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Christopher Kelsall

Christopher Kelsall
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Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.

First Half Half Marathon will be a competitive race this Sunday

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© Copyright - 2016 - Athletics Illustrated The 27th annual First Half Half Marathon will take place Sunday February 14th in Vancouver and race organizers have assembled a very competitive field in both the men’s and women’s divisions. The timing...

Air Lavillenie Cleared for Pre Classic Takeoff

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Supplied by the Prefontaine Classic The 42nd annual Prefontaine Classic is happening May 25-27 in Eugene, Oregon at Hayward Field. World record holder Renaud Lavillenie leads a star-studded pole vault field at the Prefontaine Classic, where all eight of the world’s...

Book review: The Way of the Runner: A journey into the fabled world of...

© Copyright - 2016 - Athletics Illustrated Title: The Way of the Runner: A journey into the fabled world of Japanese running Author: Adharanand Finn Pages: 326 Publisher: Faber and Faber First printing: 2015 ISBN: 978-0-571-30316-8 Adharanand Finn, award-winning author of Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure,...

Records tumble at Harry Jerome indoor meet

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It was a record day for records Saturday at the 2016 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome Indoor Games. When the six-hour, 60 event track meet ended at Richmond Olympic Oval, 21 meet records had been broken. In eight of those events,...

National Title Race Tightens in Latest Men’s NCAA DI Team Rankings

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Just over a month out from the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships, theTexas A&M men continue to relentlessly make up ground in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Computer...

Bearcats Find Great Success at Armory

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Entering the half-way point of the indoor season, the University of Cincinnati track and field program took to the road to compete in the Armory Invitational, one of the top meets this weekend. With the conference championships now just...

Fiona Benson to race on February 20th in Montreal at the Hershey Indoor Championships

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© Copyright - 2016 - Athletics Illustrated Canadian middle-distance runner Fiona Benson, who had a breakout season in 2015, is ready to compete in her only indoor meet this winter. She is racing just once before going back to the heavier...

To the IAAF: Erase all of Ma’s Army results on authentication of Wang Junxia’s...

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© Copyright - 2016 - Athletics Illustrated A twenty-year-old, previously unpublished letter from Wang Junxia to a Chinese journalist exposing her coach as implementing systematic-style drug cheating is now published in Tencent Sports. Junxia was a Chinese middle and long-distance...

Bearcats Split Squads, Head to Armory, Meyo Invites

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Alex Ryan, University of Cincinnati Bearcats Split Squads, Head to Armory, Meyo Invites Highly competitive meets away UC student-athletes at both locations // AT THE STARTING LINE The University of Cincinnati track and field program will divide its ranks this week as Bearcats...

Dick Pound: “The real issue seems to be that I failed to participate in...

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© Copyright - 2016 - Athletics Illustrated “Coe's record speaks pretty well for itself, especially in generating enthusiasm for the London bid, leading the successful campaign, and then being the public face and motivator of the organising committee.  I think...