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10/09/2024

Tamara Beach and Charlie Brisley ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend. See who else made the top 10!

Tamara Beach and Charlie Brisley ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend (7th September). Our weekly parkrun top ten is now sponsored by the Coggiola Endurance Centre, a residential coaching and performance facility in the Italian Alps. Follow on Instagram for more updates in the new fu...

10/09/2024

Another week and another Irish round-up from Lindie Naughton so you don't miss any of the action.

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Tuesday 10th September). John Travers was the runaway winner of the inaugural Bhaa SNAP Jerry Kiernan Foundation 6km, held at the National Cross-Country Track, Abbotstown, on Sunday mornin...

02/09/2024

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 2nd September).

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 2nd September) At the Paralympic Games in Paris, 20-year-old Shauna Bocquet (Craughwell AC) who was making her Paralympic debut, finished eighth with a time of 11:50.85 in the T54 5...

01/09/2024

Jack Rowe and Eilish McColgan win The Big Half in London this morning. Eilish and Calli guarantee their selection for next year's European Road Running Championships.

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Jack Rowe (62:35)
Jake Smith (64:07)
Weyney Ghebresilasie (64:31)

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Eilish McColgan (69:14)
Calli Haugher-Thackery (69:35)
Lucy Reid (73:31)

30/08/2024

James Rhodes previews the distance races at tonight's Rome Diamond League 🇮🇹💎, where fast times are expected in the men's 5000m and women's 1500m.

The Diamond League continues tonight with a stop in Rome. Toasty weather is promised in the Italian capital, with temperatures set to reach 37 degrees. Hopefully the Stadio Olimpico will deliver equally hot performances on the track. James Rhodes runs through who is competing in the middle distance....

26/08/2024

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone.

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Monday 26th August) Visiting athletes dominated the Antrim Coast International Half Marathon in Larne with Alex NzIoka Matata the winner in 59.46 and Yalemzerf Yehualao first woman in 65.3...

26/08/2024

Sophie Wallis and Bryn Woodall ran the fastest
times at the weekend (24th August).

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24/08/2024

Sophie Wallis and Bryn Woodall ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend (24th August).

Sophie Wallis and Bryn Woodall ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend (24th August). Our weekly parkrun top ten is now sponsored by the Coggiola Endurance Centre, a residential coaching and performance facility in the Italian Alps. Follow on Instagram for more updates in the new future...

24/08/2024

James Rhodes looks back at some great races at Thursday's Lausanne Diamond League:

With fast times a-plenty, James Rhodes runs through the racing action from last night’s Lausanne Diamond League. The first big competition after a major championship is always interesting. There can be many unknowns; will the peak performance have passed after focusing so long on the race just gon...

21/08/2024

The Diamond League continues tomorrow in Lausanne. James Rhodes previews the middle distance races:

The Diamond League returns on Thursday with a visit to Lausanne. The Swiss city hosted the first Diamond League after the Tokyo Olympics and does the same following Paris, just ten days after the Olympic Games drew to a close. James Rhodes previews the middle-distance races. The historic meeting of....

17/08/2024

Mark Bostock and Sam Harrison ran the quickest times at parkrun this weekend.

Mark Bostock and Sam Harrison ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend (17th August). Our weekly parkrun top ten is now sponsored by the Coggiola Endurance Centre, a residential coaching and performance facility in the Italian Alps. Follow on Instagram for more updates in the new future....

12/08/2024

It was Olympic marathon weekend but parkrun still gave us some fast times as well. See who made the top ten this week.

Lauren Heyes and Marcus Fletcher ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend (10th August). Our weekly parkrun top ten is now sponsored by the Coggiola Endurance Centre, a residential coaching and performance facility in the Italian Alps. Follow on Instagram for more updates in the new futu...

10/08/2024

It's the last night of racing at the Stade de France, and what a finale! James Rhodes previews the men's 800m, women's 1500m and men's 5000m finals - Max Burgin, Laura Muir, Georgia Bell and George Mills all compete.

Tonight, the grand finale in the Stade de France. The final session of athletics of the Olympic Games, and there is plenty to look forward to. James Rhodes runs through what is to come. Whilst the running concludes with the women’s marathon tomorrow morning, the track and field action concludes to...

10/08/2024

Fantastic Four(th) - Emile Cairess shines in Paris

It was a day like no other for Emile Cairess on the streets of Paris. An Olympic debut to remember, as James Rhodes reports. A day to remember for Emile Cairess. Not since Jon Brown twenty years ago has a British man finished fourth at the Olympics. Least of all on one of the most […]

10/08/2024

Incredible run by Emile Cairess to finish fourth at his debut Olympic Games, 2:07:29 on a particularly challenging course 🇬🇧🔥

07/08/2024

An eventful morning saw Max Burgin, Ben Pattison, Elliot Giles, Revee Walcott Nolan and George Mills progress from their races this morning. James Rhodes runs through the action from the Stade de France:

A busy morning in the Stade de France saw a largely successful couple of hours for the British athletes competing. James Rhodes runs through the action. Excellent Eights Three British men in the 800m, three straight qualifiers for Friday’s semi-finals. An excellent outcome that sees the repechage ...

