Mud Sweat and Tears is Matt Ward's take on the sport he loves; getting under the skin of off-road running with lively comment, race reports, interviews and running equipment reviewed.
The well documented downfall of Olympic champion Rashid Ramzi casts yet another shadow for many. For some it brings delight that the fight against doping is still being fought. Take Steve Cram. He commentates on these things and waxing lyrical about Ramzi has never come easy for the BBC man. Read more…
Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sat 07 Mar '09
Mo Farah delivered on the promise he has shown this winter both in and outdoors. It started with silver in the European XC back in December, and has culminated in a gold medal in the 3000m at the European Indoor Championships today in Turin. Read more…
Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Fri 09 Jan '09
We are very good at placing pressure on sports people. We want success, we want our runners, footballers, cricketers and cyclists to win. We expect. But it doesn’t always happen quite like that. With 2012 just around the erm, corner, we are already taking about medal hauls and the ‘most likely to’ – and why not, there is only 4 years to go after all! Read more…
Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Fri 21 Nov '08
A recent report on the Guardian website states that school children in China are just as reluctant to get out there and run as the youngsters of the Western world. Read more…