With the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games one year today, we kick off runnersworld.co.uk's London 2012 coverage with an awed look back at some of the most iconic running moments in Games history.Dreams of Olympic gold have inspired

that would rewrite the record books. As Zátopek readied himself to defend the Olympic 10,000m title he had first won in London four years earlier, the weight of expectation was huge. In the course of that first Olympic triumph, he had lapped all but two

was winning the World Junior ‘double’ of 5000/10,000m in 13:36.06/28:03.99. Considering how well Haile would get on with Tergat later – the two friends took time to visit each other in their respective countries – his first experience of outsprinting a Kenyan

smell were somehow comforting; but the peace didn’t last. He stepped up into a blaze of sunlight and saw 10,000 people pressed close to the cinder track where the final was to be contested. After nine months of meticulous training with his coach Sam

far more than that.A life-changing race On Friday August 20, 2004, Kelly Holmes walked on to the track in the Olympic stadium in Athens for the first round of the 800m. Outside of the British athletics fraternity, nobody really noticed. Nobody went out

1. SpeedThe Session: 4 x 40m sprints (with 3 mins recovery), then 4 x 300m sprints (with 6 mins recovery)Tony Minichiello says: "Speed training in heptathlon is crucial as there's an element of it in every event - just as there is in every race

Find out what happens when you cross the Virgin London Marathon finish line. We first published this interactive guide last year - but it's just as relevant in 2012

-Changers: Run Dem CrewRun Dem Crew is expanding running’s reach, changing lives and building communities. Just don’t call it a running club…After 20 years in the music business, discovering running was an epiphany for Londoner Charlie Dark. Finding existing

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