From drunken drumming on stage next to Saïd Aouita to answering press conference questions from a songwriting great, the Jarrow Arrow looks back on a golden season 40 years ago
Kenyan just about matches Sydney Wooderson’s 1937 world record of 4:06.4 during a valiant but ultimately doomed attempt to break four minutes for the mile
While purists insist Faith Kipyegon’s breaking four attempt or Eliud Kipchoge’s sub-two-hour marathon mean little, Ben Bloom argues that such showcases are the perfect way for athletics to build attention
After training with Cathy Freeman in the lead-up to an unforgettable race, the British sprinter ran a PB by almost half a second but just missed out on a medal
US athlete made his mark in a way no distance runner had done before or since and 50 years after his death we look into what made the ‘James Dean of athletics’ such a phenomenon
Verity Ockenden reflects on her experiences of competing at the inaugural European Running Championships, an event that helped to clarify just some of the reasons why athletes choose to put themselves to such stern tests
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