletics: Laguna Phuket Marathon set to welcome over 7,000 runners

(IAAF) Athletics: Chelimo’s 2017 resolution, to not lose a race, off to a solid start

(Xinhuanet) Athletics: Ethiopian Adhiana Gebret Sadik claims Marrakech Int'l marathon

(Japan Running News) Athletics: eammates Ohara and Shigetomo Dominate in Osaka, Police Officer Shibata Breaks Men's Course Record

(CBS) Cycling: 60 Minutes investigates hidden motors and pro cycling
Bill Whitaker investigates whether pro cyclists have used secret bike motors to win races -- like the Tour de France -- in a sport notorious for its culture of cheating

Triathlon: Sean Cooley, Jan Guenther Claim Winter Nationals Titles to Open 2017 Championship Season
The 2017 USA Triathlon National Championships season opened Sunday with Minnesotans Sean Cooley and Jan Guenther capturing overall amateur titles at the USA Triathlon Winter Triathlon National Championships, held as part of the King Boreas Winter Triathlon at Lake Phalen

(The National) Athletics: Sprinter Alisha Rees claims 35-year-old record at Scottish Indoor Championships

(The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: Jo Pavey calls for podium ceremony for athletes awarded retrospective medals
Pavey wants British athletes to be honoured at 2017 world championships - ‘I missed the moment in Osaka - to get it in London would be a nice gesture’

(BBC) Athletics: Sir Mo Farah - Olympic champion 'relieved' after US travel clarification

(NY Times) Athletics: Allan Steinfeld, Who Modernized New York City Marathon, Dies at 70






  January 29, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Stepanova casts doubt on Russian doping reforms
Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov, the whistleblowing duo whose allegations led to the exposing of Russian doping problems in athletics, have voiced their doubts that problems in the country will be truly resolved anytime soon
(Reuters) Whistleblower doubts Russian attitude changed

(The Telegraph) Olympics: Donald Trump immigration ban 'fanning flames of hatred' as it throws LA 2024 Olympics bid into turmoil
(3Wire Sports) On Mr. Trump and double standards: let’s all chillax

(NY Times) Athletics: Yuliya Stepanova, Russian Doping Whistle-Blower, Starts Anew on Track

(NZ Herald) Triathlon: Reid and Spence both steal wins at National Elite Series

(IAAF) Athletics: Karoki defends title in Eldoret en route to marathon debut - cross-country round-up

(IAAF) Athletics: Braz wins clash of the global champions in Rouen, Loxsom breaks 600m world best - indoor round-up

(Denver Post) Athletics: Jenny Simpson, Emma Coburn collaborate for world record in distance medley relay
Simpson: "Being on the mountaintop is so much better when you’re there with friends"

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Centrowitz clocks world leading one mile time at IAAF World Indoor Tour
Olympic gold medallist Matt Centrowitz of the United States began this year’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Tour in style as he secured victory in the one mile event in Boston

(BTBZ) Athletics: Volunteers clear Bend golf course for big cross country meet
USATF national champions set for next weekend

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Bedan Karoki, Irene Cheptai win senior races in Eldoret


(MIrror) Athletics: Could Mo Farah be banned from US under Trump's 'Muslim ban'? Britain's greatest Olympian has dual-nationality
Gold medal winner Farah was born in Somalia and would appear to be banned from entering the US under Trump's new rules

Miami Marathon - FL

Osaka Women's Marathon - Japan






  January 28, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(BBC) Athletics: Usain Bolt - Olympic medal loss does not tarnish legacy, says Jamaican sprinter
Usain Bolt says his legacy has not been tarnished by having to hand back one of his nine Olympic gold medals after Jamaican team-mate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance

(BBC) Athletics: Scottish Indoor Athletics - Alisha Rees breaks 35-year 200m record

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Geoffrey Kamworor, Jemimah Sumgong for Discovery race

(Daily Nation) Athletics: 'Pocket rocket’ Vivian Cheruiyot speaks about motherhood, retirement and future plans

Athletics: Huberty, Merlos Win Tropical 5K
Bryan Huberty made sure everyone knew he was a Triple Crown winner when he crossed the finish line of the Tropical 5K Saturday morning on the tip of South Beach

(Austin 360) Athletics: Is 3M the fastest half marathon on the planet?

(Nigerian Guardian) Athletics: We are on course for a hitch-free Access Bank Lagos City Marathon - Olopade

(Edinburgh News) Athletics: Edinburgh sprinters are star attraction at Indoor Championships

(IAAF) Athletics: Shukh breaks world U20 indoor pentathlon record

(NCAA) Athletics: Oregon's DMR flies to collegiate record in New York

(Burlington Free Press) Athletics: After extreme heat, Vermont marathon moves start time

(Daily Relay) Athletics: The Weekend's Best Matchups: Pro season begins

(The Star) Athletics: Team Kenya boost
Team Kenya received training equipment worth Sh2m yesterday ahead of the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World under-18 Championships set for July 12-16 in Nairobi

(Evening Standard) Drugs in SPort: Usain Bolt says it's 'rough' to give back gold medal from Beijing Olympics - 'I'm not happy'

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix - Boston, MA
NBC - 4 PM ET






  January 27, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(RRW) Athletics: Olympic Showdown Over 3000m a Must-Watch Race at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
The men's 3000m at Saturday evening's New Balance Indoor Grand Prix is overwhelmingly intriguing

Athletics: Runners from more than 50 countries signed-up for BMO Vancouver Marathon
For the third consecutive year, event organizers will welcome runners from more than 50 countries, and likely all 50 American States

(CBC) Drugs in Sport: Usain Bolt confirms he returned 2008 Olympic gold medal
4x100-metre teammate Nesta Carter failed drug test

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Van Niekerk vows to challenge Bolt in 200m at World Athletics Championships
Olympic 400 metres champion and world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk has vowed to challenge Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt in the 200m at this year’s World Athletics Championships in London

(Irish Times) Drugs in Sport: Time to rewrite the suspiciously good Irish record books
European Athletics’ bid to weed out dubious records an exercise fraught with difficulty

(Yahoo) Cycling: LeMond, engineer say cheats use secret motors

(Runner's World) Athletics: Abbey D’Agostino: How to Recover From a Devastating Injury Like a Pro
After she fell on the track at the Olympics, her knee required surgery. But she’s not giving up on her career

(Denver Post) Athletics: Jenny Simpson, Emma Coburn teaming with two other U.S. track stars Saturday in attempt to break world record in distance medley relay
Brenda Martinez and Sydney McLaughlin complete the four-person relay team

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Big boost for World Under-18 Championship

(NBC) Athletics: Wayde van Niekerk wants World Championships schedule change for double

(Spikes) Athletics: The Road to Birmingham
The start of the 2017 IAAF World Indoor Tour is also the start of the road to the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. This is how athletes can book their tickets early

(Miami Herald) Athletics: Miami Marathon streakers revel in memories of past 14 runnings

(Jamaica Gleaner) Drugs in Sport: Orville Higgins - Sprinting's race for credibility

(USATF) Athletics: World record holder Harrison earns USATF Athlete of the Week

(MSN) Athletics: Usain Bolt - 16 fast facts about the fastest man in the world

(AW) Athletics: Peter Snell - titan of the track
New Zealand has produced some of the most prolific middle-distance runners in history and Cameron Tucker spoke with possibly the greatest of them all

(IAAF) Athletics: Eshete the favourite in Osaka while Japanese battle for London 2017 selection heats up

(MileSplit USA) Athletics: Kate Murphy Added To Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile Field

(Armory Track) Athletics: Legendary Coach Frank Gagliano Continues To Be Inspiration to Track & Field Athletes

(FloTrack) Athletics: Full Breakdown Of New Balance DMR World Record Attempt

Athletics: Twin Cities In Motion Hires Kelly Donahue as Event Experience Manager
In February, Donahue will join the Minneapolis/St.Paul nonprofit that organizes the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon and a year-round calendar of running events

(Ironman.com) Triathlon: Season Starts in the City of Gold
IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai kicks off with two of the fastest athletes in the world as the first pro race of the year in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region

(The Star) Athletics: Sum focused
Former 800m champion Eunice Sum will start her preparations for the IAAF World Championships in August at the Doha Diamond League in May

(IAAF) Athletics: Focus on the middle distances as World Indoor Tour kicks off in Boston

(CBS Pittsburgh) Athletics: Marathon Organizers See Overwhelming Response To Course Changes

(CBC) Drugs in Sport: What you should know about the drug that cost Usain Bolt an Olympic gold
Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for methylhexaneamine

(KITV) Drugs in Sport: Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts






  January 26, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(Forbes) Athletics: Nike Says Two-Hour Marathon Is Today's Equivalent Of The Four-Minute Mile

Triathlon: USA Triathlon Foundation Now Accepting 2017 Grant Applications
-- The USA Triathlon Foundation is now accepting grant applications from the triathlon community for 2017. Funding is available for individuals, clubs, teams and organizations to support the sport and open pathways to triathlon for those whom it might not otherwise be possible

(The Independent) Drugs in Sport: Jamaica consider appeal against Nesta Carter drug test in bid to save Usain Bolt's 'triple triple'
Bolt completed an unprecedented ‘triple triple’ at last summer’s Rio Olympics

(RunnerDad) Athletics: Kara Goucher - The Journey Continues

(Excelle Sports) Drugs in Sport: Russian track and field athletes accused of withdrawing from competition to avoid drug testers

(RRW) Athletics: Ford Palmer's Super Bowl Connection Runs Through Patriots
It was the fall of 2010, and Ford Palmer was grinding out intervals at the Monmouth University track in West Long Branch, N.J., preparing for the upcoming track season

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Kenya's long distance star Sally Kipyego now a US citizen

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Task force established to review credibility of European athletics records
Ireland's Pierce O'Callaghan has been appointed to head a task force to examine the credibility of European athletics records, it was announced here today

(Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: This running sign sums up a young girl’s willpower and tenancity
"Coach once told me that I ran like a girl and I said that if he ran a little faster, he could too," reads one running sign that has gone viral on Twitter

(AP) Drugs in Sport: Russia senator stripped of Olympic medals for doping
(Sputnik News) IOC’s Decision to Strip Russian Athlete Lebedeva of Olympic Medals ‘Madness
A decision of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) to strip Russian triple jump and long jump champion Tatiana Lebedeva and other Russian athletes of their medals from the 2008 Olympics is "mad" as it shows that sport is turning into politics, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said Wednesday

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Jamaica considering team appeal against Beijing 2008 relay disqualification
Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association President Warren Blake claims to be "surprised" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to strip the country's 4x100 metres relay team of their gold medal from Beijing 2008 after Nesta Carter failed a drugs test

(Citizen Digital) Athletics: Kipchoge - Pocket Rocket ready to soar in the road race

(Outside Online) Athletics: Want to Run Fast? Listen to Your Gut
An overreliance on technology can make you slower. When it comes to training, it's time to rewind the clock and rely on our more primal instincts

