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.

A SIGN OF PROGRESS

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

A CINCH FOR TINCH

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

CONTRIVED, YET COMPELLING • While purists will maintain that events such as Faith Kipyegon's breaking four attempt or Eliud Kipchoge's sub two-hour marathon mean little, Ben Bloom argues that such showcases are the perfect way for athletics to attract attention

A HARSH REALITY • Hannah Cockroft is no stranger to success but, as she tells Jasmine Collett, the honours can't mask the financial difficulties faced by para athletes in pursuing their ambitions

MY GREATEST RACE • Olympic Games, Sydney, September 25, 2000, Women's 400m final, fourth, 49.79 (PB)

RISING STAR ELEANOR STREVENS • Jasmine Collett talks to an international who has had an eventful year

A WORLD OF PAIN • Verity Ockenden examines how learning to deal with suffering can be a highly educational, and helpful, process for an athlete to go through

Fighting back • Kenny Bednarek uses his love of martial arts to help his sprinting. However, as he tells Euan Crumley, it’s improving his ability to relax that he hopes will ultimately allow him to kick down the door in his quest for a major title

TEAM EFFORT • There was lots of drama and plenty of speed on show as nations battled it out for medals and world champs qualification at the World Relays in Guangzhou

Restoration project • Karsten Warholm and his coach Leif Olav Alnes talk to Cathal Dennehy about the art of overcoming serious injury so that the 400m hurdles world record-holder can push the limits of possibility

Leap of Faith • Later this month, Kenya’s three-time Olympic champion will tackle her toughest assignment yet – attempting to break the four-minute mile. Success would be a groundbreaking achievement and, over the coming pages, we look at just how big of an impact it might have

Suited to success • Katharine Merry writes about her brushes with technology, plus the power of role models, as she looks forward to Faith Kipyegon’s attack on the mile

The run that could change everything • Not only will Faith Kipyegon bring the eyes of the world to her sport, as Ben Bloom discovers her sub-four mission might also alter the face of coaching methods forever

The Science of supermiling • Jason Henderson visits Exeter University to meet the physiologists who are...