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.

THE LEARNING CURVE

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

MAJOR TITLE FOR TRIUMPHANT TARA

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • The standout moments from the track, roads and cross country in recent weeks

CRASH LANDING • Long jump coach and former international athlete John Shepherd believes World Athletics have got it wrong when it comes to their proposed changes to the event

FABULOUS FEMKE • Glasgow was brilliant and full of talking points but the performances of one athlete in particular were outstanding,

MY GREATEST RACE • Carlsbad 5000, California, April 7, 2002 5km, first place, 14:53.8

RISING STAR • Georgie Heath catches up with a Commonwealth Youth champion sprinter who is looking to build on what he hopes will be the first of many gold medals

BACKGROUND NOISE • Verity Ockenden explains how to maintain a focus on the task of reaching the Paris Olympics without being totally distracted by it

GOLDEN opportunity • THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO MANY ATHLETES’ CAREERS, SO WHY DID SO FEW BIG NAME BRITS OPT TO RACE IN GLASGOW, ASKS BEN BLOOM?

Let Molly be Molly • BY BECOMING WORLD INDOOR CHAMPION, MOLLY CAUDERY PASSED A BIG TEST OF HER CHARACTER IN GLASGOW AND CATAPULTED HER SELF INTO A NEW REALM. AND THOUGH THE 23-YEAR-OLD MIGHT ADMIT TO BEING A “CHAOTIC PERSON”, EUAN CRUMLEY DISCOVERS IT'S PART OF A PERSONALITY THAT IS JUS T WHAT HER SPORT NEEDS RIGHT NOW

Making his point • JOSH KERR'S “STATEMENT WIN” VINDICATED THE DECISION TO COME HOME – AND ALSO HELPED TO KEEP CRANKING UP THE MIDDLE DISTANCE VOLUME, WRITES EUAN CRUMLEY

The well-rounded runner • EUAN CRUMLEY TALKS TO ELLE S T. PIERRE. MOTHER. FARMER. ATHLETE. 3000M WORLD INDOOR CHAMPION

Facts & Figures • THE STANDOUT STATS FROM GLASGOW 2024

DOMINANT FORCES • With Grant Holloway extending his amazing unbeaten run in the 60m hurdles last month, Steve Smythe picks out 10 athletes who produced lengthy winning streaks

EXPERIENCE THE OLYMPICS LIKE NEVER BEFORE • Be part of Paris 2024 with On Location, the offcial hospitality provider for this summer's Games

GATHERING SPEED • The pace of change in the marathon has quickened. Compared to six months ago, the landscape has shifted in almost unimaginable ways and now, with Boston and London on the horizon, Cathal Dennehy assesses how this corner of the running world has been shaken up

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