(The Star) Athletics: Keitany favoured?
Two-time London Marathon champion Mary Keitany remains coy about the prospects of hitting her second hat-trick of big city marathons after achieving the feat in New York last year

(Eurosport UK) AThletics: Russian whistleblower Stepanova to race Saturday in Boston

(Mirror) Drugs in Sport: Usain Bolt admits losing out on Olympic triple-triple is 'heartbreaking' after Nesta Carter's failed drugs test
The world’s fastest man was asked on Wednesday to return the relay gold medal he won in Beijing in 2008 because of his teammate's indiscretion

(Runner's World) Athletics: The Unstoppable Star: Mikey Brannigan
The first person with autism to break four minutes in the mile shows no signs of stopping






  January 25, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(Spikes) Athletics: "Make The Most Of Your Talent"
World record holder, Olympic champion, world champion: 400m legend Wayde van Niekerk is an athlete worth listening to. The South African superstar offers his top tips

(Runner's World) Athletics: Nike’s Breaking2 Team Goes to Africa
The company intends to run its sub-two-hour marathon attempt on a certified course

(AI) Athletics: Ryan Vail’s vital missing ingredient to athletics success

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: 2017 NAIA ITF Season Comes Into Focus With Rankings Debut

(The Telegraph) Athletics: Usain Bolt's personal standing remains unmatched even if verbal rhythm of his inimitable feat has been disturbed

(Daily Nation) Athletics: World javelin champ Julius Yego seeks KDF support

(The Telegraph) Drugs in Sport: Usain Bolt stripped of Olympic gold medal after Nesta Carter banned for drugs

(Sport24) Athletics: Semenya partners with Famram Solutions
Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has expanded her horizons beyond the field of sport by announcing her involvement in a revolutionary women's health product

(Diamond League) Athletics: 100 Days to Doha!
In 100 days, the 2017 IAAF Diamond League will race out of the blocks in Doha. We take a quick look at what's in store in the opening qualifying meet

(MileSplit USA) Athletics: 11 Steve Prefontaine Quotes That Every Runner Should Know

(Miami New Times) Athletics: Miami Marathon 2017 Has 25,000 Ready to Run

(The National) Athletics: Why the Dubai Marathon is a reminder of our humanity

(3Wire Sports) Olympics: Land of hope and dreams - believe it

(IAAF) Athletics: Former New York City Marathon race director Steinfeld dies

(AC) Athletics: Canada will not send team to IAAF World Under-18 Championships

(The Star) Athletics: Kamworor, Karoki top list for Discovery x-country

Athletics: Women’s Running Pioneer Kathrine Switzer Announces Team 261 Fearless Who Will Start 2017 Boston Marathon® With Her
Running legend Kathrine Switzer is lacing up her sneakers to run the 2017 Boston Marathon® again-- 50 years after she first ran it, and in celebration of an event that changed the world

(The Telegraph) Athletics: British sprinters James Ellington and Nigel Levine back in UK for surgery after motorbike accident

(USATF) Athletics: Letter to USATF Memebrs from Vin Lananna, President

(NewsWire) Athletics: Liberty University Unveils Most Technologically Advanced Track Facility in U.S. by Beynon Sports

(SFGate) Drugs in Sport: Netflix Acquires Worldwide Rights to Russian Doping Documentary ‘Icarus
Sundance 2017: Film details large-scale performance enhancing drug scandal from Sochi Olympics

(Excelle Sports) Athletics: Miami’s Shakima Wimbley named NCAA track and field athlete of the week

(RT) Drugs in Sport: ‘Why are informants always selling material, not contacting investigating authorities?’ - Isinbayeva
Russian two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva took to social media to expressed her thoughts on ongoing doping scandal around Russian sport and the way informants choosing to act trying to solve the issues






  January 24, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

Athletics: New Course Announced for 2017 DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon and UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon
Perfect for sports fans, new course will showcase a scenic tour of The City of Champions on Sunday, May 7; new route crosses Pittsburgh’s famed three rivers and passes sports stadiums

(BBC) Drugs in Sport: Nicole Cooke 'sceptical' of Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins
Ex-Olympic champion Nicole Cooke says she is "sceptical" of Team Sky's drug-free credentials and Sir Bradley Wiggins' therapeutic use exemptions

(Spikes) Athletics: Hungry For More
Thiago Braz had an entire country celebrating in the streets when he won a historic pole vault gold at Rio 2016. We find out what’s next for Brazil’s new athletics superstar.

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: NCAA & NJCAA ITF National Athletes of the Week

(TASS) Drugs in Sport: Legendary Isinbayeva blasts recent German film on alleged doping in Russian athletics
sinbayeva is a triple world champion with a total of 28 world records, and is currently considered the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time

(IAAF) Athletics: World indoor champions Maslak and Rojas highlight Torun’s 400m and triple jump fields

Athletics: Defending Champion Shannon Rowbury and Olympic Medalist Clayton Murphy to Highlight NYRR Wanamaker Mile Fields at 110th NYRR Millrose Games
Three-time Olympian Shannon Rowbury will go for her third straight title in the NYRR Wanamaker Mile, while Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy will make his debut in the event at the 110th NYRR Millrose Games on Saturday, February 11 at The Armory’s New Balance Track and Field Center

(220 Triathlon) Triathlon: Ironman legend Chrissie Wellington launches new book

(Kimbia) Athletics: Andrew Bumbalough to Make Marathon Debut Next Month in Tokyo

(Spikes) Athletics: 2017 IAAF World Indoor Tour
With the first event of the 2017 IAAF World Indoor Tour almost upon us and the stars of Rio 2016 preparing to return to the track, we take a look at the format and venues for this year’s indoor circuit

(Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: Kate Van Buskirk wins first indoor race in three years in world-leading time
Canadian Kate Van Buskirk ran the fastest women's indoor mile of 2017 in what was her first indoor race in three years on Saturday in New York City

(The Dartmouth) Athletics: One-on-one with Frank Zarnowski: Decathlon Expert, Professor

(Dyestat) Athletics: Abbey D'Agostino Making Progress After Knee Injury at Olympics

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics: From the Clouds - The Career of Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Yuriy Borzakovskiy, the introverted Russian 2004 Olympic 800m champion and tenth fastest 800m runner of all time will surely go down in history as being one of the most flamboyant and unpredictable 800m runners to ever grace the track

Athletics: Jo Pavey Added To Star-Studded Virgin Money London Marathon Elite Women’s Field
The 43-year-old will return to the London Marathon for the first time since 2011 with a double objective in mind: to run a new personal best (PB) and to qualify for the World Championships in London in August

(The Telegraph) Athletics: London Marathon runners frustrated after being warned not to train outside due to air pollution

(Mirror) Athletics: Olympic sprinter James Ellington returns to London a week after cheating death in horror motorbike smash
The 31-year-old Brit broke both legs in the crash and may not race agai

(Sneaker News) Athletics: First Look At The New Balance 247 Sport

(MileSplit USA) Athletics: Sydney McLaughlin Drafted To DMR World Record Attempt This Weekend

Triathlon: Accomplished Businessman Stephen Ban Joins USA Triathlon Foundation Board of Trustees
USA Triathlon Foundation announced today that Stephen Ban, a longtime triathlete and managing director of Nuveen Asset Management, has joined the USA Triathlon Foundation Board of Trustees

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: Status Quo Remains In Place In NCAA DI Women’s ITF Rankings
Florida Strengthens Lead In NCAA DI Men’s ITF Rankings

Triathlon: USA Triathlon Hosts Multisport Organizers at Annual Race Director Symposium
The annual USA Triathlon Race Director Symposium presented by ACTIVE Network, which features educational sessions and networking opportunities, hosted multisport event organizers from across the country in Dallas on Jan. 20-22






  January 23, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

Athletics: Quartet of Medalists Lend Shine to Boston 3000m
Hassan, Obiri, Seyaum, Rowbury to light up Saturday’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix; 2 HS stars set for elite races

(SBS) Drugs in Sport: Russia vows tough action on track coaches
Russian athletics bosses say they will stand firm against coaches and their athletes who are involved in doping

(RT) Drugs in Sport: ’They tried to forcefully lock me in room': Russian athlete accuses WADA of violent interrogation

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: Top-10 Marks of the Collegiate Weekend

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Haile Gebreselassie tips athletes on investment
Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebreselassie has implored professional athletes to plan wisely for their future to avoid enduring miserable lives after the sport

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Geoffrey Kamworor, Bedan Karoki Karoki renew rivalry at Discovery

(IAAF) Athletics: Obiri and Muir to clash over 3000m in Karlsruhe

(Globe Runner) Athletics: Fall Guy
Did he fall, or was he pushed? The answer to both of those questions is an unequivocal yes

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Shot putter considering legal action after "B" sample tests positive
Indian shot putter Inderjeet Singh is reportedly considering legal action against the country’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after a test of his "B" sample from a failed drugs test last year came back positive

(IAAF) Athletics: My greatest challenge - Thomas Barr

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Gebrselassie pledges to work with Kenya in fight against doping
Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) President Haile Gebrselassie has pledged to work with Kenya in its fight against doping

(SuperSport) Drugs in Sport: Shubenkov expects to hear fate soon
Russia's reigning 110m hurdles world champion Sergey Shubenkov said on Monday he expects a ruling within weeks from athletics' governing body the IAAF after he applied to compete internationally as a neutral

(Run Blog Run) Athletics: Leonard Korir has a most dangerous kick for 2017

(Sports Features) Olympics: Should the IOC believe the economists?

(BBC) Athletics: Jazmin Sawyers - Team GB Olympian goes from Rio 2016 to The Voice

(Statesman) Athletics: Pinales remains on roll in road races, tops 3M Half Marathon field

(Toronto Star) Athletics: Athletes try a different kind of cutting - blood flow
A method already used by weightlifters fuels research at University of Guelph

(CBC) Athletics: Alysha Newman sets Canadian indoor pole vault record
London, Ont., native reaches 4.65 metres to best previous mark

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics; Nitro Athletics - Will it be a success?

