Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Book Review: On the Wings of Mercury – by Lorraine Moller
© Copyright - 2011 - Athletics Illustrated
On the Wings of Mercury is a self–penned autobiography by Lorraine Moller. From the days when she was...
