Fortune favours the bold or so it goes. The best training group in the world. The home of Eliud Kipchoge, three more world champions and under the guidance of one of the planet’s most-renowned coaches, Patrick Sang. Your home for almost four years and a base that has taken you…
Athlete Interviews
“Trust is like cement” – Eliud Kipchoge’s special relationship with Patrick Sang
Gliding along the compacted dirt, Eliud Kipchoge is a boy full of hopes and dreams, but like any first taking up the sport, one with more questions than answers.
Athlete Interviews
A 20 year exercise in self-belief – Kaan Kigen Özbilen bids for World Championship glory.
Nine weeks is a long-time in marathon running. Kaan Kigen Özbilen knows that better than most. Mike, as he’s known to family and friends, is in a bullish mood. At the age of 37, the Kenyan-born Turkish international is in the form of his life. Earlier in the day Kigen…
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Kiptum and Hassan take 2023 London Marathon titles
Kelvin Kiptum closes in 59:45 for London Marathon title??! Kelvin Kiptum produced a devastating second half to tear apart a competitive London field, closing the second half in a scarcely unbelievable 59:45, the second fastest marathon in history 2:01:25 and a new course record. The men’s race was aggressive from…
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Wanjiru and Gelmisa take Tokyo Marathon 2023 titles
Rosemary Wanjiru secured her biggest win to date as the Kenyan ran away from Tsehay Gemechu to take the 2023 Tokyo marathon title in a new personal best of 2:16:28. In only her second career marathon, having made her debut in a second-place at Berlin in 2022, Wanjiru moves to…
Athlete Interviews
Stephen Scullion – Unfinished business
I find Stephen Scullion in a coffee shop in Teddington. Barely a mile from the same track on which he’s plied his trade for almost 16 years, the same Bushy Park where shoeprints have left their mark from mile after mile of tempos, easy runs and the soul-searching in between….
Athlete Interviews
Dave Clarke – Three races that made me
Sitting down with Dave Clarke, it’s almost impossible to distill a 20-year-long career into a few thousand words. 12 appearances at the World Cross-Country, three National XC titles and two decades racing the best in Europe, here’s our attempt; three races that made me. World Cross-Country Championships 1983 Riverside Park,…
Athlete Interviews
Callum Elson – from footballer to sub-four
A footballer three years ago, a distance runner in December, Callum Elson is now a bonafide miler. On 12 February 2022 Callum became the 217th Brit to run a sub-four-minute mile, finishing second in 3.59.71 at the BU Valentine meet in Boston, Massachusetts. Fast forward a month and Elson is…
NCAA Indoor Champs – The Brits involved
The NCAA Division 1 Indoor Track and Field Championships will take place the weekend of March 11-12 at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama. It’s a schedule packed full of Brits to keep an eye out for. The full schedule can be found here closer to the time. This…
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The Wallsend Harrier making a green and gold splash – Sam Charlton
Once again on Parliament Hill, amongst a sea of familiar vests, one made its way to the front. The green and gold of Wallsend, a distinctive undershirt beneath and a 20-year-old quickly making his mark. Sam Charlton has established himself as one of Britain’s most exciting prospects, winning English Schools,…