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: More damning allegations made against Russia in latest ARD documentary
Secret video footage supporting allegations that Russian coaches banned for doping offences are still working at professional level has featured in the latest documentary to be broadcast by German channel ARD






  January 22, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(IAAF) Athletics: Barega and Degefa upstage the seniors at Cinque Mulini

(IAAF) Athletics: Teferi beats Jebet again in Elgoibar - cross-country round-up

(Sports Integrity Intiative) Drugs in Sport: Russian athletes most heavily sanctioned by IAAF in 2016

(IAAF) Athletics: Kirui and Kwambai secure Kenyan double in Santa Pola

(Japan Running News) Athletics: Nagano Wins Record Seventh National Men's Ekiden
Universal Entertainment and Osaka Kunei Win Kita-Kyushu Invitational Women's Ekiden

(Sportschau) Drugs in Sport: "Lies and Hypocrisy" - New whistleblower levels serious charges against Russian athletics
A new whistleblower tells ARD German television of serious allegations concerning Russian athletics. Secret film footage supports the suspicion that coaches banned for doping offences are still free to continue working at the professional level

(Citizen Digital) Athletics: Tergat challenges Kenyan stars to emulate ‘visionary’ Haile

(YouTube) Athletics: Kendra Harrison Blazes to 7.75 WL over 60m Hurdles McCravy Memorial 2017

(AW) Athletics: Mark Dry: ‘The hammer throw is being killed as a sport’
Despite a recent revamp to the series, the hammer throw remains absent from the Diamond League and Dry says he feels "disgusted" by the treatment of his discipline

(NBC) Athletics: Marathon Investigator Derek Murphy Reveals How He Catches Cheaters

(Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: Whistleblower who exposed state-sponsored doping of Russian athletes claims Putin freed him from jail to orchestrate the scandal
Grigory Rodchenkov was head of the Moscow laboratory behind drug cheating
He has said Putin released him from prison where he was held on drug charges
He has claimed Putin reinstated him to help athletes dope ahead of Sochi 2014
The allegations were made in a new documentary called Icarus by Bryan Fogel

(NZ Herald) Athletics: Valerie Adams searching for a new coach

(Xinhuanet) Athletics: Kenya's Aprot and Choge win 2017 cross country edition

(Capital FM) Athletics: Kipsang leads Tokyo Marathon entries, Saina to debut
Former world record-holder Wilson Kipsang will face nine other men with sub-2:07 personal bests at the Tokyo Marathon when he lines up for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 26 February

(Global News) Athletics: Olympic bronze medalist Damian Warner adjusting well to new home, coach in Calgary
Decathlete Damian Warner won bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, but he’s not satisfied with the result. The London, ON wants Gold and he’s moved to Calgary, full-time, to help accomplish it. Brendan Parker explains why

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics: The Keys to Unlocking an Athlete’s Potential
Lee Troop was a no nonsense athlete, and he has now taken that approach as coach of the High Performance wing of Boulder Track Club

(Sneaker News) Athletics: New Balance Releases New 998 Colorways For The Patriotic

(IAAF) Athletics: Obiri defeats Sumgong while Choge returns to winning form - cross-country round-up

(The Herald) Athletics: Lynsey Sharp is confident she can continue to improve
There is a sense of serenity about Lynsey Sharp these days

(RRW) Athletics: Wilson Blasts Fast 600m at New Balance Games
Ajee' Wilson continued to show strong early-season form, clocking the second-fastest indoor 600m ever by an American woman at the 22nd annual New Balance Games at the Armory Track & Field Center in Upper Manhattan.

3M Half-Marathon - Austin, TX






  January 21, 2017:  [Links load in new window, * = Registration Req'd]  

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Peres Jepchirchir wins Nandi County cross country title

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: RusAF President optimistic as IAAF Taskforce meeting nears
Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President Dmitry Shlyakhtin is “hopeful” good news will come out of a meeting between officials from the country and the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) Taskforce during the week

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Alice Aprot, Katui Muia top Prisons cross country meet

(SGB Mdia) Athletics: Nick Symmonds Opens Up About Retirement And The Issues Plaguing The World Of Sport

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Augustine Choge, Caroline Chepkoech clinch Police cross country titles

(Capital FM) Athletics: Cheruiyot hopes to emulate Kipchoge as she transits to the road
Olympic 5000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot hopes she can emulate two-time London marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge as she prepares to fully launch her career in road racing in April when she makes her debut at the London marathon

(Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: Olympian Brenda Martinez speaks honestly about growing up poor
Brenda Martinez is now an Olympic-caliber athlete. But, as she discusses, it's important to never forget where you came from

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics: Bekele leaves us wondering
Kenenisa Bekele leaves us wondering as the marathon humbles one of its most prestigious challengers

(Track Alerts) Athletics:Clayton Brown impresses at Hokie Invitational

(Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: Puma signs seven Jamaican stars

(IAAF) Athletics: Korir sets world indoor best for 600m

(USATF) Athletics: Jordan Hasay named Athlete of the Week after impressive half marathon debut

(ESPN) Triathlon: U.S. triathlon deaths halved after three-year spike

(BBC) Athletics:Steve Cram column - 'Steak and dessert is a wild night'
Steve Cram explains how some of Britain's best athletes are preparing for the 2017 season with altitude training in South Africa.

(Men's Health) Health and Fitness: Why 20 Minutes Of Exercise Can Be Like a Drug
In case you needed one more reason to get your butt off the couch

(Global Times) Athletics: Kenya's Kiplagat seeks Boston win to inspire quest for third world marathon title

(Runner's World) Athletics:The World’s Fastest Marathoners (and Marathons)
Stats on the quickest runners and courses in history

(UPI) Athletics: North Korea prepares to host annual international marathon
The winner can walk away with $10,000, according to an official website






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(Runner's World) Athletics:After Kenenisa Bekele Falters, Tamirat Tola Becomes 9th Fastest Marathoner Ever
A fall at the start of race doomed Bekele’s record attempt, opening the door to countryman Tola

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Kamworor marked man in Police cross country

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Tough road ahead for Kipchoge, Cheruiyot
Watching Kenenisa Bekele bow out at the halfway mark of Friday’s Dubai Marathon on his world record attempt must have triggered alarm bells in Kipchoge’s head

(IAAF) Athletics: Close battles expected in Santa Pola

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Coe happy to be questioned by Parliamentary Select Committee again
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe claims he has not refused to answer further questions following a request from the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee that he provides additional evidence in the Combating Doping in Sport inquiry

(Gulf News) Athletics:Organisers will pick up the pace for world record goal
Event General Co-ordinator Al Kamali aims to bring faster runners next year

(Japan Running News) Athletics: Kipsang and Kabuu Headline Tokyo Marathon Elite Field
(IAAF) Kipsang leads Tokyo Marathon entries

(Out for a Run ) Athletics: I’ll Have Another Podcast Episode 47 - Sarah Brown

(Spikes) Athletics: We Got The Jazz
We all need a work-life balance. Jazmin Sawyers has found hers through music

Athletics: Tola, Degefa Lead Ethiopian Clean Sweep At Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola and Worknesh Degefa lead an Ethiopian clean-sweep at the 2017 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon today (Friday) as Kenenisa Bekele’s world record bid crashed in the opening few strides.

(IAAF) Athletics: Ethiopian teenagers ready to impress at Cinque Mulini

(Radio Times) Athletics:Mo Farah - I dream of making Britain my home again - but only after I've had one last shot at the marathon
Sir Mo Farah is homesick after years spent training abroad - but even with President Trump in the White House, Team GB's hero is staying in the US for the sake of his running career

(Xinhuanet) Athletics: Kenya's Kipchoge to skip 2017 London Marathon

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Dubai Marathon upset for middle distance legend Kenenisa Bekele
(The National) Ethiopian runners sweep Dubai Marathon as Bekele retires
(IAAF) Tola breaks course record in Dubai

(Run Blog Run)
(Outside Online) Athletics: A Runner's Guide to Etiquette
How to avoid being a jerk on the roads, trails, and track

(Runner's World) Athletics: The Long-Distance Savior: Makorobondo "Dee" Salukombo
The foundation he started provides education to kids in war-torn Congo

(LocalXpress) Athletics: Boston Marathon holds special place for Antigonish's Eric Gillis
It took a few years longer than he expected, but Antigonish's Eric Gillis will finally run the Boston Marathon this spring

(IAAF) Athletics: Kszczot to chase sixth 800m victory in Dusseldorf

(AW) Athletics: Diane Modahl - Laying the foundations
The 1990 Commonwealth 800m gold medallist Diane Modahl is still involved with sport, helping youngsters through her own foundation, writes Emily Moss
(Armory Track) Athletics: Olympic Gold Medalist Matthew Centrowitz to Run In Paavo Nurmi Two-Miles at NYRR Millrose Games

Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon - UAE






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Athletics: Vancouver Sun Run Intraining Clinics Start January 21
Sign Up Now And Get An Alanic Light Weight Polyhex Elite Series Tech Shirt

Athletics: Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon Offers Bumper Bonus For Grandstand Finish
Earlier this week, Kenenisa Bekele seemed inordinately confident that he could break the world record in tomorrow (Friday) morning’s Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon

(Nassau Guardian) Athletics: IAAF World Relays officially launched
Grand event returning to The Bahamas; it's 39 days away

(Kimbia) Athletics: Welcome Nicole Sifuentes!
We’re proud and excited to announce that Nicole Sifuentes has joined the KIMbia family of athletes

(Outside Online)Health and Fitness: A New Fitness Tracker That Actually Uses Science
The days of counting steps are over. The Mio Slice looks at your heart rate to give you an overall health score based in science

(EA) Athletics: Beitia setting the standard again
After ending the last indoor season as Europe’s No 1 high jumper, Ruth Beitia is back where she left off and the message to the rest is clear: Catch me if you can

(The National) Athletics: Kenenisa Bekele targets Dennis Kimetto’s world-record time at 2017 Dubai Marathon
Four months after coming to within six seconds of the world record, Kenenisa Bekele has set his sights on setting a new mark here in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday

(SCMP Athletics: Hong Kong’s home of track and field set to be scrapped as outgoing CY Leung announces Wan Chai redevelopment
Government plans to scrap the historic sports ground as part of an extension of the adjacent Convention and Exhibition Centre is greeted with deep disappointment by athletics officials

(NY Times) Athletics: Florida’s High Schools Will Jump and Throw, as Well as Run, in Meters
The state’s high schools will apparently become the first in the country to measure field events using the metric system

(Japan Running News) Athletics: Kirwa Faces Flanagan and Wellings at Marugame Half
Osako and Murayama Twins Lead National Record Shot at Marugame Half

(BBC) Olympics: Britain's oldest living Olympian Bill Lucas enjoys 100th birthday
An evening whisky is the key to a long life, according to Britain's oldest living Olympian on his 100th birthday

(KPRC) Athletics: Spectator saves Chevron Houston Marathon runner who went into cardiac arrest

(The Star) Athletics: Edna looks beyond Boston as she eyes third world title
Two-time world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat will use April’s Boston Marathon as a platform to feature in the London World Championships, where she will be seeking her third title

(TASS) Drugs in Sport: Russian athlete files application with IAAF to perform under neutral flag

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics: Altitude Training Talk with Dr Philo Saunder
Runner’s Tribe took the opportunity to quiz AIS senior physiologist, leading Canberra-based coach and 3:41 1500m man Philo Saunders all about the use of high altitude training systems. Philo has experience with such matters, undertaking research into altitude training, more specifically ‘using simulated or terrestrial altitude to improve seal level performance’. Philo not only has a wealth of research knowledge but also a long career of real world elite running experience and first-hand knowledge

(The Star) Athletics: Top two skip race
World cross country champion Geoffrey Kamworor and Olympic 5000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot will forego their National Police cross country championships title defence at the Ngong Racecourse on Saturday

(Runner's World) Athletics: Canadian Olympian Speaks Out on Women’s Equality in Sport
Lanni Marchant, Canadian national recorder holder in the marathon, wants more attention paid to her results than her appearance

(The Telegraph) Athletics: British sprinters James Ellington and Nigel Levine face career-threatening injuries after motorbike accident
(BBC) James Ellington & Nigel Levine: British sprinters 'truly blessed' to be alive

(Spikes) Athletics: "Stick To Your Routine"
Olympic 800m finalist Lynsey Sharp is among a crop of top-class two-lap runners. Here the Briton offers her best piece of advice on a range of subjects

(Dayton Daily News) Athletics: Stealth fighter, WWII plane to fly over Air Force Marathon

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: Which Indoor Collegiate Records Could Fall In 2017?

