October 18, 2007 (62-42)

CONTENTS

6 News
UK 10km champion Kate Reed plots her route to the 2012 London Olympics

7 Former world champion Lauryn Williams says Marion Jones owes the sport

8 Christian Malcolm refuses to be defeated by injuries

9 Abdul Buhari’s fight to clear name after media blunder

10 Prize purse announced for Home Countries International

12 Lynn Davies keeps realistic view as he embarks on another four years as UKA president

13 Olympics
A new regular feature looking at the build-up to the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games

14 Rising Stars
Vince Wilson talks to AW about how the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund helped him

16 World Road Running Championships
Lornah Kiplagat and Zersenay Tadese defend titles in Italy

20 Comment
Duncan Mackay highlights double standards in athletics

21 Changes in Europe
Paul Grech reports from the EAA calendar conference

22 Letters
Readers’ views

24 Coaching
Toni Minichiello’s journey of coaching Jessica Ennis

26 Gene doping
Could this be the dark side of the sport’s future?

28 A day in the life of ...
Geoff Wightman on being a federation’s chief executive

30 English regions
We take a look at athletics in the West Midlands

32 Classic image
A scene from the 2005 World Half-marathon Championships

34 All-time GB greats
Who will top Mel Watman’s British 400m and 800m all-time merit rankings?

36 AW Basics
Wilf Paish says speed should not be forgotten when learning the sprint hurdles

39 Results
Marks from home and abroad including Great Eastern Run and major cross-country leagues

50 What’s On
Fixtures for the coming month for cross, road, fell and track

62 UKA official line
Zara Hyde Peters, director of athlete development, on moving the vision forward

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