Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Dylan Haight Interview
© Copyright – 2010 - Athletics Illustrated
Dylan Haight is a rising star who is based in Victoria, BC and attending Oak Bay High School. He is helping to keep the successful history of Oak Bay’s athletics program in a...
The Malindi Elmore interview: Youth sports, Kelowna and the Olympics
© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated
Stanford University alumna, Malindi Elmore, from Kelowna, British Columbia, grew up active and very involved in many sports. Early on her primary game was soccer, however, she went on to win three provincial...
Kyle Boorsma Interview
© Copyright – 2010 – Athletics Illustrated
Guelph, Ontario’s Kyle Boorsma is the 2011 Canadian Inter-university Sport (CIS) Cross Country Champion. Boorsma led his team, the Guelph Gryphons to their fifth consecutive national cross-country title on Saturday, November 13, 2011...
Eric Gillis Interview
© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated
Eric Gillis from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, recently finished as top-Canadian and 4th place over-all at the Ottawa 10kwith his finishing time of 29:11. The Ottawa 10k is run in conjunction with the Ottawa...
The Reid Coolsaet interview: the 10,000m, marathon and London 2012
© Copyright – 2011 - Athletics IllustratedCanada's fastest marathon runner, Reid Coolsaet, finished first Canadian and tenth overall at the 2010 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon after struggling through two years of sub-par fitness due to injury. Although his personal...
Mark Bomba interview: coaching, racing, and education
© Copyright – 2011 - Athletics Illustrated
Three-time Canadian national champion Mark Bomba joined Trinity Western University as the team’s endurance director in April of 2011.
He was a national champion in both the 10,000 metre and half-marathon distances (in 2005)...
The Ryan Hall interview: marathons, fly fishing and record-setting runs
© Copyright – 2009 – Athletics Illustrated
I remember watching Ryan Hall race the 2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon and thinking that he seemed to be putting in a great effort and really just hanging on to the pace. Hall was...
Lorraine Moller Interview
© Copyright - 2008 - Athletics Illustrated
Phidippides, the Athenian foot-messenger left a legacy that grows greater each year and is propagated by the millions of people who now participate in marathon races all over the world.
In 490 BC, Phidippides...
Keith Livingstone Interview
© Copyright - 2009 - Athletics Illustrated
Keith Livingstone from New Zealand recently published a new book about an old training method, written in today’s language. He has taken the famous training method of the late and incomparable Arthur Lydiard...
Greg McMillan Interview: Brett Gotcher’s 2:10:36 marathon debut preparations
© Copyright – 2010 - Athletics Illustrated
Greg McMillan who operates adidas-McMillanElite in Flagstaff, Arizona — a post-collegiate training group for runners — is seeing significant returns from his athlete’s training efforts. He started the adidas-McMillanElite program nearly three years...