The fastest time taken to run a mile was recorded on 7 July 1999 in Rome by Moroccan middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj. Considered by many to be the greatest middle-distance runner of all time, El Guerrouj set the mark at 3:43.13… an incredible 16 seconds faster than the mile had been covered 45 years…
I know my father was a decent rugby player and an accomplished boxer during his national service, but I’m not really sure where his reverence for the world’s greatest distance runners emanated from. Growing up I remember him talking with great enthusiasm about the likes of Paavo Nurmi, Vladimir Kuts and Emil Zatopek… but one…
After a thrilling weekend of qualifying action at the British Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham last weekend, there will be at least six Scots competing on home soil in Glasgow when the European Athletics Indoor Championships get underway on 1 March 2019. Laura Muir, Chris O’Hare, Zoey Clark, Neil Gourley and Jemma Reekie all booked…
Double World Indoor medallist and Diamond League champion Laura Muir is among the big names who have already committed to the Spar British Athletics Indoor Championships next month. A championships steeped in history, the event is now in its 63rd year and will feature the best athletes in Britain battling it out for honours at…
The world’s best athletes converge on London for 10 days of thrilling action for the IAAF World Championships from 4-13 August and tickets are still available. With London 2017 securing an increased capacity licence for the event, 60,000 tickets, across all 14 sessions of the IAAF World Championships, went on sale last week. The tickets…
