December 21st 2006 (61-51)

CONTENTS

6 News
Donna Fraser seeks return to world-class one-lap running

7 Best-ever London Marathon women’s field claimed

8 End-of-year stats confirm Brits’ sorry world stature

9 Steve Lewis eyes tough pole vault target for Euro Indoors

10 Cash on offer for Scottish record-breakers next year

12 News focus
Birmingham plans to stage the best-ever European Indoor Championships

14 Olympic news
Mo Farah heads scheme to pick out 2012 talent

16 Brussels CrossCup
Wins for Charlotte Purdue and Martin Mashford as Mo Farah suffers in the mud

19 Interview
Nick McCormick plots a better year after a mixed 2006

20 Lee McConnell
Why the Commonwealth bronze medallist is clearing hurdles on and off the track

22 Athletes of the Year
Find out who our readers voted for across the 10 categories

25 Rising stars
The 17-year-old Ethiopian who is the No.1 10,000m runner in the world’s best distance-running nation

26 Coaching
Don’t believe everything you read, says Frank Horwill

27 Letters
Your views on vets’ fixtures and the European Cross-Country Championships

28 Review of the Year
The best, worst and most amusing moments of 2006

34 Comment
Max Jones’ Christmas wish list

35 AW Quiz
Test your knowledge of a year in athletics and win a pair of Saucony shoes

36 Where are they now?
Joan Benoit, the first women’s Olympic marathon champion

38 All-time greats
Mel Watman’s ranking system reveals Carl Lewis to be history’s most successful male athlete

41 Results
Includes results of the South of the Thames Cross Country and the Telford 10km

51 What’s On
Expanded fixtures section lists what’s coming up over the next three months on the road, fells, trails and tracks

60 Last Lap
Revisiting a classic two-mile grand prix race from 1987

 December 28th 2006 (61-52)

2006 Annual Review
World and UK top 50
plus World and UK merit rankings


TRAVEL PARTNERS