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.

KEEPING THINGS SIMPLE

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

DIANE LEATHER'S MOMENTOUS MILE

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • A look back at the major performances from across the athletics world in recent weeks

A GRAND GESTURE • World Athletics could be paying the Olympic champions more than $50,000, but I'm delighted to see the sport taking the lead, writes Katharine Merry

LOSING ITS SPARKLE • The athletics community is in broad agreement that the Diamond League needs to change. But how? As this year's circuit sets off and running, Cathal Dennehy offers some suggestions

MY GREATEST RACE Bislett Games, Oslo, July 5 1996. Mile, third place, 3:50.32 • Finishing third behind the men who would take 1500m gold and silver at the Atlanta Olympics opened the door for the serial British champion to start mixing it with the world's very best

RISING STAR • Jasmine Collett catches up with English Schools and SIAB champion to talk about an unbeaten cross-country season and her aspirations for future successs

Struggle in Serbia • HOW DID THE WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS FARE IN BELGRADE? JASON HENDERSON WAS THERE FOR AW AND PROVIDES HIS REFLECTIONS

Spring in bloom • WE PICK THROUGH SOME OF THE BIG TALKING POINTS FROM THE EVENTFUL BOSTON AND LONDON MARATHONS

PICKSLEY PERSEVERES • Meet the 91-year-old who was the oldest finisher at the London Marathon, was in the crowd at Bannister's famous mile and had a sub-four moment of his own, writes Jason Henderson

Sun, sea, sand and SPRINTING • EUAN CRUMLEY VISITED JAMAICA TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES THIS CARIBBE AN ISLAND NATION SUCH A GLOBAL POWERHOUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ART OF RUNNING FAST

An audience with the king • USAIN BOLT MAY HAVE BEEN RETIRED FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS, BUT STILL HE IS THE MAN TO BEAT. THE EIGHT-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION EXERTS HUGE INFLUENCE OVER THE ATHLETICS WORLD, BUT HE ALSO WANTS TO HELP

An education • EXPERIENCING A NIGHT AT “CHAMPS”, JAMAICA'S RENOWNED SE AT OF LEARNING FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN AND THE FIRST MAJOR STEP ON THE PATH TO WARDS SPORTING STARDOM

“Great things don't happen by accident” • IN ELAINE THOMPSON-HERAH AND SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE, THEIR COACH REYNALDO WALCOTT BELIEVES FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE THE IDEAL EXAMPLES TO FOLLOW

“The world record will come when we least expect it”

Scaling Everest • 70 years on from the run that echoed around the world, we relive the first ever...