Toronto Waterfront Marathon Awarded Gold Label Race Status by the IAAF

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...

2015 Vancouver Island Race Series: Harrier’s Pioneer 8K This Weekend

The first race in the Frontrunners Island Race Series – the Harriers Pioneer 8K – takes place on Sunday, January 11 at 11 am....

Cameron Levins Ranked Ninth in the World

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Race Age: A Photographic Exhibit by Angela Jimenez

“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...

Shawnacy Barber: New Canadian Pole Vault Record

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated Twenty-year-old Canadian Pole Vault athlete, Shawnacy Barber, today broke the national indoor record by vaulting to the height...

Doping Bans Increased According to new Anti-doping Code

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has stepped up recently in regards to battling the performance enhancing drug (PED)...

Two Canadians earn Ultra Runner of the Year awards: Ellie Greenwood and Rob Krar

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated UltraRunning Magazine named two Canadians as Ultra-runners of the year for 2014, they are: Rob Krar and Ellie...

Top Athletics Illustrated News and Performances of 2014

© Copyright – 2015 – Athletics Illustrated Top Athletics Illustrated News and Performances for 2014 This year was newsworthy in the sport of athletics considering it...
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Athletics Kenya Admits that Kenya has a doping problem

From the online publication, Coastweek.com, it appears that Kenya or more accurately Athletics Kenya (AK) and their president Isaiah Kiplagat are now admitting that...

Unbroken: Leads at the Box Office

The running community has long wondered if Hollywood will ever get it right when making a running movie. More often than not movie-makers seem...