Prizes for BMC winners on offer at London’s first annual international mile event
The inaugural Amba Hotels City of London Mile on June 22 is to include three British Milers Club (BMC) races which organisers say forms part of their pledge to cult...

A look ahead to this weekend’s IAAF World Half Marathon Championships where Zersenay Tadese, Wilson Kiprop and Lucy Kabuu are among those in action
As the only male member of the British team, Ben Moreau will be seeking to improve on his PB of 63...

John Shepherd considers whether barefoot is the way to go
Over the last few years barefoot and minimalist shoe running has become very popular. In the distant past, top GB runners such as Bruce Tulloh, Ron Hill and Zola Budd discarded their shoes and t...

Anthony Whiteman and Steve Whyte among Britain’s golden performers on the third day of action in Budapest
Great Britain s masters had a highly successful third day at the World Championships in Budapest winning four gold medals in the 3000m and t...

Ojie Edoburun might not be a familiar name to some, but as AW found out, the World Youth silver medallist may be one to reckon with in the future
Ojie Edoburun had his first taste of athletics in primary school where he was the fastest kid on the block...

The two-time Olympic decathlon champion on UKA, today’s athletes and how he’ll never shave his moustache off
In his 1980s prime, Daley Thompson was the strongest all-round athlete in the world. In decathlon he set the world record four time...

The second winner in our Brooks competition series, Chris O’Brien explains what makes him Run Happy
Sunday January 26, 2014 was a good day!

Sure, as I stood on the start line of the Romsey 5 mile at 9:45 in 5 C, I did think I was insane. The wi...

A round-up of the action on the second day of the World Masters Championships
Irie Hill won the gold medal in the W45 pole vault with a world record height of 3.55m on the second day of World Masters Championships action in Budapest.

Hill had a perfec...

Organisers looking to attract over 400 entries for six hours of racing at Run Britain Grand Prix event
Music and special guests are planned for the inaugural BMC/Trafford 10,000m Track Festival on September 6 as organisers look to “spice up”...

AW‘s editor asks, what is the perfect running surface?
As another cross country season reaches the finish line, the popular internet hashtag #mudisgood is poised to take a breather for a few months. The question is, though, is mud actually that &...