(NY Times) Health and Fitness: Running May Be Good for Your Knees
Knees of runners showed substantially lower levels of two types of cells that can contribute to inflammation and promote arthritis






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(Runner's World) Athletics: The Gold Medalist - Matthew Centrowitz
His 1500-meter gold in Rio was the first for an American in that distance since 1908

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Vivian Cheruiyot out to hit the road running

(AP) Drugs in Sport: Russian runner loses court case over doping allegations

Athletics: Bekele Targets Dubai For New Marathon World Record
When the 2017 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon takes to the city streets on Friday (January 20), more than 200,000 runners will have taken part in the annual IAAF Gold Label event since its debut in 2000

Triathlon: U.S. Olympic Triathlon Gold Medalist Gwen Jorgensen Joins the Polar Team
A 17-time winner of ITU World Triathlon Series events, Jorgensen joins Polar’s growing team of renowned running and endurance athletes including Molly Huddle, Kate Grace and Mirinda Carfrae

(IAAF) Athletics: High-powered women's long jump field announced for Birmingham

(HMMR) Athletics: Podcast Episode 85 - Married to the Job with Danny and Katie MacKey
Professional running coach Danny Mackey of the Brooks Beasts is literally married to his job. As he wrote about on HMMR Media last year, his team includes his wife, elite middle distance runner Katie Mackey. On this week’s episode we sit down with Danny and Katie to discuss how they make the most of the set up, what they are striving to improve upon, and the key factors in building a team

(Sport360) Athletics: Managing Dubai Marathon favourite Bekele
Runner-turned athletics manager Jos Hermens, the man who discovered running legend Haile Gebrselassie, talks to Sport360 as he returns to the UAE with Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon favourite Kenenisa Bekele

(Michigan Runner Girl) Athletics: MRG talks with elite runner, book author Luke Humphrey of Hansons-Brooks Distance Project

(Reuters) Athletics: Bekele sets 02:01:30 marathon career target

(SportsMole) Athletics: Olympic sprinters James Ellington, Nigel Levine injured in motorbike accident

(Sports Examiner) Athletics:Marathon world record coming Friday?
There is an air of expectation settling around Dubai, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Before the sun rises on Friday, runners in the 18th Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon will start on their 26.2-mile tre

(GlobeRunner) Athletics: Bekele Goes For Treble!
If Kenenisa Bekele is to be believed - and who wouldn’t? - come 08.30am Gulf time on Friday morning, January 20, he will be the world record holder for the marathon; which would mean that the 34 year old Ethiopian would be the only man in history to consecutively hold the world records for 5000 and 10,000 metres on the track, and 42.195 metres on the road

(The Guardian) Athletics: Can Nike's two-hour marathon quest learn from Roger Bannister?
The first four-minute mile man was a runner-scientist, who made changes to the track and his shoes to achieve the feat. But the various two-hour marathon projects are doing their research in the lab and applying it to runners

(Outside Online) Health and Fitness: Virgin Sport Wants to Be the Coachella of Fitness Festivals
We spoke to the CEO of the new Virgin Sport to find out what to expect in 2017. The short answer: While the details are thin, the vibe sounds like farmer’s market meets marathon expo

(The Guardian) Paralympics: David Weir ‘let down again’ as he attacks British Athletics before retiring
Six-times Paralympic champion hits out on Twitter - Weir struggled in Rio and claimed he had been ‘stabbed in the back’

(USATF) Athletics: 2017 USATF Championship Series returns to NBC, NBCSN

(Competitor) Athletics: Entry Application for 2017 New York City Marathon Now Open






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(Runner's World) Athletics: Competition at the Houston Half Marathon Was Hot
Jordan Hasay has an impressive 13.1-mile debut during her build up to the Boston Marathon

(Daily Nation) Olympics: Hassan Wario, Richard Ekai face charges over Rio Olympics mess

(Spikes) Athletics: Coming In Hot
The Nitro Athletics series promises an athletics revolution when it kicks off in Melbourne, Australia, on February 4th. This is why it should be electric

(ESW) Triathlon: Team Wurtele’s Heather Named Canada’s 2016 Triathlete of the Year

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: NCAA & NJCAA ITF National Athletes of the Week

Athletics: NEW BALANCE launches letters to my future self campaign to inspire athletes around the New Year
Global sports brand asks consumers "What would you tell yourself?'"

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Nick Butler - What is likely to happen next in the struggle against Russian doping?

(InnerVoise) Athletics: Des Linden
"I swore I would never do a Marathon"

Athletics: Sumgong stars in stellar line-up at 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon
Olympic champion Jemima Sumgong will defend her Virgin Money London Marathon title on Sunday 23 April against one of the strongest women’s fields ever assembled for a major city marathon

(Sport24) Athletics: Bekele to run London with eye on world record
Triple Olympic track champion Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest marathon runner in history, will make another attempt at claiming the world record over the classic 26.2 mile distance when he leads a stellar field for the London marathon in April.

(Capital FM) Athletics: Cheruiyot set for London Marathon debut
Olympic 5000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot will face one of the strongest women’s fields that also includes compatriot and defending champion Jemima Sumgong on her debut for the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon scheduled for April 23

(Reuters) Athletics: Kipchoge narrows focus on sub two-hour marathon
Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge says his ambition to break the two-hour marathon barrier will override all other considerations this year

(Capital FM) Athletics: Rudisha keen on winning third successive Olympics
World record holder David Rudisha says winning a third successive Olympic title will crown his sparkling athletics career after confirming he will take part in the 2020 Summer Games to be hosted in Tokyo

(Ironman.com) Triathlon: Sanders and Riveros Open 2017 with Wins in Chile
Lionel Sanders emerged from the cold clutches of the Canadian winter to take the victory while Barbara Riveros come from behind performance on the run cemented her third win at IRONMAN 70.3 Pucon

(The Star) Drugs in Sport: Dope war begins
Elite athletes have welcomed the new medical regulations and guidelines announced by Athletics Kenya last week

(NBC LA) Olympics: LA Proposes Split Ceremonies at 2 Stadiums for 2024 Olympics
The proposed plan by the LA 2024 Olympic Bid Committee would feature events at the Coliseum and a new stadium being built in Ingelwood

(Newshub) Drugs in Sport: Dame Valerie Adams renews call for Ostapchuk lifetime ban
Dame Valerie Adams says she isn't surprised about the latest revelation regarding her disgraced shot put rival Nadzeya Ostapchuk

(Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Eight marathon runners sent to local hospitals
According to Dr. John Cianca, medical director of the Chevron Houston Marathon, eight runners were transported to local hospitals Sunday with three of them described as being "critical transports."






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(IAAF) Athletics: Dibaba leads all-star cast for Torun

(Science of Sport) Athletics: The "2-hour marathon" season begins

(IAAF) Athletics: Britain’s rich history of hosting IAAF championships

(Speegel Online) Drugs in Sport: nside the Desperate Battle against Sports Doping
A special unit of investigators and medical professionals in the U.S. is on the hunt for sports cheats. Internal emails that DER SPIEGEL has examined show how assiduous the inspectors are in their pursuit -- and how frustrating it can be

(Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: Kenyan athletes welcome anti-doping initiative
Kenyan athletes on Monday backed a plan for a team of six internationally accredited doctors to take care of the country's top-level runners and be responsible for examining samples in an effort to end a series of doping scandals

(Daily Nation) Athletics: David Rudisha, Faith Chepng’etich are race ambassadors
Olympic champions David Rudisha (men’s 800 metres) and Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (women’s 1,500 metres) have been named ambassadors of the fourth edition of the Mau-Egerton University cross country race

(Nassau Guardian) Athletics: Schmit, Lo win Marathon Bahamas titles
Thousands take part in Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: Top-10 Marks of the Collegiate Weekend

(Daily Mail) Drugs in Sport: Grigory Rodchenkov is the man at the centre of Russia's state-sponsored doping plot who could this week become Putin's Public Enemy No 1
Rodchenkov is about to become one of the most famous fugitives in the world
The 58-year-old was central to Russia’s state-sponsored doping programme
Plot could unsurp the spy drama surrounding US President-elect Donald Trump

(Citizen Digital) Drugs in Sport: Ignorance fueling doping scourge, AK boss Tuwei says
Many Kenyan athletes fall victims of doping violations since they do not understand the rules governing substance abuse in the sport

Athletics: World Record Bonus on offer at Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
$250,000 On Offer For New Marathon World Record in Dubai

(Lethbridge Herald) Athletics: Marathon runner delivering positive message
As one of the fastest Canadian marathon runners of all time, Dylan Wykes knows of the importance of setting - and achieving - ones goals

(IAAF) Athletics: Tamire triumphs in Le Mans - cross-country round-up

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics: Behind the Scenes with Olympic Medallist Clayton Murphy
SOS athlete Clayton Murphy races with the poise and experience that you’d expect from someone with far more experience. At the US Olympic trials he showed the country that he was more than ‘just’ a great college athlete, then he showed the world he was the real deal as he crossed the line in 3rd place in the 800m in Rio

(Times Live) Athletics: Now two-hour mark beckons
At the start of 1953, the "race" to break the four-minute mile barrier was reaching its peak. The world record had stood at 4:01.4 since 1945 and so, for eight years, the prospect of 3:59 was imminent

Athletics: Thomas Puzey and Bailey Drewes Triumph at Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon
Jeffrey Eggleston and Neely Spence Gracey place first in the men’s and women’s half marathon

Athletics: Ondoro Snaps Ethiopian Streak in Chevron Houston Marathon, Korir Takes Thrilling Aramco Houston Half Marathon Victory
Ondoro, Assefa Race To Marathon Titles - Nyaruai 4th Fastest Ever, Korir Thrills With Narrow Win In Half.
(IAAF) Assefa and Ondoro claim marathon titles, while Nyaruai and Korir take half-marathon crowns in Houston

(Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Becky Wade, third place, serves notice Chevron Houston Marathon






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(IAAF) Athletics: Ayalew and Teferi take the spoils in Seville

(Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Kenyan Dominic Ondoro wins Chevron Houston Marathon

