Christopher Kelsall

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated I cannot pretend that the senseless and barbaric murder of 12 innocent people including a police officer and Stéphane Charbonnier, the editor of the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo doesn’t freak the shit out...

From the IAAF: Organisers of the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon have been awarded IAAF Gold Label Road Race status for the first time in its history. The 2015 race will take place on 18 October. The Toronto race is the sole...

The first race in the Frontrunners Island Race Series – the Harriers Pioneer 8K – takes place on Sunday, January 11 at 11 am. Vancouver’s  Theo Hunt is the top seed in the men’s field, with Erin Burrett, the...

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated Title: 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Taining Slower Author: Matt Fitzgerald Pages: 246 (before appendix) Publisher: Penguin Group First printing: September 2014 Purchase here. Author Matt Fitzgerald’s most recent published work is, 80/20 Running: Run Stronger...

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated To see the annual World and US rankings subscribe to Track and Field News: The Bible Of The Sport Since 1948. Canadian Cameron Levins is ranked number nine in the Track and Field News'...

“Racing Age,” an exhibit currently at United Photo Industries, in Dumbo, offers a look at elderly track-and-field athletes. From 2007 to 2009, Angela Jimenez, a former track athlete herself, photographed competitors older than seventy in meets across the United States and Italy. Jimenez told...

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated The University of Victoria athletics teams are perennial top-level Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) competitors, especially in middle-distances and cross-country. They are also known to be a tight-knit group and one of the key...

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated Twenty-year-old Canadian Pole Vault athlete, Shawnacy Barber, today broke the national indoor record by vaulting to the height of 5.87m (19'3") at the Texas Expo Vault competition, which he won. His previous personal...

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has stepped up recently in regards to battling the performance enhancing drug (PED) problem that appears to be plaguing the sport of athletics. The founder of WADA, Canadian lawyer...

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated UltraRunning Magazine named two Canadians as Ultra-runners of the year for 2014, they are: Rob Krar and Ellie Greenwood. From UltraRunning Magazine: Ellie Greenwood is the female Ultra Runner of the Year. It’s the third...