by ukadmin | Oct 27, 2014 | Events, Featured, News
Great South Run – Gemma Steel (coach: John Nuttall) ran a superb race on the south coast but was narrowly beaten in a sprint finish by Ethiopia’s Belaynesh Olijira. Great South Run Steel ran a 4:54 mile for the fifth mile of the race which split the field up,...
by ukadmin | Oct 27, 2014 | Featured, News, Pre-event
Jo Pavey (coach: Gavin Pavey) leads the finalists for the Sunday Times & Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year awards which are to be held on Wednesday 19 November in London. Athletics have finalists in four of the categories which is a fine reward for a very...
by ukadmin | Sep 15, 2014 | Featured, News, Track
Tiffany Porter (coach: Rana Reider) recorded a new national record in the women’s 100m hurdles in a time of 12.51/0.7. This took 0.04 seconds off the old mark set by Jessica Ennis-Hill. Porter was second in the race behind the American, Dawn Harper-Nelson but her new...
by ukadmin | Sep 15, 2014 | Featured, Mountain, News, Trail
There was medal success at the World Mountain Running Championships for Great Britain & Northern Ireland in Casette di Massa, Italy, as the senior women’s team ran to silver and the junior men’s team secured the bronze. Emma Clayton (coach: Andrew Henderson) led...
by ukadmin | Sep 8, 2014 | Events, Half Marathon, News
On a glorious September morning, Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) returned to the North East to make amends for his defeat twelve months ago, on the day that the Great North Run celebrated its one millionth finisher. Crossing the line in his trademark...