(RRW) Athletics: Hasay Impresses With 68:40 Half-Marathon Debut In Houston
Despite soaking humidity and fog that shrouded the tops of this city's tallest buildings, Jordan Hasay of Portland, Ore., made an impressive half-marathon debut here today at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon, clocking 1:08:40 on a record-standard course

(Inside the Games) Olympics: The Olympic Rings and The Oval Office - From Teddy to Donald

(FloTrack) Athletics: Leonard Korir Wins Houston Half In Sprint Finish, Jordan Hasay Runs 68:40

(Jamaica Star) Athletics: Mixed gender 4x400m to make senior debut at IAAF World Relays

(Times of India) Athletics: Simbu, Kitur win Mumbai Marathon
Tanzania's Alphonce Simbu won the men's elite full marathon event while Kenya's Bornes Kitur bagged the women's title at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday

(Focus Taiawan) Athletics: Kenyan runners sweep 2017 Kinmen Marathon

(IAAF) Athletics: That moment when... Van Niekerk realised his potential

(Running USA) Athletics: Mile Road Races See Over 100,000 Finishers Three Years in a Row
Distance Sees 64% Growth in Participation Since 2010

(Post and Courier) Athletics: New SC resident sets pending state record at 7th Charleston Marathon

(Asian Age) Athletics: Athletes eye course record in cool weather at Mumbai Marathon
Ethiopian and Kenyan athletes are likely to dominate the women’s race

(IAAF) Athletics: Cheptegei and Chelangat take top honours at Ugandan Cross Country Championships

(BBC) Athletics: Antrim Cross Country - Olympic champion Kipruto and Kipkirui take victories

(Royal Gazette) Athletics: Powerful Steel conquers the hills
Gemma Steel came out on top in her "cat-and-mouse game" with her team-mate Jenny Spink in today’s Bermuda Marathon Weekend elite women’s 10K
Yigeza doubles up in 10K
Diriba Degefa Yigezu captured his second Bermuda Marathon Weekend title inside of 24 hours with a comfortable victory in today’s 10K

(Salty Running) Athletics: Why Not Me? Gabe Grunewald on Surviving Cancer and Running Pro

Carlsbad Marathon - Carlsbad, CA

Chevron Houston Marathon - Texas

Richmond Road Races - Ottawa, ON

Standard Chartered Mumba Marathon - Mumbai, India






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(Outside Online) Athletics: Know Thyself
Don’t let the Theranos saga fool you: we’ve entered a new era of self-quantification, in which on-demand blood testing is sold as the easy way to fine-tune your training and nutrition. Can an algorithm really replace your coach?

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Boston Marathon field rich with Kenyan talent
World marathon record holder Dennis Kimetto, two times world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat and 2015 champion Caroline Rotich are in a field rich with Kenyan talent for the Boston Marathon due on April 17

(IAAF) Athletics: Kipruto and Kipkirui score Kenyan double in Antrim

(RRW) Athletics: Houston Marathon Notebook
Here's an assortment of news items ahead of tomorrow's Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half-Marathon

(NBC) Athletics: Is It Too Soon for Boston Marathon Bombing Film ‘Patriot’s Day’?
Buoyed by strong reviews and an A-list cast, the film "Patriot's Day," which recreates the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon and the manhunt for the culprits, is expanding to theaters nationwide this weekend

(Houston Chronicle) Athletics: Feyisa Lelisa runs in exile after his protest in Rio
He's the loneliest of long-distance runners, a man far removed from his country and his family

(IAAF) Athletics: Harrison aiming for victorious return to Karlsruhe
The news that three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele will take to the streets of Dubai this week has resulted in a spike in the number of last-minute entries looking to compete in the 2017 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday

(Royal Gazette) Athletics: Cazzola impresses on Mile debut
Christina Cazzola capped off her maiden appearance at the KPMG Bermuda Invitational Front Street Mile with an impressive victory in the elite women’s race last night
Third time lucky for Yigezu
Third time proved to be a charm for Diriba Degefa Yigezu who came from behind to capture a maiden KPMG Bermuda Front Street Mile Elite Men’s title last night.

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: IAAF not eager to restore Russia’s membership, according to Mutko
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has claimed the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) does not seem keen to reinstate the country’s membership

(Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: IAAF wants improved relationship with Jamaica - Eyes Usain Bolt as ambassador

(The Star) Athletics: Matebo tipped to win Mumbai race as Abshero quits

Triathlon: Jones Appointed to USA Triathlon Board of Directors
Replaces Donatello as Northeast Region Representative

(Indian Express) Drugs in Sport: Reforms required in athletics, says David Rudisha
The two-time Olympic gold medallist said the allegations of wide-spread state-sponsored doping in Russia has brought ‘great disrepute’ to the sport






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(RRW) Athletics: Already Looking Ahead To Boston, Hasay Ready For Half-Marathon Debut
Two days before the longest race of her life, Jordan Hasay is excited by the new, longer-distance direction of her 13 year-old running career which, she said, began in elementary school

Multisport: Schedule Set for 2017 Duathlon Race Series
USA Triathlon has set the schedule for the 12 events that comprise the fifth annual Duathlon Race Series, with at least one event in each of the National Governing Body's 10 Regions across the country

(Evening Standard) Olympics: Russia considering bid for 2028 Olympics despite doping scandal that barred athletes from Rio
Russia is considering bidding for the 2028 Olympic Games despite the doping scandal that banned some of its atheletes from competing in Rio de Janeiro last summer

(Inside the Games) Athletics: McCormack facing Kenyan and Ethiopian challenge at Antrim International Cross Country
Ireland's Fionnuala McCormack will be seeking a third win at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Antrim International Cross Country at Greenmount tomorrow

(IAAF) Athletics: Past winners seek more success in Houston
The Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon, IAAF Silver and Bronze Label Road Races respectively, boast stacked fields for the races on Sunday

Athletics: Houston Marathon organizers urge runners to slow down and adjust pace for Sunday's race
With race day temperatures expected to reach 74 degrees and humidity exceeding 90 percent, officials of the Chevron Houston Marathon advise runners to exercise caution in Sunday's races

(Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: Hubert Lawrence | Come back, Ashton
When you've set three world records, won the Olympics twice and have collected three gold medals at the outdoor World Championships as the 28 year-old American has

(IAAF) Athletics: All eyes on Jebet in Seville
The Cross Internacional de Itálica in Santiponce on the outskirts of the Spanish city of Seville, the third Spanish leg of this season’s IAAF Cross Country Permit series, will boast a star-studded field on Sunday (15) headed by Bahrain’s Olympic steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet

(Sputnik) Drugs in Sport: Russian Lawmakers Form Expert Commission to Analyze Doping Claims
The sport committee of Russia's lower house of parliament has established an expert commission to analyze the documents in a report accusing the country of state-sanctioned doping, the committee chair said Friday

(Daily Relay) Athletics: The Weekend's Best Matchups - roads, cross country, and indoor track

(Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: Rachel Hannah and Eric Gillis lining up with elites at 2017 Boston Marathon
The countdown for the 2017 Boston Marathon is on. This year, two of Canada's favourite elites will be lining up on the blue and yellow startline

(Boston Herald) Athletics: Speed highlights elite Boston Marathon field

(Niferian Guardian) Athletics: 15 IAAF gold labeled athletes for Access Bank Lagos City Marathon

(Royal Gazette) Athletics: Samuelson to continue island love affair
One of the world’s greatest long-distance runners is back in Bermuda and plans to race all three days during Bermuda Marathon Weekend

(New Vision) Athletics: World Cross Country Championships: ‘We can pull it off’ – Museveni

(Japan Running News) Athletics: Why Does Japanese Marathoning Suck Now?"

Multisport: Why Doctors Misdiagnose Heart Conditions in Athletes
This article is an excerpt from The Haywire Heart, the first book to explore heart conditions in athletes

(Globerunner) Athletics: The ‘Infamous’ Mr Whitlock
This is Part Two of a lengthy feature on the British-born Canadian phenomenon, Ed Whitlock

(The Advocate) Athletics: Hectic schedule awaits Louisiana Marathon organizers as race weekend nears

(Chronicle Herald) Athletics: New title sponsor announced for Blue Nose Marathon 5k

(Spikes) Athletics: The World's Best Exchange Rate
"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour," reads a Japanese proverb. Or, in the case of Japan’s 4x100m relay team, by the conduct of just 37.60 seconds. SPIKES finds out how four athletes, none with a personal best quicker than 10 seconds, defeated a host of the world’s fastest sprinters

(Indian Express) Athletics: Levy Matebo to be fastest man on startline for Mumbai Marathon
Levy Matebo will be the fastest man on the startline at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2017 after the late withdrawal of Ayele Abshero

(Omaha.com) Athletics: Organizers of Nebraska Marathon announce new spring race

(Runner's World) Athletics: Marathon World Record Holder Added to the 2017 Boston Field
American Olympic bronze medalist Galen Rupp, also expected to also race in April, is injured






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(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Radcliffe part of task force to scrutinise records for European Athletics
Britain’s marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe is reported to have been named in a task force to identify which, if any, European athletics records should be erased on the basis that the athlete concerned had been doping

Triathlon: Coaching Education Clinics Schedule Set for 2017

(The Nation) Athletics: It will take Nigerians time to catch up with us- Kenyan Marathoner

(Runner's World) Athletics: 20 Iconic American Races That Aren’t Marathons
Legendary for their course, their history, or simply their name, these races should be on any runner’s bucket list

(NYRRMillroseGames) Athletics: Olympic Gold Medalist Dalilah Muhammad Returning Home to Run in NYRR Millrose Games

(The Times) Athletics: ‘British athletics’ strength in depth is just shocking. It needs a revamp’
An alarming lack of coaches and misguided priorities at the top of the sport are driving rising stars abroad, Rick Broadbent hears

(SGBOnline) Athletics: Skechers Performance Returns As Chevron Houston Marathon Sponsor

(RRW) Athletics: Kimetto, Kiplagat Lead Boston Marathon Elite Fields
Forty-four elite runners representing ten different nations will compete in the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17, led by world record holder Dennis Kimetto and two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat, organizers announced today

Athletics: Updates to the 2017 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Elite Field
Galen Rupp has withdrawn due to injury

Triathlon: Long Course Weekend Mallorca on the 3rd - 5th November: Save The Date!
Registrations opening on the 16th January 12h CET

(AJC.com) Athletics: AJC Peachtree Road Race to host 10K championships

(IAAF) Athletics: Kipruto and McCormack the favourites in Antrim

(Union-Tribune) Athletics: Carlsbad - Marathon runners go the distance

(Toni Reavis) Drugs in Sport: Who has to fight the law?
In athletics’ ongoing fight to rid itself of the scourge of fraudulent performance the question arises, where does the responsibility for actually giving a damn lie?

