Athletics Illustrated

© Copyright– 2010 - Athletics Illustrated Andrew Middleton who trains with McMillanElite of Flagstaff, Arizona, is a 2007 graduate from the University of Texas, where he attained a BA in Government. He accomplished all-American status in 2004 and helped the...

© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated   Greg McMillan, owner of McMillanRunning, has hired veteran ultra-runner Ian Torrence to head its new ultramarathon coaching division. The creation of the new ultramarathon division expands the offerings of McMillanRunning to include any...

© Copyright – 2010 - Athletics Illustrated - Introduction updated May 20, 2016 Jim Finlayson is a former Canadian marathon champion, three-time competitor in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and winner of the Royal Victoria Marathon. He competed for NCAA...

© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated Three-time American record holder, Shalane Flanagan, from Marblehead, Massachusetts grew up in an athletic family. Both of her parents were excellent distance runners. Her father Steve Flanagan owns a marathon personal best of...

© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated Nic Bideau is the Director of the Melbourne International Track Club located in Melbourne, Australia. He coaches many athletes and is best known for managing Cathy Freeman, who won 400 metre Olympic gold...

© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated Kris Swanson recently achieved an impressive personal best at the 2010 IAAF World Mountain Running Championships, which took place in Kanmik, Slovenia, by moving up 34 spots from his previous best of 64th...

© Copyright - 2011 - Athletics Illustrated Jessica Zelinka of London, Ontario is Canada’s best Heptathlete. She holds the Canadian record with a performance where she amassed 6490 points during her fifth place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. She...

  Bill Bowerman, Nobby Hashizume & Arthur Lydiard © Copyright - Christopher Kelsall - 2011 UPDATED: March 3, 2012 Do you want to run or coach your very best? The endurance coaching behemoth, Arthur Lydiard, or rather his training method and his vast...

© Copyright – 2011 – Athletics Illustrated What is one of the world’s greatest ultra-marathon runners up to these days? Catching up with Scott Jurek these past few months has been a tough task, requiring the same determination required from an...

© Copyright - 2011 - Athletics Illustrated Mo Farah is currently Great Britain's most prolific distance runner. He owns six national distance records, which range from 3000m indoors to the half-marathon. He 5000m is also a European record at 12:57. Farah...