Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Geoff Dunbrack interview: 2022 Royal Victoria Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8VNexNhieI
Geoff Dunbrack of Whitehorse, YK, scraped his windshield in freezing temperatures to get to the airport. He flew to Victoria to take in the Royal Victoria Marathon, where the temperatures were up as high as 26 degrees on the...
Rozlyn Boutin interview, winner of the 2022 Royal Victoria Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xGAjexz-vY
Rozlyn Boutin, a resident physician at the Children's Hospital in Vancouver, won the 2022 Royal Victoria Marathon. She is training with Vanguard Athletics Club under Coach Josh Seifarth. He is the coach and husband of Tokyo Olympian Dayna Pidhoresky....
Shoe Review: On Cloudflyer
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The On Cloudflyer is a controlling training shoe with a good level of pronation support while offering some cushion. On uses Cloudtec, hollow cylindrical mechanisms that provide cushioning for impact forces. Their...
A master-ful day at the Royal Victoria Marathon
Warmer than usual conditions greeted nearly 8,000 at the Royal Victoria Marathon on Sunday, which also includes the half-marathon and 8K distance events. Teferi Kebede Balcha and Rozlyn Boutin won the men's and women's marathon, Andrew Russell and Sally...
CJ Ujah will serve a 22-month ban for unintentionally consuming PEDs
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated British sprinter CJ Ujah has received a backdated 22-month ban after failing a drug test. The positive test for ostarine and S-23 resulted in Team GB being stripped of their Tokyo Olympic...
Will Letesenbet Gidey run a 2:12 Valencia Marathon on December 4?
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated Currently, two women have run the marathon in two hours and 14-minutes. Not that long ago, this was thought impossible. In fact, it wasn't thought of. In 2003, when Great Britain's Paula...
Chepngetich with a near world record, Sisson breaks US record at Chicago Marathon
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich defended her Chicago Marathon title Sunday by nearly taking fellow Kenyan Brigid Kosgei's world record. She clocked the new personal best in 2 hours, 14 minutes, and 18 seconds....
Valencia Half Marathon stacked with deep fields led by Kibiwott Kandie and Vicoty Chepngeno
Commonwealth Games 10,000 metre bronze medallist Kibiwott Kandie tops the elite entry list for the 2022 Valencia Half Marathon happening Sunday, October 23.
Kandie broke the world record in the half marathon in 2020 running 57 minutes and 32...
Athletics Kenya inspecting training camps for doping
According to the publication out of Kenya called, "Nation," Athletics Kenya is making a special effort to inspect training camps to stamp out the "menace" of doping. According to the publication, AK Youth Development director Barnaba Korir said that...
TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon Men’s Race Preview
By: Paul Gains
Once again the 2022 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon will come down to an East African bust-up with Ethiopians Yihunilign Adane and Kebede Wami tackling a strong Kenyan squad led by Barselius Kipyego, Felix Kandie and Felix Kibitok.
The...
