Posts tagged with: ian stewart

Stewart says Euro XC will see UKA's "strongest possible team"

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Thu 12 Nov '09
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With just over 30 days to go before this year’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, UK Athletics preparations are well under way for the event. The conditions in Santry will be very similar to that in Britain… Read more…
Bedford speaks out

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Wed 08 Apr '09

It’s not off-road, but it’s very interesting. The London Marathon race director doesn’t think that the British marathon scene is as strong as it was 20 years ago, feels that the Beijing Olympic marathon wasn’t up to scratch, and that Mo Farah has “some chance” of winning the 2012 Olympic marathon. Read more…
"nothing is insurmountable" - Stewart starts the GB post-mortem

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 30 Mar '09

Putting one or two strong runs from the junior women aside, the UK’s showing at Amman this weekend was not great. Steph Twell was being heralded by all, even the organsiers saw her as a prospect, at the IAAF VIP press call. Read more…
World XC is a "stepping stone" - Stewart

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Fri 13 Mar '09

The UK team for Amman next weekend has been announced. The team will travel to Jordan in the hope of ‘mixing it’ with the world’s best endurance runners and can expect tough racing in the very different middle-eastern conditions. Read more…
"hard yards and big groups" - Stewart

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Tue 24 Feb '09

UKA Head of Endurance Ian Stewart has reiterated his vision for the future of distance running in the UK in a recent article in Athletics Weekly. This replicated article sees Stewart talking about “more miles”, groups of “70 runners” and general theme of “hard work”. Read more…
Stewart ready to "get rid of less is more"

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Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 13 Jan '09

The last word from last weekend’s Great North cross comes from the UK Athletics new Head of Endurance Ian Stewart. Sharing the mud with big Bren, he hinted at some changes – words aren’t exactly minced! Read more…
Edinburgh Cross now on iPlayer

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 11 Jan '09

90 minutes of top coverage from yesterday’s event is now up online. With interviews from Andy Baddeley and Steph Twell, before and after. Plus a nice measured interview with new UK Endurance Coach Ian Stewart – oh, and all of the action of course… Read more…
Stewart "satisfied" with medal haul

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 14 Dec '08

With Mo Farah out-run in the run-in as Sergiy Lebid took his eighth title it proved to be a little disappointing for the boys – but a great day for the girls – at today’s 15th SPAR European XC Champs. Read more…