Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Natalie Cook breaks US high school and national U20 5000m record with 15:25.93 performance
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Natalie Cook broke the US high school and national U20 5000m record Friday night at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, CA with a 15:25.93 performance.
She took third overall. Finishing first...
Audio interviews with Tristan Woodfine and Trevor Hofbauer
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Trevor Hofbauer ran the 2022 Comox Valley Half Marathon winning in the time of 68:21.
The race was part of a 40K workout day.
The 30-year-old owns a 2:09:51 marathon personal best and competed in...
Kenya continues to dope, up to 11 more sanctions mostly in 2022
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Drug cheat Matthew Kisorio, as well as Justus Kimutai and Morris Gachaga, have been handed suspensions for whereabouts failures. Kisorio had already served a four-year doping suspension. Gachaga, a marathon runner started...
UK Athletics hires Jack Buckner as CEO
Jack Buckner has been announced as the new Chief Executive of UK Athletics following the conclusion of an open recruitment process.
Buckner, who is currently the Chief Executive of British Swimming and previously the British Triathlon Federation, will take the...
Keely Hodgkinson to return to action at Müller Birmingham Diamond League
Olympic 800m silver medallist and British record holder Keely Hodgkinson will put her World Indoor Athletics experience behind her, to return to Wanda Diamond League action at the Müller Birmingham Diamond League at the Alexander Stadium on Saturday 21...
Big wins for Victoria Coates and Kevin Coffey at the Around the Bay 30K
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Victoria Coates and Kevin Coffey won the historic Around the Bay 30K Sunday in the times of 1:50:01 and 1:40:10, respectively.
Victoria Coates
For Coates, it was a hometown win.
She entered...
Record holder Geleta Burka to return to Ottawa Marathon
After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tartan Ottawa Marathon is back on as an in-person event.
One athlete who is apparently happy to hear this is Ethiopian Gelete Burka from Addis Ababa.
The last time that...
Cardiff Half Marathon: Welsh runner Cockram and World Athletics refugee program athlete Omar win
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Two years delayed due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Welsh native, Natasha Cockram, came home to win the Cardiff Half Marathon Sunday in the time of 70 minutes and 47 seconds, to...
Logan Roots and Christine Bant win Westcoast Sooke 10K
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated Courtenay's Logan Roots and Victoria's Christine Bant won the Westcoast Sooke 10K on Sunday. They finished the hilly out and back race in the time of 32:37 and 37:59, respectively.
Roots, training...
Hellen Obiri and Rodgers Kwemoi win the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon
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Kenyan, Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic silver medallist in the 5000m event won the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon Sunday with the 10th fastest time in history. She clocked a one-hour, four-minute,...