(National Post) Athletics: The next Damian Warner? How a Toronto student made ‘insane’ jump to the brink of the Olympics

(ArutzSiva7) Athletics: Jerusalem Marathon offers new training technology to prepare runners
Record numbers signed up from around the world for 7th annual Jerusalem International Marathon, to be held on 17 March 2017

(Wired) Athletics: Think Exercise Is Hard? Try Training Like a Nike Super-Athlete
As part of WIRED’s exclusive look at Breaking2, Nike’s revolutionary attempt to break the two-hour marathon mark, our writer is using the same training regime, apparel, and expertise as Nike’s three elite athletes to try to achieve his own personal milestone: a sub-90-minute half-marathon. This is the first in a series of monthly updates on his progress

(IAAF) Athletics: 100 days to go - IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2017

(The Advocate) Athletics: Louisiana Marathon director says Baton Rouge has shot at 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials

(The Star) Drugs in Sport: Top athletes set for anti-doping seminar in Eldoret next week

(Spikes) Athletics: "Simply Be Confident"
Keni Harrison provided one of the highlights of the 2016 season by lowering the 28-year-old world 100m hurdles record. The US hurdles sensation shares some of what she’s learned both on and off the track

(MLive) Athletics: Dathan Ritzenhein to make long-awaited debut at River Bank Run 25K

(The Independent) Drugs in Sport: MPs demand private Lord Coe emails and accuse him of breaking promise to help doping inquiry
Coe’s credibility as the president of the IAAF is now under question

(Running USA) Athletics: Super Sunday Run Focuses on Football, Family and Fun
Race offers football fun with stadium finish and tailgate party

(RRW) Athletics: New NYRR RUNCENTER Is Home Away From Home for Runners
New York City runners have a new home away from home at the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, located on Manhattan's West Side just two blocks south of Central Park






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(Armory Track) Athletics: Don't Blink: Sydney McLaughlin's Meteoric Rise From High School Athlete to High School Olympian - Part 2

(CBC) Athletics: How a 13-year-old Canadian girl ran the world’s fastest marathon
'I am really good at distance because I could just keep going,' Maureen Mancuso on her near 50-year historic run

(Toni Reavis) Athletics: Geeking on Kenenisa’s Numbers
On January 20th Ethiopia’s triple Olympic track gold medalist Kenenisa Bekele will start the sixth marathon of his career at the Standard Charter Dubai Marathon

(Deadspin) Drugs in Sport: How Sports' Idiotic War On Drugs Might've Helped Give Us President Trump

Athletics: 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Charity Runners Raised $16.9 Million
Runners Can Make an Impact at the 2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon by Joining a Charity Team

(NBC) Drugs in Sport: Russian sports ‘among the cleanest in the world,’ deputy prime minister says

(The Independent) Athletics: Sebastian Coe rejects request to give more evidence after knowledge of IAAF extortion racket comes under question
Coe cannot be compelled to attend as he is a member of the House of Lords, despite former athlete Dave Bedford contacting him numerous times regarding corrupt IAAF officials

(The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: UK Athletics chairman warns sport has ‘much to do’ to deter drug cheats
Governing body has launched its own ’Clean Athletics’ brand - Repeat calls for hard-hitting measures against dopers

(The Telegraph) Athletics: Sir Mo Farah and Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill lead the nominees at the 2017 Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards

(Sweat Science) Athletics: After A Big Marathon PR, What Happens Next?
Nike’s sub-two-hour aspirant Lelisa Desisa ran 2:04 four years ago. Can he improve?

(NY Times) Health and Fitness: ‘Weekend Warriors’ Show Survival Benefits
Compressing your workouts into one or two days may lead to sports injuries, but you are likely to live longer than your sedentary peers

(AlbertiStretti.org) Athletics: Coach Canova about Bekele’s double announcement

(Spikes) Athletics: 2017 IAAF World Indoor Tour
With the first event of the 2017 IAAF World Indoor Tour almost upon us and the stars of Rio 2016 preparing to return to the track, we take a look at the format and venues for this year’s indoor circuit

(USATF) Athletics: 2017 USATF Running Circuit boasts more than $700,000 in prize money

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics: Wintery Weather Doesn’t Chill the Pace at Third Preliminary Meet of the 43rd Annual Colgate Women’s Games
High School Sprinters Achieve Personal Best Times and Snow Storm Doesn't Slow Mid School or Elementary Division Champions

(BBC) Athletics: UK Athletics - New 'Clean Athletics' brand to reinforce doping-free competition

(Jamaican Gleaner) Athletics: Foster's Fairplay | Setting the record straight

(IAAF) Athletics: Demise, Melkamu lead women’s field for Dubai Marathon

(Express) Drugs in Sport: David Bedford 'surprised and disappointed' by Seb Coe for not reading Russian doping email
David Bedford, the former race director of the London Marathon, yesterday admitted he was "surprised and disappointed" when Sebastian Coe had not read an email he sent warning of the Russian doping scandal.

(CBC) Athletics: Is Canadian track and field too dependent on U.S. coaching?
NCAA a more attractive option for many stars

(BBC) Drugs in Sport:Russian doping: Anti-doping leaders call for Russia to be banned from all sports
Russia should be banned from both competing in and hosting international sporting events, say the leaders of 19 national anti-doping organisations

(Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: Birthday boy Bailey-Cole signs for Puma






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(CBC) Drugs in Sport: IAAF president may have known about Russian doping scandal
Sebastian Coe asked to give more evidence to British doping inquiry

(Armory Track) Athletics: Record-Setters Ajee’ Wilson, Drew Hunter Join Two Electrifying Races At Armory Track Invitational

(IAAF) Athletics: Ali leads quality 60m hurdles field for Dusseldorf

(Vice Sports) Athletics: Meet the 85 Year-Old Marathon Runner Beating Competition Half His Age

(St Louis Post-Dispatch) Athletics: GO! St. Louis marathon heading to St. Louis riverfront near Arch this year

(Canadian Running Magazine) Athletics: Are you tough enough for the Ottawa Marathon’s Lumberjack Challenge?
The Ottawa Marathon will have two new combination-race challenges in 2017 including three to four events over two days

(Sport24) Drugs in Sport: Kenya to put 109 athletes under doping scrutiny
(Daily Nation) Top athletes welcome AK anti-doping move

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: NCAA & NJCAA ITF National Athletes of the Week

(RRW) Athletics: Flashback - Ryan Hall Breaks USA Half-Marathon Record
It will be 10 years this week since Ryan Hall broke the USA (and North American) half-marathon record at the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on 14 January, 2007

(The Star) Athletics: Longosiwa eyes London 2017 after failing to make the Olympics team

(Evening Standard) Drugs in Sport: Sebastian Coe knew of Russian doping cover-up earlier than he claimed, says former London Marathon boss
Sebastian Coe’s suggestion he first knew of the Russian doping cover-up following the airing of a documentary in December 2014 was today rejected by ex-London Marathon boss Dave Bedford
(The Guardian) Sebastian Coe ignorance of corruption ‘undermined’ by Dave Bedford
Bedford told select committee he called and texted Coe in August 2014 - Coe must now face committee again before the end of January

(Daily Nation) Athletics: AtK introduces new medical guidelines for Kenyan stars
Elite Kenyan athletes must get clearance from new group before seeking medical attention anywhere

(The Independent) Athletics: Texts, an email and a mountain phone call - how could Sebastian Coe claim he knew nothing of IAAF extortion racket?
Former athlete Dave Bedford told members of the culture, media and sport select committee that he contacted Coe numerous times to raise awareness of an extortion racket involving IAAF officials

(IAAF) Athletics: Manyonga to make indoor debut in Karlsruhe

(MarathonTalk) Athletics: Episode 365 - Jack Daniels

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics: "An animal" - Training of Famous Runners, Steve Jones

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Olympic 400m hurdles champion Clement to compete in new Nitro Athletics series
Olympic 400 metres hurdles gold medallist Kerron Clement has become the latest high-profile athlete to be confirmed as competing in the new Nitro Athletics series in Melbourne

(Belfast Telegraph) Athletics: Olympic champ Kipruto adds stardust to Antrim showpiece

(RollingOut) Athletics: Olympic gold medalist Kerron Clement talks track and field, life after Rio

(Run Blog Run) Athletics: NYRR Millrose Games Reminds Us what sport is all about: it is the competition!

(The Star) Athletics: Kipchoge set to skip London
Olympics and two-time London Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge will not defend his title this year, according to the organisers

(Harry Jerome) Athletics: The Next Generation evolves at the Harry Jerome Indoor Games presented by TELUS

(CBC) Athletics: Brianne Theisen-Eaton's retirement leaves 'very large shoes to fill'
Teammates Bishop, Zelinka salute Olympic heptathlon medallist

(Inside the Games) Olympics: Study claims Los Angeles 2024 could increase economic output in United States by $18.3 billion
A new study published today has claimed that Los Angeles could help increase economic output across the United States by $18.3 billion (£15 billion/€17 billion) if the city hosts the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

(IAAF) Athletics: My greatest challenge - Ekaterini Stefanidi

(Oiselle) Athletics: Megan Clark Interview

(Armory Track) Athletics: Don't Blink - Sydney McLaughlin's Meteoric Rise From High School Athlete to High School Olympian

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: Perennial Powers Headline NCAA DI Women’s Preseason ITF Rankings
SEC Leads NCAA DI Men’s Indoor Preseason National Team Rankings






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(The National) Triathlon: Abu Dhabi set to be in the running to host 2021 ITU Triathlon Grand Final

(AP) Drugs in Sport: Russian runner Maxim Dyldin given 4-year ban by CAS

(AllAfrica) Athletics: The Transcendental Achievements of the Athletics Legend - Miruts Yifter

(NBC) Athletics: Kenenisa Bekele’s marathon world record quest resumes next week
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele is entered in the Dubai Marathon on Jan. 20 and the London Marathon on April 23, in what appear to be his next two bids to break the 26.2-mile world record

(The Guardian) Athletics: MPs to question Dave Bedford about email he sent to Sebastian Coe
Former IAAF official Bedford sent Coe an email in 2014 warning of corruption - Coe has stated he was unaware of scale of problem before becoming president

(WBUR) Athletics: Outspoken Olympic Runner Nick Symmonds Pens Memoir

Athletics: Bekele tops stunning field for 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon
Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele tops the list of world-class contenders announced today for the men’s elite race at the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 23 April
(Evening Standard) London Marathon 2017: Kenenisa Bekele leads strong elite men field as Eliud Kipchoge misses out

Athletics: Kenenisa Bekele confirmed for Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
Just over three months since running the second fastest marathon time in history, Ethiopian Olympic legend Kenenisa Bekele has confirmed his appearance at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on January 20

(Punch) Athletics: Lagos Marathon - Olamide is no threat, says Pam

(Globerunner) Athletics: Heaven Sent?
It is potentially a match made in marathon heaven - multi-Olympic and World champion and world record holder Kenenisa Bekele, and the flat, fast Dubai Marathon course
(IAAF) https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/london-marathon-2017-men-elite-field-bekele

(The Standard) Athletics: IS RUDISHA President in waiting? Why Police inspector King David would be the man to bring order at troubled Riadha House after IAAF reforms

