March 29, 2007 (62-13)

CONTENTS

8 World Cross Country Championships
Outstanding day for Britain as Bekele suffers shock defeat; eight pages of coverage

16 English Schools’ Cross Country Championships
Mitch Goose and Heather Timmins are top senior boy and girl in a chilly Leeds

24 News
World 400m No.1 Sanya Richards looks forward to racing Nicola Sanders

25 Roald Bradstock breaks UK age-44 javelin record

26 Record-breaking Paralympian could be halted in his tracks by new IAAF ruling

27 Rodney Walker stays as AAA chairman as organisation announce other changes

28 News focus
Controversy is sparked by welfare actions against two prominent coaches

32 Rising Stars
Chinese high jumper Huang Haiqiang profiled

33 Letters
Supporters club express their delight with the results of the European Indoors

34 Coaching
Why speed training is important – even for middle-distance runners

36 Comment
London 2012 should think small when it comes to the athletics track, says Max Jones

38 AW Basics
Children are never too young to start athletics, and how hypnotherapy helps athletes

42 Club focus
The RAF Athletics Club takes athletics very seriously

43 Results
Includes the Bath Half-marathon from last weekend and the European Indoor Masters’ Championships

52 What’s On
Upcoming fixtures for the weeks ahead

62 Last lap
Vintage Eighties action with Britain’s 4x400m team


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