Steve Magness Interview
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The Science of Running is a popular blog-site kept up by author Steve Magness, who writes science-based running and training articles. Roughly once per month we produce an interview with him to talk...
Declan White – Interview
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Twenty-year-old middle-distance specialist, Declan White of South Surrey, British Columbia has committed to competing for Trinity Western University for the start of the 2013 and 2014 school year. He is competitive in the...
Natasha Fraser is on a roll and Set to Compete at World Cross Country...
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Port Moody, BC’s Natasha Fraser won the North American Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships on Saturday January 26 in Mandeville, Jamaica. Her win along with Vancouver resident, Rachel Cliff’s second place...
Canada Run Series Set for Fifteenth Year
by Paul Gains
The nine race Canada Running Series kicks off March 24th with the Spring Run Off 8km Sunday, March 24th in Vancouver’s Stanley Park bringing together the nation’s leading distance runners for the fifteenth consecutive year.
The brainchild of...
Rob Guy – Interview
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Rob Guy took over as CEO of Athletics Canada in October 2010 and has led a number of initiatives aimed at improving the depth and breadth of the sport of athletics in Canada...
Team Canada Nearly Sweeps NACAC Cross Country Championships
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By Emily Hooper (Athletics Canada) with Christopher Kelsall and Thelma Wright
Full results below
On Saturday, January 26, Team Canada won three of four events at the 2013 North American Central American and Caribbean Cross...
The Deena Kastor Interview
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American marathon record holder Deena Kastor, of Mammoth Lakes, California has announced that she will compete in the 2013 LA Marathon that takes place on Sunday, March 17.
Recent performances of note by the...
Coach Chris Rengifo on Periodisation for High School Runners
By Chris Rengifo
Chris Rengifo is an Assistant Coach with Division 1, Eastern Kentucky University in the NCAA. He is from Toronto, Ontario.
Periodisation is hardly a new concept, but with new coaches coming into the sport and many different coaching...