Athletics Illustrated

Guye Adola of Ethiopia, last year’s surprise newcomer on the marathon scene, will run his next effort at the distance in Frankfurt on October 28. He set an unofficial world record as a debutant marathoner with 2:03:46 to finish...

From Inside the Games The first World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) approved laboratory in East Africa is to open in Kenya's capital Nairobi, a move hailed as a major development for the region's drug crisis. Blood analysis of Athlete Biological Passport (ABP)...

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Every athletics fan will agree that it is the era of Conseslus Kipruto, El Bakkali Soufiane and Evan Jager in the men’s 3000m steeplechase event. The three titans will meet again in the final...

From Inside the Games Reigning 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson has vowed to "influence and help advance" the future of her sport as she confirmed she will join the board of Athletics Australia. The 31-year-old will be officially confirmed as the...

The 2018 Rock ‘n’ Roll® Philadelphia Half Marathon will once again include a world-class group of elite men and women when they toe the line on September 15-16. With the depth of the elite field, the half marathon, which will...

Birmingham Grand Prix Keen to see many of their heroes from the European Championships in Berlin in the flesh, a sizeable crowd flocked to the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham for the Müller Grand Prix where they were fortunate enough to...

Paul Gains High altitude training has become a popular method of marathon preparation, so heads were turned when Australia’s Jessica Trengove decided to spend four months in Hilversum Holland - elevation 15m. The two-time Commonwealth bronze medalist expects this break with...

Cover photo credit: Glen Langille © Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Make room world-record joggler Michal Kapral, there is a new ballsy-joggler on the world running scene. Although Michael-Lucien Bergeron of Halifax, NS hasn’t joggled the marathon like Kapral has – who...

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Ben Flanagan of Kitchener, ON is having the type of breakthrough year that many runners while away their long runs dreaming of. In June 2018, he won the NCAA 10,000-metre championships with a furious...

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Canada’s Mike Tate has turned professional. Upon his graduation this year from Southern Utah University, the Heatherton, NS runner has signed with Run-Fast Sports Management. Tate’s resume includes an NCAA-leading and SUU school record...