When Helen Clitheroe took 3,000m gold at the European Indoor Championships in March, the athletics community shared her medal joy. It was the popular athlete's took first major championship win in her fourteen-year international running career
In New York City for the annual Runner's World Shoe Conference, Alison Hamlett enjoys some quality time with running legend Haile Gebrselassie ahead of his 'big apple' debut.Q. You're 37. Why has it taken you this long to run the NYCM?A. After I
) and learnt to swim enough to complete my first children's triathlon in Harrogate and really enjoyed it.Q. What is your favourite discipline?A. Running is my favourite discipline, I think it's the one that comes most naturally to me, and I love just putting my
, which places her in the T46 classification.She reveals her running idols, guilty pleasures and where she finds the grit to take on more experienced athletes…I didn’t expect to take bronze at the Paralympic World Games last year. I was only 15, I just
realised I could do it. And once I’d finished, in 5:12, I realised anyone can do it, if they set their mind to it.When I did the Great North Run 18 years ago, I had a curry and a few drinks the night before. And I did it in 1:50. These days, I may be slower
each when they had cost 47p, putting £190 into the marathon’s coffers, which I didn’t think was going to do an awful lot...So it was all hands to the pumps?I remember getting a phone call at 10pm on the Saturday night to tell me that one of the elite
into a grin of acceptance and sits up to allow for better pictures.Usain Bolt is back on message.From runner to world iconThe last time RW interviewed Usain Bolt, he had just broken the 100m world record for the first time (New York, May 2008), and did so
Q. How are you feeling?A. My training's been going well, although I did get sick just before the Great North Run. I haven't had any major setbacks since then. Travelling to the NYC Marathon was uneventful compared to the journey I had getting
with victories and medals, the summer of 1985 stands out. Over a period of 19 days, Cram set world records in the 1500m, Mile and 2000m. His British 1500m record still stands.We caught up with the running legend-turned-pundit to discover why Britain's middle
up getting my dates mixed up and I actually had a gig the night before, in Northampton, which is quite far from Blackpool! So I ended up having two hours’ sleep and then doing the 10K run, which is not the best preparation! But I still got a
