Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Les Gramantik Interview
© Copyright - 2011- Athletics Illustrated
Les Gramantik, national athletics coach for Canada, focusses primarily on power and speed events. We interviewed, between his trips abroad to Korea and France as he actively coaches Canada's current top heptathlete, Jessica...
Protected: Fartlek & Low Things in West Auckland Part 4: Debauchery and swine hunting...
© Copyright – 2011 – Christopher Kelsall
The following narratives contained in this fourth installment of Fartlek and Low Things in West Auckland are the adventures of the protagonist brothers, Keith and Colin Livingstone of New Zealand. Within each of...
Minimalism: Which direction is the trend going thick or thin?
© Copyright - 2011 - Athletics Illustrated
I wrote this loosely and lightly researched article on minimalism in 2007 for another publication before the popularity of minimalism took off in earnest. I am not claiming any influence regarding the growth...
Nicole Stevenson Interview
© Copyright - 2009 - Athletics Illustrated
With a Commonwealth Games appearance and a 2:32 marathon personal best, Nicole Stevenson has been one of Canada’s elite marathon runners since 2002.
Coached by Hugh Cameron, Stevenson transitioned from a middle-distance runner to...
Kelvin Broad Interview
© Copyright - 2009 - Athletics Illustrated
The first of two long runs I had done with Kelvin Broad were over 32 kilometres long (20 miles) long and included a group of fellow runners of varying abilities (I was the...
Rob Watson Interview
© Copyright - 2011 - Athletics Illustrated
Christopher Kelsall: What precipitated the change to the marathon from years competing at the top-level as a steepler?
Rob Watson: The steeplechase will always be my first love, but after a fairly disappointing and...
Megan Brown Interview
© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated
Christopher Kelsall: Megan, your email address has ‘2012’ in it, which can only mean one thing: Olympic aspirations. What event are you looking to focus on for London qualification?
Megan Brown: If you had...
Book Review: Healthy Intelligent Training: The Proven Principles of Arthur Lydiard
© Copyright – 2009 – Athletics Illustrated(editor's note: Updated in August 2025)
The Arthur Lydiard phenomenon — A method of any other way could only be of a lesser standard.
A standard of practical research yet to be matched
No other endurance...
Once a Runner – by John L. Parker Jr.
John L. Parker: Comeback Author
John L. Parker Jr. took 30 years to write the sequel to his classic novel Once a Runner. Then he almost died, spending 16 days in a near-coma. He along with his fictional hero, Quenton...
Marathon – by Hal Higdon
© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated
Perhaps you have read John L. Parker Junior’s contribution to running culture, the quasi-fictional parable, Once a Runner – if you are a runner, inevitably you will read it. As far as running...