Posts tagged with: iaaf.org

IAAF permit meets review

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 16 Mar '09

The IAAF looks back at its Permits meetings this winter, as they continue to build towards the World Cross a week on Saturday. We will bring you views galore between now and then in an effort to capture the drama of what is the pinnacle of the sport. Read more…
MST - Runners of the Year

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Mon 29 Dec '09

As promised our musings on the “best of…” begin here with the runners. We’ve got a fell / mountain section, UK and International and an outstanding performance, whatever the surface. The choices might have seemed pretty straight-forward, but there will be some out there who will disagree – anyway, this how we saw it in ’08… Read more…
XC at the Olympics?

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Fri 28 Nov '08

In a story that first emerged after the Beijing games, the subject of cross-country running at the Olympics has moved one step closer to reality after the IAAF approved the idea at a meeting in Monaco last Friday. Read more…
IAAF Global XC news

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Thu 13 Nov '08

As a new service (so as you dont have to leave the comfort of your seat!) the nice people at the IAAF (thanks Chris) have agreed to a direct MST link for breaking cross-country news stories from around the world. So, each week we’ll bring you the rich pickings from their site, fresh-filtered, so you get only the best beans! Read more…
Kenyan XC - this is where it all starts

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 09 Nov '08

The first steps of the long road to stardom started for many up-and-coming Kenyan athletes this weekend. On Saturday the Eastern Kenya town of Machakos staged Meet 1 of the AK XC Series, and the link-report from Elias Makori on IAAF.org is a reminder that the future of Kenyan cross country is in very good hands. Read more…