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

At school I was too small to be good at team sports. Running appealed to me because it was just me on my own.It was when I was at university that I really discovered running. I got a scholarship to study at Rhode Island in the States. That was more

something different. Nike runs a programme called the Oregon Project, headed up by legendary coach Alberto Salazar. His aim is to even up the playing field in distance running and break the dominance of the Africans. The facilities are unbelievable. Alan

Back in April, we were honoured to meet Richard Whitehead - the marathoner turned men's 100m and 200m T42 sprinter. He told us about his blades, training regime and the power of the Paralympic Games.Catch up with this inspriring interview

run faster”. So much of running is controlling the mind and those sorts of negative thoughts and doubts that so easily come in.There was a massive rivalry with Sandra Farmer-Patrick. We had a lot of respect for each other but we weren’t the best

life. I listen to my body, and because triathlon is swim, bike, run and core fitness, you can always work on something different when a niggle or ache occurs.How do you prepare in the hours building up to a race?I like to finish my last main meal

as if verbally running the race he’s describing. “There’s no margin for error,” he says. “There are around 150 strides that you have to get spot on. Six-tenths of a second separates first and last, so you have to analyse what works. The technical side of things

be broken. World Championship medals are also fantastic but only in the world of track and field. Outside the world of athletics the Worlds don’t really have a big following.“When I do interviews with non-sports media they have no idea that in Berlin [World