RE: t-and-f: WPV Record

In Glasgow last month Feofanova did indeed put the bar up to 4.82 after getting her 4.76 record and had three pretty good attempts at the height. In Birmingham last night, it was late, 10.05pm, the meeting had finished, the crowd were departing, the BBC were over-running their schedules (the

t-and-f: Haile!

You just aren't supposed to run 8.04 for two miles with negative splits! One can imagine that in his 10k training sessions Haile aims for 6 x 1 mile reps at 4 minutes per rep with 30 seconds rest between reps. Or maybe that is old hat? Matthew Fraser Moat AW Subs offer:

t-and-f: Historical question

Ok so Haile had a great race, but what about Mekkonen? Apart from tonight, when was the last time in a distance race did the current world record holder break his own world record but not win the race? In the sprints, can think of Carl Lewis in Seoul in 1988, and I know that both Wooderson and

RE: t-and-f: Geb smashes 2 mile WR

It's a bit like the old 1,500m / Mile conundrum - it is amazing how many 3.41 1,500m runners just can't beat 4 minutes for the mile. For 3k specialists, I would estimate that about 7.23 for 3k was equivalent to 8 minutes for 2 miles. Geb's outdoor bests are only 7.25/8.01, times which he

Re: t-and-f: Women's 4 x 1500 Meter Relay Records

It seems like a no-brainer to me, so please clue me in as to why four elite females don't get together for a meet and break an american and world record? Sorry to have been quiet on this subject so far but being based in the UK I only choose to receive the digest. As a British Milers' Club

t-and-f: Moderator

Could the current moderator please contact me please? Thanks Matthew

Re: t-and-f: El G - 8:09.89 - near WR for 2 miles (another imperial race)

I personally think of 3,000m in 7:30 as "seven and a half laps at 60 second pace"! Seriously though, in terms of training for 3k/5k runners, many British and European Coaches tend to use Horwill's five-pace theory, as used to great effect by El G and Ngeny. This theory is empirically based,

t-and-f: Athletics International Rankings

In all of this discussion on the Track and Field News rankings, no one has mentioned the Athletics International Rankings. They have a panel of 7 experts, and each of them awards 11 points for 1st place choice, 9 for second, 8 for third, down to 1 point for their tenth place choice. Among the

t-and-f: RE: Washington (was Athletics International Rankings)

Washington's 400m record pre the US Champs was as follows 1 Sacramento 44.75, 1 Milan 44.84, 1 Turin 45.66, 2 Eugene 44.72. He was 1-0 vs Parrela, 2-0 vs Mokganyetsi, and had faster times than Cardenas and Taylor. From that it seems pretty fair to me? Am I missing any results? Similarly re

t-and-f: sub-four mile brothers

Marty Post asked about sub-four mile brothers. Andrew and Allen Graffin (GB) are not just brothers, they are twins and they both ran sub-four in the same race this summer! Coached by Tim Hutchings,(2nd in World Cross Country 1984 and 1989, now a Eurosport commentator), they race all-year

t-and-f: Launch of Athletics Weekly's website

Just to let you know that Athletics Weekly have recently launched their website. Early days of course, but please try www.athleticsweekly.com. Thanks Matthew Fraser Moat

t-and-f: M800 World Vets Record

Word is that Colin Rothery, European Vets Champion, ran 1:50.69 when placing 2nd in a BMC race at Stretford on Tuesday night (5th Sept). Colin was born in Jan 1960 and only took up athletics last year - and his time is actually his lifetime pb! Matthew Fraser Moat Vice Chairman BMC

t-and-f: BMC Nike Grand Prix at Scotstoun, Glasgow, UK, 3rd September 2000

Highlight of the day was a new personal best by junior Stefan Beumer, dob 28/04/81, which must make him one of the favourites for the World Junior Championships. And yes, Allen Graffin did run three times, the 800m C race, the 3,000m and the 1,500m 'A' race, all within two hours, whilst his

t-and-f: BMC Nike Grand Prix at Solihull, UK, 19th August

M8001rA Charles Makau KEN Kenya 1:46.99 2rA Alasdair Donaldson NEB 1:47.65 3rA Christopher Moss U23Loughborough1:47.75 4rA Paulos