AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

AW has been the bible of the sport since the 1940s and is still the No.1 choice for the true running and athletics fan, designed to keep you informed about all the best news, comment, event reports and results from Britain and around the world. In the summer AW offers the very best in-depth coverage of the track and field season focusing not only on the major championships, such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships, but also the best in schools and grassroots club athletics. The spring and autumn seasons concentrate on road racing, including the big events such as the Great North Run and Virgin Money London Marathon, while the long winter campaign looks toward the cross country season and the exciting indoor scene. Alongside our unrivalled coverage of all the top events, AW also offers a sharp and detailed news service focusing on elite and up-and-coming athletes and the issues which rage within the sport. We provide all the important fixtures as well as the most comprehensive service of results from around Britain and the rest of the world. AW provides detailed features focusing on the top names in the sport as well as its highly regarded coaching, performance and nutritional advice, product reviews and plenty of debate and opinions via our popular letters column and web forum. Make sure you get AW to keep up-to-date with the sport’s latest.

LEAVING A LASTING MARK

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

PICTURE THIS CAUDERY REACHES NEW HEIGHTS

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • The early-season fireworks continued with record-breaking performances and big talking points

GAME CHANGERS • In Kelvin Kiptum and Henry Rono, Kenya has lost two major figures who each made a huge, record-breaking impact on distance running

MIND AND MOTION • A new research project from ASICS is exploring how much of an impact perception of effort can have on athletes

SAVOUR THE MOMENTS • The first major medals of the year are up about to go up for grabs but, as Katharine Merry writes, it isn't the prizes which make the biggest impact

IMAGE RIGHTS • I have proved to myself that the best version of a person doesn't have to depend entirely on the number on a scale, writes Verity Ockenden, but it's a message that bears repeating

MY GREATEST RACE • Gateshead Meeting, Gateshead, August 3, 1974 3000m, first place, 7:35.2 (world record)

Step inside • GLASGOW READY TO OPEN ITS DOORS FOR THE 19TH EDITION OF THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Echoes of the past • THE L AST SCOT T I S H ATHLETES TO WIN WORLD INDOOR TITLES, TOM MCKEAN AND YVONNE MURRAY-MOONEY, LOOK BACK AT THEIR OWN SUCCESS BUT ALSO EXPLAIN TO EUAN CRUMLEY WHY THE PRESENT LOOKS VERY BRIGHT FOR THIS YEAR'S HOST NATION

Statement of intent • COLIN JACKSON TELLS EUAN CRUMLEY WHY HE THINKS NOAH LYLES’ INDOOR PERFORMANCES WILL HAVE A LARGE BEARING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SPRINTING WORLD THIS SUMMER

“With me, you learn the hard way. There's no room for sloppiness”

Guide to Glasgow • WHO WILL COME OUT ON TOP? AW STATTO STEVE SMY THE CRUNCHES THE NUMBERS ON EVERY EVENT AT THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Glasgow timetable • PLOT OUT YOUR WORLD INDOORS WEEKEND WITH THIS GUIDE TO WHAT'S ON AND WHEN

“I imagine I'm a bird, flying over the bar” • CATHAL DENNEHY MEETS YAROSLAVA MAHUCHIKH. ATHLETE. SISTER. DAUGHTER. CAT LOVER. NATIONAL HERO. ACTIVIST

Problem solver • RYAN CROUSER IS CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR THE MATHEMATICAL EQUATION FOR SHOT PUT SUCCESS. THE WORLD RECORD-HOLDER IS ADEPT AT GETTING HIS CALCULATIONS JUST RIGHT, WRITES EUAN CRUMLEY

Opportunity knocks • THE COMBINED EVENTS WILL SET GLASGOW 2024 OFF AND RUNNING, TAKING PLACE ACROSS ALL THREE DAYS. WITH SOME OF THE BIGGER NAMES OPTING TO FOCUS ON THE OLYMPICS, GABBY PIERACCINI LOOKS AT...