Scot to replace departing Stephen Maguire who is to join UKA as “head of power”
Scottish Athletics has confirmed that Rodger Harkins is to take over as director of coaching at the national governing body following the departure of Stephen M...

Ahead of a momentous edition of the Bupa Great North Run, Mel Watman profiles the on and off-track career of the race’s founder
As an athlete Brendan Foster was a record-breaker, Olympic medallist and European and Commonwealth champion a lion-h...

Paralympic, Commonwealth and European discus gold medallist says he’s on target ahead of Rio 2016
Dan Greaves says becoming discus world champion in Doha next year would be the icing on the cake after a memorable 2014 season.

The 31-year-old was...

A round-up of European Veterans Championships action in Turkey
Great Britain’s masters athletes rounded off their European track and field championships campaign in Izmir with 12 wins in the final day’s relays.

This helped the team to mai...

Tweet a Run Happy picture of you with your new Brooks Mach 16 spikes and you could win a kit support package worth an RRP of more than 450!
To celebrate the release of Brooks’ Mach 16 cross country spikes we’ve teamed up with the high-perf...

Polish thrower sets a world record of 79.58m at ISTAF meeting in Berlin
Anita Wlodarczyk broke the hammer world record at Berlin’s ISTAF meeting on Sunday, launching the implement 79.58m.

The mark adds 16 centimetres to the world record Germany&...

Mike Martineau profiles the late, great Sydney Wooderson, who would have been 100 on August 30
One hundred years ago on August 30, 1914, one of Britain s greatest ever athletes was born.

Sydney Wooderson’s achievements during his athletics caree...

Annabel Matthews-Smith shares her Run Happy story as the latest winner in our Brooks competition series
Nationals at Parliament Hill. The most gruelling, competitive, fun and exciting cross-country race that I could have possibly endured.

A rapid 5km ...

Athletes to take on rarely-run distance as part of Great North CityGames on Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside
Christine Ohuruogu and Jenny Meadows are to take on Scottish duo Lynsey Sharp and Eilidh Child at the Great North CityGames on September 6 as the q...

An insight into how the Paralympic, world and European champion transforms his mental approach to take on a new persona – The Bear – when competing
At the recent IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea, Aled Davies added another two...