dememning itcrapped at the side of the road and displayed gross indencency for which you and I would be jailed Gumps, a special Sunday visit how good of you. Gumps, if winning at a world championships is only a 'good performance' what exactly would it take

for the world championships like LaShawn Merritt.  I think a life ban straight off is too severe - second offence that would be it.    You can't really have a separate drug assisted event for a couple of reasons.   One is that most of the athletes would have

were part of a mixed race - a few men and the women's elite field. Okay - it's a technicality, and I would say obviously constructed to get Paula some male pacemakers, but it seemed to be enough to persuade IAAF that this was valid as far as a world

. Cheers Sarah Not sure if you have heard the news but we have decided to change the date of the Birmingham Half Marathon. The new date is Sunday 26 October. The main reason for the change is Birmingham's bid for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2009

of British contenders. I'm delighted the World Championships are on....it means I don't have to go visit the offices in Helsinki this month :-) Bazza - I think it's part of a general sporting malaise where mainstream channels don't cover sport in enough depth

like to see a world record in athletics? maybe I'm missing the point, but it's not being an avid follower of athletics, but a world record in one of the premiere running events in the world, surely people on this forum would be interested and the fact

possible as she had world championships track in the summer. (She's still allowed to earn that bronze, right?)Let's assume she would have had a similar result a year ago (big assumption!), that means 3rd in the WC 10,000m vs 3rd in a big city marathon 2

be aware of the full facts and choices available before making their own decision.the green frog: there are numerous choices of club, some in the real world (probably one or two within your locality), a few online options.  Some affiliated to UKA (UK

quite comical I think but the fact that the top guys can walk it faster than I can run it really pees me off A world class racewalker is up to 70% as fast as the equivalent runner. That means a good racewalker will beat a moderate runner every time

to put in the hard work. He wanted to a give a few runners an opportunity to run the world half marathon championships, but nobody was keen and they all had excuses. There are so many absolute world class runners, sub 2:10 and they have no chance to run