In the first of a series of Virgin Money London Marathon blogs by AW writers, editor Jason Henderson offers tips to marathon newcomers
We practise what we preach at Athletics Weekly and every day this week our running reporters will be bringing you adv...

Sprinter on what it takes to be an elite
As well as being an elite sprinter, Adam Gemili also studies Sport and Exercise Science at the University of East London.

In the video from UEL below, Gemili talks about what it takes to be an elite athlete and...

Maria Michta Sets 20K Racewalk RecordBy Elliott Denman 

MANCHESTER, N.J. - "Time never stops. Life moves on. The world keeps spinning." Those 10 words are a good capsule of Maria Michta's outlook on life.
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Round-up of the action at the Scottish Athletics 6 and 4-Stage Relays at Livingston where Edinburgh AC s Laura Dunn was quickest on women’s short leg
Central AC s endurance athletes did the men s and women s double at the Scottish Athletics 6 and...

Zersenay Tadese, the dominant force in men s half-marathon running for almost a decade, was finally run out of the medals here at the IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships as he finished fourth in a race won by Kenya s Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworo...

Kenya, as expected, produced a totally dominant performance in the women s race at the 2014 IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen as they reclaimed individual and team honours from their Ethiopian rivals.