(The Guardian) Athletics: Mo Farah ready for hard yards after struggles at Great Edinburgh XCountry
Olympic champion says ‘Don’t worry, Mo knows’ after seventh-place finish - Callum Hawkins, who finished second, relishes future marathon battles
(The Telegraph) Sir Mo Farah given 'wake-up call' with rare defeat at Edinburgh Cross Country

(The Herald) Athletics: Callum Hawkins pipped at the post but becomes first Brit to beat Sir Mo Farah for seven years






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(The Standard) Athletics: Painful end for 330 marathon runners in Kowloon

(Daily Nation) Athletics: No facilities, no problem for jump champion Sawe

(BBC) Drugs in Sport: Chris Froome rejected TUE on 'moral grounds'
Three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome rejected a therapeutic use exemption to treat a medical condition during his 2015 win on moral grounds

(Inside the Games) Drugs in Sport: Heiberg claims IOC were "naive" when dealing with Russian doping in 2016
Norwegian International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Gerhard Heiberg has claimed that the organisation begins 2017 with "greater challenges" than ever before after a "naive" response to the Russian doping crisis

(Orlando Sentinel) Athletics: Fredison Costa wins 4th Disney World Marathon title in row

(IAAF) Athletics: Studies behind him, shot put is now Olympic champion Crouser’s only full-time job

(Stuff NZ) Athletics: Back in black? Olympic runner Nick Willis is back in New Zealand considering his future

(Free Press) Athletics: Early-bird discounts for 2017 Detroit marathon sell out in 14 hours

(Runner's Tribe) Athletics: Elite observations from New Balance Boston coach and U.S. Olympian Mark Coogan

(ESPN) Cycling: 105-year-old Frenchman rides 14 miles in a hour to set world record
Frenchman Robert Marchand set a cycling world record in the 105-plus age category by riding just over 14 miles in one hour

(The Scotsman) Athletics: Laura Muir’s wise words inspire GB to victory
Scot Callum Hawkins denied at Holyrood tape
(IAAF) Korir kicks to victory in Edinburgh
(Inside the Games) Korir outsprints Hawkins as Farah comes seventh at Great Edinburgh Cross Country
United States' Leonard Korir won a thrilling sprint finish to beat local frontrunner Callum Hawkins in a thrilling Great Edinburgh Cross Country tussle today in which Britain's four-time Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah finished a lowly seventh






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(BBC) Athletics: Callum Hawkins aims for World marathon progress as Laura Muir targets new record
Callum Hawkins believes his Edinburgh Cross Country performance shows he's on course to better his Olympic marathon position at the World Championships

(The Guardian) Athletics: Sir Mo Farah seventh as Leonard Korir wins Great Edinburgh XCountry
Korir pips Scot Callum Hawkins in cross-country race - Unconcerned Farah admits he was not in top shape

(AI) Athletics: Two-time Olympian Hilary Stellingwerff steps off the track and onto the roads

(The Telegraph) Athletics: When Laura Muir broke 25-year indoor record it was the first sign of potential greatness

(The Guardian) Athletics: Laura Muir targets European and world medals in 2017 after relay victory
Inspires win in Edinburgh days after new British indoor 5,000m record - Plans to double up in the 1500m and 5,000m

(Outside Online) Athletics: Can Dry January Make You a Better Athlete?
Give your liver a break and you may gain a performance advantage, too

(Sports Illustrated) Drugs in Sport: Intelligence report - Russia's Olympic doping scandal linked to election interference

(Nassau Guardian) Athletics: Marathon Bahamas remains an international attraction

(Globe and Mail) Drugs in Sport: How Canadian law professor Richard McLaren uncovered Russia’s doping conspiracy

(Triathlon Magazine) Triathlon: Which triathlete earned the most prize money in 2016?
USA Triathlon releases total pro prize money earnings across the sport for 2016. Flora Duffy tops the chart

(Clarion Ledger) Athletics: Mississippi Blues Marathon canceled

(Florida Today) Athletics: Weather cancels Saturday's Disney Half Marathon

(Edinburgh Evening News) Athletics: Laura Muir to kick ahead after learning harsh lesson in Rio
aura Muir claims she is ready to lead the coming generation of British athletes on a glory hunt after learning from the harsh lessons of coming up short at last summer’s Olympics

(Sports Illustrated) Athletics: Retirement of Nick Symmonds and Ashton Eaton will leave a void in U.S. track and field

(The Scotsman) Athletics: Interview - Laura Muir on a quest to turn records into medals

(Orlando Sentinel) Athletics: Last minute advice for Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend

(The Herald) Athletics: Sir Mo Farah: Laura Muir can double up in the major events like me and go on to be Olympic champ

(NBC) Athletics: How Ashton Eaton, Brianne Theisen-Eaton came to separate retirement decisions

(The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: Chris Froome refuses to back Sir Dave Brailsford over drugs questions
Triple Tour de France winner hedges his bets on Jiffy bag question - ‘I’ve always been very focused in my stance on doping, on riding clean’

(AW) Athletics: Sir Mo Farah ready to bid cross country farewell in Edinburgh
Olympic hero says Holyrood Park race will be his last in the mud

Great Edinburgh X-Country - Scotland
Watch Live @ 13:15-15:15 BST on BBC One
Will require a plug-in like Medai Hint to watch outside the UK







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(Globe and Mail) Health and Fitness: Running a marathon is a terrible fitness goal - here’s why

(Spikes) Athletics: Make A Wish
A raft of world records and the highest quality Olympics ever saw 2016 deliver some of the greatest moments in track and field history. Call us greedy, but here's our wish list for 2017

(BBC) Athletics: Farah wants to leave track at the top
Sir Mo Farah says he wants to leave track athletics at the top by retaining both his 5,000m and 10,000m titles at the World Championships in London in August
Watch the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country, BBC One, Saturday 13:15 GMT.

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Ethiopian and Kenyan claims victories at IAAF Cross Country Permit series in Italy
Muktar Edris out-sprinted Ethiopian team-mate Imane Merga to claim a thrilling men's victory as Hellen Obiri led a Kenyan women's clean sweep at the 60th edition of the Campaccio Cross Country race in San Giorgio su Legnano today

Athletics: Clayton Murphy set for 3000m Clash in Boston
Three Olympic medalists face-off at 3000m while three US junior record holders highlight the future of US track

Athletics: 2017 Chevron Houston Marathon to be Carried Live on ESPN3 and Longhorn Network
Broadcast to feature Two-time Olympian Kara Goucher as Color Analyst

(Runner's World) Athletics: Nick Symmonds Seeks a Final World Championships Appearance Before Retirement
The six-time national 800-meter champion says these days, he’s more motivated to succeed in business than in track competition

(Triathlon Business) Multisport: Under Armour beds down with new Sleep Recovery System

(BBC) Athletics: Great Edinburgh Cross Country - Sir Mo Farah happy to be known as 'Mo'
Two-time double Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah says he is happy to be known as 'Mo' despite receiving a knighthood

(IAAF) Athletics: Nairobi hosts Gender Specific Aspects of Training Female Athletes seminar

(Daily Relay) Athletics: The Weekend's Best Matchups: Cross country showdowns, indoor track heats up, and more

(Toni Reavis) Athletics: Correcting the Record(s)

(The Drum) Athletics: Quorn bids farewell to Mo Farah as new athletes step up to front its marketing

(The Independent) Drugs in Sport: Samir Nasri faces prospect of four-year drug ban as WADA demands urgent investigation into LA 'drip' treatment
The World Anti-Doping Agency has demanded that an investigation into Nasri be carried out after it emerged last month the player had visited an intravenous therapy clinic in Los Angeles. If found guilty of wrongdoing, the 29-year-old could be banned for up to four years

(BBC) Athletics: Great Edinburgh Winter Run - The singing running team
A group of runners from Edinburgh's Sing in the City choir will take part in the Great Winter Run on Saturday, 7 January in the Scottish capital

(Edinburgh Evening News) Athletics: Edinburgh XC champ Heath wants Farah on his heels again
Garrett Heath already has a hat-trick of wins at the Great Edinburgh International XC but the American touched down in the Capital ahead of tomorrow’s 2017 edition of the event admitting he’s still hungry for four - or even more

(USATF) Athletics: Miranda Melville sets two American records, earns first Athlete of the Week honor of 2017

(Yahoo) Athletics: New Balance Launches RunIQ As Brand's First Wearable Device Proudly Made By Runners For Runners

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Kenyan hurdlers turn to ex-Olympics champ Felix Sanchez

(The Herald) Athletics: Going the distance - the story behind Laura Muir's latest, and longest, record-breaking run

(The Herald) Athletics: It may sound like a gimmick, but Nitro Athletics could revitalise a sport struggling for an audience

(BBTM) Athletics: My First Sub-4
There was a lengthy pause as the three timekeepers compared their watches in order to come up with the official time, and then there was the announcement, "It has happened again!"

(BBC) Athletics: Watch Sir Mo Farah at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country on the BBC

(ESPN UK) Drugs in Sport: Jessica Ennis-Hill gains Daegu gold after Tatyana Chernova doping offence






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(Outside Online) Drugs in Sport: What Is Meldonium/Mildronate?
The widely used drug was added to the WADA list of banned substances on January 1, 2016 because of “evidence of its use by athletes with the intention of enhancing performance.”

(Oregon Live) Athletics: Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton agree - it was time to leave the stage

Triathlon: ROKA Partners with USA Triathlon Through 2020
ROKA's innovative products are the right fit for USA Triathlon

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Olympic champions Kipruto and Kipyegon to compete at third leg of IAAF Cross Country Permit series
Leading stars from Ethiopia and Kenya, including two Olympic gold medal winners and a reigning world champion, are set to go head-to-head at the 60th edition of the Campaccio Cross Country race in San Giorgio su Legnano tomorrow

(First Post) Athletics: Asian Athletics Championships the highlight of packed calendar for AFI

(Inside the Games) Olympics: Alan Hubbard - Why freedom to expose corruption in sport is now under threat in the UK

(Spikes) Athletics: When Harry met Ashton
Harry Marra is the coach behind Olympic decathlon champion and world record holder Ashton Eaton and Olympic bronze medallist Brianne Theisen-Eaton, who announced their retirement this week

(FloTrack) Athletics: Feyisa Lilesa Has 'No Regrets,' Will Race Houston Half Marathon

(BBC) Athletics: Liz McColgan - Laura Muir has what it takes to win world medals

(FloTrack) Athletics: Galen Rupp Is Racing The Houston Half Marathon
The announcement instantly puts Ryan Hall's 59:43 American record in jeopardy

(STV) Athletics: Laura Muir's record confirmed despite Liz McColgan questions
British Athletics have confirmed that Laura Muir's British indoor 5000 metres record will stand, despite former record holder Liz McColgan questioning the feat

(Indian Express) Athletics: Rio Olympian Kheta Ram in field for Mumbai Marathon
The half marathon and the dream run have received 14,663 and 19,880 entries respectively

