AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

AW has been the bible of the sport since the 1940s and is still the No.1 choice for the true running and athletics fan, designed to keep you informed about all the best news, comment, event reports and results from Britain and around the world. In the summer AW offers the very best in-depth coverage of the track and field season focusing not only on the major championships, such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships, but also the best in schools and grassroots club athletics. The spring and autumn seasons concentrate on road racing, including the big events such as the Great North Run and Virgin Money London Marathon, while the long winter campaign looks toward the cross country season and the exciting indoor scene. Alongside our unrivalled coverage of all the top events, AW also offers a sharp and detailed news service focusing on elite and up-and-coming athletes and the issues which rage within the sport. We provide all the important fixtures as well as the most comprehensive service of results from around Britain and the rest of the world. AW provides detailed features focusing on the top names in the sport as well as its highly regarded coaching, performance and nutritional advice, product reviews and plenty of debate and opinions via our popular letters column and web forum. Make sure you get AW to keep up-to-date with the sport’s latest.

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THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • A look back at some of the biggest news and best performances of recent weeks

LOOK WHO’S BACK • From Allyson Felix to Elaine Thompson-Herah there have been a range of big-name returns to get excited about, writes Katharine Merry

MY GREATEST RACE Olympic Games, Los Angeles, August 6, 1984, women’s 400m, bronze, 49.43 (UK record) • A 4x100m medallist in Moscow, the 1980 Olympic 100m and 200m finalist made history at her second Games, setting a British 400m record that would stand for almost 30 years as she took bronze behind USA’s Valerie Brisco-Hooks and Chandra Cheeseborough

RISING STAR • Jasmine Collett meets a teenager who has started his season spectacularly

THE HEAT IS ON • Verity Ockenden writes about how a less than successful first attempt at incorporating the sauna into her training regime sparked a curiosity that could ultimately bring performance gains with it

CHANGE FOR COACHING • Mark Woods talks to chair Frank Dick about the thinking, and the ambition, behind the newly created World Athletics Commission

No place like home • Amy Hunt has grown up with the Alexander Stadium and is looking to add more special memories to her collection at both the British and European Championships in Birmingham this summer, writes Euan Crumley

A PACKED SCHEDULE

THE PERFECT STORM • THE STARS ALIGNED FOR SABASTIAN SAWE TO CREATE HISTORY ON THE STREETS OF LONDON. IN THIS SPECIAL EDITION WE DELVE INTO EVERY ASPECT OF AN UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCE

SAWE THE SHUJAA • THE RECORD-BREAKING RUN MADE NEWS EVERYWHERE, BUT HAD ITS BIGGEST IMPACT IN KENYA. MICHELLE KATAMI EXAMINES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A HERO’S WELCOME FOR THE LONDON WINNER, BUT ALSO THE INCREASING EXPECTATION NOW ON HIS SHOULDERS

SHARING THE LOAD • TIM ADAMS TALKS TO SABASTIAN SAWE’S TRAINING PARTNERS AMOS AND BENSON KIPRUTO ABOUT THE WORK ETHIC THAT LED TO SOMETHING EXCEPTIONAL

REALISING POTENTIAL • EUAN CRUMLEY TALKS TO COLIN THOMAS, A FORMER COACH TO SABASTIAN SAWE, ABOUT HOW THE KENYAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO BUILD ON NATURAL TALENT AND INK HIS NAME INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS

PUTTING ON A SHOW • EUAN CRUMLEY SPEAKS TO SPENCER BARDEN, HEAD OF ELITE ATHLETES AT LONDON MARATHON, ABOUT THE WORK THAT GOES INTO SETTING THE PERFECT STAGE FOR THE WORLD’S BEST TO PERFORM

INNOVATION REVELATIONS • THE LONDON...