Posts tagged with: athletics weekly

Kenya rampant at World XC

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 28 Mar '10

I am afraid that a weekend elsewhere, with no online connection meant that the MST World cross country coverage didn’t materialise! Good job then that the likes of Athletics Weekly’s Jason Henderson were on the ground in Poland top bring us some to coverage… Read more…
Farah and Freya head GB team for Poland

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 16 Mar '10

The UKA selectors have announced their selections for the forthcoming World XC champs in Bydgoszcz on the 28th March. Interestingly the powers-that-be have deemed that only 4 men are worthy of the trip… Read more…
Runners Digest chew on the National!

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 02 Mar '10

Runners Digest went the extra mile at the English National XC on Saturday to produce some outstanding coverage. The mainstream media (outside of Athletics Weekly and Nicola Bamford’s excellent report) scratched the surface, but the ‘Digest really got down and dirty in the Leeds mud. Good work chaps… Read more…
Cram heralds new 'off-road' marathon

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 08 Feb '10

Olympian and Olympic commentator Steve Cram has unveiled plans for a brand new race around Kielder Water & Forest Park. The marathon doesn’t appear to have a name yet, but Athletics Weekly reports that all will be revealed in their magazine, out this Thursday… Read more…
Time is right for Ricky to step up

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 14 Jan '10

21 year-old Teessider Ricky Stevenson hasn’t yet set the world on fire, in world class terms. But the 2009 / 10 XC season has seen Stevenson emerge as one of the UK’s brightest young talents on the country, culminating with his big win at the weekend… Read more…
Pay as you go

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Tue 02 Jun '09

This is an interesting strategy. Charging spectators at a cross-country event is an alien concept to most running events. We are all used to turning up at races, ducking under race tape, running across the course, coming and going as we please. Read more…
Has the World XC had its day?

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Fri 17 Apr '09

A report in this week’s Athletics Weekly says that the IAAF will create a bi-annual staging of the World Cross-Country Championships due to the of dominance from east Africa, coupled with a fall in sponsorship revenues and dropping European TV audiences. Read more…
Sarah Rowell - 'Off the beaten track'

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Wed 15 Apr '09

A comprehensive article in Athletics Weekly (9.4.09) in which Sarah Rowell outlines the selection procedures for this year’s major mountain events, and gives an insight into how off-road running continues to go from strength-to-strength… Read more…
Former XC great lambasts UK performances in Amman

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Sat 11 Apr '09

Tim Hutchings says that until UK athletes approach something like ‘competitive’ against the African and Eastern nations they should not be sent to events such as the World Cross Country championships. Read more…
Have a heart

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Fri 20 Feb '09

For those of you that keep a close eye on all things sport you might have seen a worrying trend in the last few months – early death in young athletes. Quite often unexplained, possibly preventable, with what seems to be a simple screening programme. Read more…
Snow joke, snow go etc. etc.

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Tue 17 Feb '09

In an episode that has wider implications for growing sport-bureaucracy in 2009 the cold snap over the last few weeks had one victim, that stood up in the face of officialdom and slipped under the MST radar. Read more…
Vernon and Twell - leaders of the new school

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 01 Dec '08

Freezing conditions and witty Scouse humour didn’t dampen the spirits of Britain’s best cross country runners this weekend as bright stars Andy Vernon and Steph Twell saw off their elders at the UK trials for this years European XC Champs in Brussels. Read more…
Officials, who needs 'em? WE DO...

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Tue 18 Nov '08

Where would we be without them? Yes they can be a real pain when they hurry you on after you finish in a crumpled mess at the end of that strength-sapping race, when all you want to do is find the nearest spot to cough your lungs up. But let’s face it officials, organisers and marshalls make our world go round. Read more…