Mass participation vs. road racing: what does the future hold?

More than 50,000 people took part in this year’s New York City Marathon, the world’s largest 26-miler – its story epitomises...

Anti-doping: Is it now a PR exercise?

Every year in October WADA publishes statistics on its yearly testing figures, and the numbers presented are what you would like...

Jonny Mellor omission – the selectors’ dilemma

Rarely has a selection decision caused as much outcry as Jonny Mellor’s absence from England’s squad for the Commonwealth Games in...

parkrun tourism: the running & travelling phenomenon

With parkruns popping up from London to Paris to San Francisco, a subculture was bound to develop among runners who like do things...

British men were better marathon runners in the 1980s

The British men were better marathon runners in the 1980s, but do we even dream of the times they achieved almost...