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Leeds Abbey Dash - Preview   Favourite for this Sunday’s Leeds Abbey Dash road race, Nick McCormick, has targeted a 29-minute clocking in his first outing since early-August. The Morpeth Harrier will open and close his account for the domestic season at Leeds, as he jets out to Australia next month in his quest to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games in 2012.   The Leeds race has attracted high quality fields for several years and is renowned for being one of the country’s fastest 10 kilometre courses. The event ha...

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Multipower Hi-energy Jelly Bar @multipoweruk www.multipoweruk.com With the marathon season and winter training well under way we thought it beneficial for Athleticos to supply our Users with not only coverage but information to help pick through the mass of products out there. One of the biggest factors behind training aside from putting your trainers on and getting out the door is nutrition. Training breaks the body down and in order to benefit one needs to recover. With most athletes training many times a week and often twice a day the pressu...

WRITTEN FOR SKYSPORTS by Nicola Bamford. Jack Green is a young man who thrives off challenges and this summer, the 400m hurdler has leapt over both the age and time gap to world-class level as he looks to a place in the Olympic final next year, writes Nicola Bamford.  The 19-year-old Kent AC runner refuses to let his young years and relative inexperience in the event hold him back from global glory - a fact highlighted by his recent inclusion in the Team GB squad for the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea later this month, where Gr...

Wednesday 3rd August – Iffley Road Track, Oxford                             On Wednesday the Iffley road Mile meeting will see athletes pitting themselves against the mile distance on the site of the historic first sub 4 minute clocking by Roger Bannister.  The track, renovated and renamed in 2007 hosts the mile event, which was started by Roger Bannister himself, in conjunction with Oxford Universi...

  We recently caught up with Adam Bitchell after the European U23 Champs in Ostrava in which he finished 12th in the 5000m Final. This year Adam has set personal bests of 3:43.71 in 1500m and 13:57.61 in the 5000m to establish himself as one of the best up and coming young distance runners in the county. Can you tell athleticos a little about yourself? I have just finished my second year of university at UWIC, studying Sport and Physical Education. I live in Cardiff at the moment, and have decided to stay there all summer rather than go h...

  Under 23 Mens 400m Hurdles Club Personal Best Jordan Aromasodu  Victoria Park H 55.13 Michael Cochrane  New Zealand 50.62 David Dempsey  Leeds City AC 52.79 Niall Flannery  Gateshead Harriers 49.88 Ashley Fry  Windsor Slough Eton 52.92 Jack Green  Kent AC 49.17 Lee Hamilton  Kent AC 53.83 Jamie Horder  Cheltenham Harriers 55.69 Bertie Lewis  Reading AC 54.39 Martin Lipton  Liverpool Harriers 52.16 Adam McCarthy  Havering Mayesbrook AC 55.75 Simon Merrill  Birchfield Harriers 51...

Before you make your prediction you need to ensure that you a registered user of the athleticos site, if not your prediction will be invalid. Then quite simply you need to predict by commenting below this message who you feel will place in the top three for the following events:   U23 Men’s 400m Hurdles U23 Women’s 5000m U20 Men’s 1500m U20 Women’s Javelin Using the scoring system below the person with the highest score will take away the prize of a £20 Start Fitness Voucher. For each of your picks that finis...

  Handy Andy Baddeley confident of a successful future By Nicola Bamford.   Criticised for poor tactical errors in two major championship finals last year, Andy Baddeley is confident of success in 2011 and beyond after an encouraging indoor campaign. The 28-year-old from Merseyside has failed to win a championship medal since taking silver in the 2003 World University Games 1,500m and is better known for his performances on the road. But after finishing just outside the medals in the 3,000m at the European Indoor Championships in Par...

Thompson's triumph Brit wins his battle against injuries to target Olympic glory By Nicola Bamford. Having put his a seven-year injury nightmare behind him, Chris Thompson has started the year in even better shape as he looks towards the ultimate goal - glory in London 2012.   The 30-year-old US-based Brit pushed World marathon record-holder Haile Gebrselassie all the way to the finish-line at the Bupa Great Manchester Run, earning the Aldershot runner praise as 'the future of 10,000m running' from the Ethiopian distance-running legend. P...