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 LONG WAY ROUND

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

PICTURE THIS MASTERY OF THE MUD

NAL BURSARIES • Fine throws performances land extra boost for Zatat and Payne

NO BAN FOR KENYA, SAYS SEB COE

BEATING THE BLUES • Olympic medallist Holly Bradshaw admits she struggled after the highs of Tokyo and explains to Stuart Weir why she wants to see athletes receiving more help in dealing with the Games experience

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES • It was a relentless, strength-sapping endurance test, but an action-packed 2022 was precisely what athletics needed, says Katharine Merry

MONDO AND YULIMAR GET MY VOTE

ASK THE ATHLETE WITH SPECIAL GUEST ALYSON DIXON • You ask the questions, the athletics star provides the answers. This month we hear from an Olympic marathon runner and former 50km world record-holder who has been turning her hand to triathlon

MY GREATEST RACE • The 1988 Olympian (née Tooby), mother of world champion Jake, recalls becoming the first British woman to break the 70-minute barrier for the half marathon in the early days of an iconic event

THE INVISIBLE GAINS • Verity Ockenden admits that her athletics performances in 2022 have not been as she would have liked. The mental strength she has been able to develop during the year, however, is a truly cherished prize

THE STRUGGLE TO STAY ON TRACK • New research has uncovered fears about how the cost of living crisis will affect youth participation in sport. Euan Crumley speaks to an organisation which helps the next generation through athletics

WHAT'S THE VERDICT? • We unveil the winners of this year's AW Readers' Choice Awards

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AND MEL WATMAN PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Sydney fireworks • How do you follow a year of two world records and two global gold medals? Do it again – but faster. Euan Crumley hears from an American superstar who is only just getting started

INTERNATIONAL MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Such great heights • Mondo Duplantis has spent 2022 collecting gold medals and world records. As Stuart Weir discovers, the young superstar has been doing it all his own way, too

BRITISH MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR “The most dangerous you could be is when you're calm” • Jake Wightman takes Euan Crumley inside that unforgettable moment when he stunned the world and struck 1500m gold in Eugene

BRITISH FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Training...