(BBC) Athletics: Edinburgh Cross Country - Laura Muir captains British Athletics team

(Miami Herald) Athletics: Miami Marathon returns to its roots to traverse majestic Venetian Causeway

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Boniface Mucheru has eyes only for Worlds glory

(IAAF) Athletics: Morris confirms Dusseldorf date

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Kenyans eye glory in Campaccio Cross Country

(NBC) Athletics: Ashton Eaton, Brianne Theisen-Eaton retiring at the right time, coach says

Athletics: This Week in Running for Week Ending January 1st
From The Analytical Distance Runner

(CBC) Athletics: Theisen-Eaton 'meant everything to this province': Sask. Athletics director
Olympian from Humboldt, Sask., announces retirement

(BBC) Athletics: Muir's record time questioned by former title-holder McColgan
Laura Muir's record-breaking 5K run may not be official, according to Liz McColgan who has held the 5,000m British indoor record for 25 years

(USTFCCCA) Athletics: SEC, Oregon Dominate Preseason Women’s Bowerman Watch List

(Edmonton Sun) Athletics: Edmonton drops out of National Track League circuit

(myNewsLA) Athletics: Gold medalist and USC graduate Allyson Felix named Sportswoman of the Year

(BBC) Athletics: Laura Muir smashes a 25-year-old British indoor 5,000m record in Glasgow
Laura Muir broke the British indoor record over 5,000m at the Glasgow Miler Meet at the Emirates Arena

Triathlon: USATStore.com Relaunches With New Line of Licensed Apparel
Enhanced E-Commerce Platform Part of Overall Relationship with Endurance House

Athletics: Rio Olympic Medalists Lilesa, Rupp and Dibaba Lead Stacked Fields at 2017 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon
Race Weekend to feature 13 2016 Olympians

(Runner's World) Athletics: Olympic Couple Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton Retire From Track and Field
Eaton is the world record holder in decathlon and Theisen-Eaton won heptathlon bronze in Rio






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Athletics: 11 Rio Gold Medalist Ready For NYRR Millrose Games
Eleven Olympic gold medalists from the 2016 Rio de Janiero Games are among the confirmed entries for the 110th NYRR Millrose Games at The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center on Feb. 11

(New Vision) Athletics: World Cross-Country 2017 - Work on course steady

(The Age) Drugs in Sport: We should stop banning drugs in sport - it doesn't work

(The Guardian) Paralympics: Kadeena Cox has UK Sport funding suspended for taking part in The Jump
Four-time Paralympic medallist will not receive funding during TV show - The Jump has faced criticism for injuries participants have suffered

(Jamaica Gleaner) Athletics: Jeter my toughest rival - Fraser-Pryce

(Cyclist) Drugs in Sport: The future of drug testing in cycling

(Spikes) Athletics: New Year, New Idea
Nitro Athletics get the seal of approval from IAAF President Sebastian Coe.

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Coe hopes new Nitro Athletics series will "revolutionise" the sport
Sebastian Coe, the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), believes the new Nitro Athletics series is an example of "what needs to be done to revolutionise the sport"

(BBC) Athletics: Feyisa Lilesa - Ethiopia's Olympic protester hopes to compete for his country
Ethiopian Olympic marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa still hopes to compete for his country - despite being exiled since last summer's Games

(The Guardian) Drugs in Sport: IAAF guidelines open way for clean Russian athletes to compete again
Competitors who meet strict criteria can apply - McLaren report uncovered systematic doping in Russia

(Sputnik) Drugs in Sport: RusAF Says IAAF Refused to Provide Info on Athletes Featured in McLaren Report

(Business Standard) Athletics: Kenya's Kirui seeks legendary status by London conquest






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(Sky Sports) Drugs in Sport: IAAF reveal 200 Russians named in doping report
The world athletics body said on Tuesday that it has been sent the names of 200 Russians by international doping investigators who will be checked if they apply to compete as neutral competitors this year

(NY Times) Health and Fitness: Is Your Workout Not Working? Maybe You’re a Non-Responder
People who don’t benefit from endurance workouts may get results from interval training, and vice versa, a new study suggests

(NY Times) Athletics: Olympic Runner Nick Symmonds Announces Retirement Plans
He is among the most outspoken and polarizing American track and field athletes of the past decade

(Excelle) Athletics: How one woman gave up Olympic skiing to become Lebanon’s fastest runner

(USA Today) Drugs in Sport: IAAF opens door for Russians to compete as neutral athletes

(Sputnik) Drugs in Sport: Russian Athletes Not Required to Undergo Doping Tests Abroad - IAAF

(Island Packet) Athletics: Beantown as Shoetown - Sneaker makers stake claim in Boston

(Question) Athletics: Whistler half marathon announces new distance and courses
A 30-kilometre race added to race weekend’s event schedule

(Bicycling) Cycling: 60 Minutes Is Investigating Motor Doping in Pro Cycling
Upcoming TV segment could fan speculation—and possibly answer questions about—the extent of mechanical doping in professional cycling

Athletics: Miami Marathon Generates $52 Million for Miami-Dade County Economy
Estimated 25,000 runners from all 50 states and 81 Countries drive residual benefit for local community

(News 24 Nigeria) Athletics: Kiptum vows to retain Lagos City Marathon title under 2.10:00

(NZ Herald) Athletics: Auckland boy Quinn Gardiner-Hall, 11, trains for half marathon in Antarctica

(Nassau Guardian) Athletics: Registration for Marathon Bahamas relay up 65 percent

(AIPS) Drugs in Sport: An open letter to Seb Coe - close the record books of the past and start fresh

(The Telegraph) Athletics: How to get race fit in just 16 weeks and run the marathon of your life

(This Day) Athletics: Kiptum Vows to Retain Access Bank/Lagos City Marathon Title

(Track and FIeld News) Athletics: 2016 Track & Field News - Men’s Athlete of the Year - Wayde van Niekerk

(IAAF) Athletics:Pearson and Kallur join Karlsruhe hurdles field

(Indian Express) Athletics: Mumbai Marathon 2017: Junior cross-country champion Ayele Abshero to run for first time
Ayele Abshero, a former world junior cross country champion, would be looking to make a big impact on his first trip to India

(IAAF) Athletics: 2016 IAAF Diamond League review - part 2

(Soundcloud) Athletics: Devon Allen - Hurdles & Football - Pro Hurdler Aiming For The WR

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Former Lebanese sprinter among those killed in Istanbul nightclub attack
Former sprinter Haykal Moussallem of Lebanon has been confirmed as being among the 39 people killed in the New Year terror attack on a nightclub in Istanbul

(Competitor) Athletics: Hoka Launches New Elite ‘Evo Time to Fly’ Team for 2017






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Athletics: Chevron Houston Marathon Run for a Reason Charity Program Surpasses $25 Million Mark
Last year, $2.3 million was raised and this year the $1 million mark has already been exceeded for the 62 local philanthropies with race day approaching on January 15th

(CBC) Athletics: Is breaking the 2 hour barrier for running a marathon even possible?
A secretive project is underway to complete a marathon in under two hours - three long minutes short of the existing record. Only the elite are part of the 2017 quest to shatter the record in marathon running. But is it even possible?

(The Nation) Athletics: Countdown to Access Bank Lagos City Marathon

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Coach Julius Kirwa - Let’s not rest on our laurels

(NZ Herald) Athletics: Twelve Questions with Scott Newman
Scott Newman manages a stable of elite athletes, including Olympic bronze medalists Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh. The former Athletics New Zealand boss says Australia is now looking to New Zealand's example for a winning formula

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Jack Tuwei confident Kenya will stay top in new year

(AW) Athletics: Niels de Vos - London 2017 is vital to reboot the sport
London 2017 championship director Niels de Vos tells Jason Henderson that this year’s summer of athletics is crucial to not only British Athletics but to the global sport generally

(Dayton Daily News) Athletics: ‘Minor technical difficulties’ hamper AF Marathon registration

(Inside the Games) Olympics: Indian Olympic Association seeks crunch talks with IOC and OCA in bid to resolve suspension row
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President N Ramachandran will seek crunch talks with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in a bid to resolve the row which has seen the body suspended by the country’s Sports Ministry

(IAAF) Athletics: 2016 IAAF Diamond League Review - Part 1

(Slowtwitch) Triathlon: 2016 Triathlon Year in Review

(IAAF) Athletics: Berhanu and Mengistu score Ethiopian double at Xiamen Marathon

(The Star) Athletics: Kemboi fired up
Four-time world steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi will be seeking to extend his dominance in the water and barrier event when he parades at the 2017 London World Championships in August

(The Star) Athletics: Mosop’s record under threat as Ethiopian Berhanu leads Xiamen field






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(Track & Field News) Athletics: U.S. Men's Athlete Of The Year: Ashton Eaton
U.S. Women's Athlete of The Year: Keni Harrison

(The Telegraph) Athletics: 'Rio was great but London 2017 will be even better,’ says UK Athletics chief executive Niels de Vos

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Olympic champion Rohler among four athletes confirmed to compete at Golden Spike in Ostrava
Olympic javelin champion Thomas Rohler is set to face two of the leading Czech throwers at the Golden Spike in Ostrava, which forms part of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Challenge, on June 28, 2017

(Daily Nation) Athletics: No clear favourite as Dominic Kiptarus and Pauline Korikwiang win in Sotik

(The Guardian) Athletics: Sound of speed: athletes and amateurs on the art of the running playlist
What music does an Olympian play to get into the medal-winning zone? Should joggers pump up the tempo – or opt for laidback 70s soul? And why do trainers avoid sad songs about break-ups? Find out in our guide to the perfect musical workout

(Daily Nation) Athletics: Jemimah Sumgong in record breaking Brazil run

(IAAF) Athletics: Amlosom and Kosgei enjoy successful farewell to 2016 in Madrid

(Inside the Games) Athletics: The sporting year of 2017 - watch out for these hot-spots...

(IAAF) Athletics: Tirop and Edris take the honours at Boclassic

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Mike Rowbottom - New track appears as British Athletics and Malcolm Arnold’s go their separate ways

(Globe Runner) Athletics: The Extraordinary Mr Whitlock

(RRW) Athletics: Pagano, Vernon Win NYRR Midnight Run
Sarah Pagano and Andy Vernon dominated the 38th edition of the NYRR Midnight Run here in Central Park.

(Inside the Games) Athletics: Running great Sir Roger Bannister made a Companion of Honour in Queen's New Year's Honours list
Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has been made a Companion of Honour in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list

(The Telegraph) Athletics: Sir Mo Farah is a fitting title for Britain's greatest athlete

(The 42) Athletics: The two-hour 'moonshot marathon' - a physical feat long thought impossible - could finally happen in 2017
Can the two-hour mark be beat?

(Sky Sports) Athletics: Usain Bolt to concentrate solely on 100 metres in final season of illustrious career

Midnite New Year's Eve Run - Toronto, ON

NYRR Midnight Run, New York, NY





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