06/08/2024

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone.

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Tuesday 6th July). While the Olympics are – obviously! – the focus of our attention at the moment, it was a busy weekend locally for track and field athletics, with the All Ireland Und...

06/08/2024

Keely Hodgkinson, Olympic Champion

Keely Hodgkinson, Olympic Champion. It sounds good, doesn’t it? It is no longer the childhood dream. No longer the ambition that has fuelled the years of training, of sacrifice, of dedication. After a race for the ages last night, it is reality. The dream realised in the greatest of ways. You coul...

04/08/2024

With the third fastest time of her career, Lizzie Bird has qualified for her second Olympic final. She spoke to James Rhodes after her 3000m steeplechase heat in Paris:

The sole distance event of the this morning’s athletics session at the Stade de France was the heats of the women’s 3000m steeplechase. James Rhodes runs through what happened. Super Steeples Lizzie Bird, who spoke to Fast Running ahead of the Olympics, qualified for her second Olympic Games fin...

03/08/2024

Lauren Heyes and Omer Ahmed ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend.

See who else made the top 10 below.

Lauren Heyes and Omer Ahmed ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK this weekend (3rd August). Our weekly parkrun top ten is now sponsored by the Coggiola Endurance Centre, a residential coaching and performance facility in the Italian Alps. Follow on Instagram for more updates in the new future. Th...

03/08/2024

Ben Pattison spoke to James Rhodes about his debut Olympics, *that* race in Monaco and looking to become the fastest Brit over 800m in history.

Ben Pattison’s season has started in the same way his 2023 ended – a whirlwind. The World Championship bronze medallist heads to his debut Olympics full of confidence Ben spoke to James Rhodes for the latest in the Road to Paris series about his goals for Paris, *that* race in Monaco and what li...

03/08/2024

James Rhodes runs through some of the highlights from an excellent first day of competition in the Stade de France at the Olympic Games:

The Olympic Games are in full swing, and the action has started in the Stade de France. Excellent performances from Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie and Phoebe Gill were amongst the British highlights of the first day. James Rhodes runs through what happened. The noise, oh the noise. It started as a r...

30/07/2024

In his latest Road to Paris article, James Rhodes spoke to British Record Holder Lizzie Bird about her return to racing, her second Olympics and her soon-to-start career at the Colorado Supreme Court.

It is unlikely there are many people who would juggle a law degree with the demands of being a professional athlete. Let alone one looking to qualify for their second Olympic Games. Lizzie Bird, however, has done just that. Ahead of the 3000m steeplechase in Paris, Lizzie spoke to James Rhodes about...

30/07/2024

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone.

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Tuesday 30th July). After losing out last year, Clonliffe Harriers won a lucky 13th premier division title at the All Ireland Track and Field League final in Tullamore on Sunday (July 28)....

29/07/2024

💥With summer in full swing, road races continue at pace. The track season has temporarily slowed, meanwhile, with the Olympic Games just around the corner.

reports the highlights of the racing action in the weekend round up.

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28/07/2024

Fast times at the BMC in Tooting and plenty of quick road races are amongst the highlights of the weekend round up:

With summer in full swing, road races continue at pace. The track season has temporarily slowed, meanwhile, with the Olympic Games just around the corner. James Rhodes brings you the highlights of the racing action in the weekend round up. Terrific Tooting The track at Tooting Bec has gained quite a...

27/07/2024

💥Pops Hainsworth and Thomas Patrick ran the fastest times today (27th July).

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26/07/2024

"I want to make it to the final and then see how far I can go”. In the latest Road to Paris article, Revee Walcott Nolan talks about making her second Olympics, goals for Paris and the season so far.

Revee Walcott-Nolan heads to the Olympic Games in the form of her life, looking to remove the 0.01s that denied her a place in the semi finals in Tokyo. In the latest in the Road to Paris series, Revee spoke to James Rhodes about her season, life in the On Athletics Club and goals for […]

23/07/2024

Catch up on all the Irish action from this weekend with plenty of track, road and mountain running reported by Lindie Naughton.

To start the week Lindie Naughton brings us all the Irish endurance action and news from the weekend just gone (Tuesday 23rd July). Keelan Kilrehill (Moy Valley) better known as a track and cross-country runner was a clear winner of the Irish Runner 10-mile in the Phoenix Park on Sunday (July 21) wi...

20/07/2024

We missed a week so here's a double parkrun top 10!

Sonia Samuels and Marc Scott ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK last weekend (13th July) and it was Morag Millar and Mohammed Hussein this weekend (20th July).

Sonia Samuels and Marc Scott ran the fastest parkrun times in the UK last weekend (13th July) and it was Morag Millar and Mohammed Hussein this weekend (20th July) Our weekly parkrun top ten is now sponsored by the Coggiola Endurance Centre, a residential coaching and performance facility in the Ita...