Bob Smith the Successful Newham & Essex Beagles Manager August 2009 BOB SMITH & TONY SHIRET have been instrumental in Managing the Newham & Essex Beagles team that won the National cross country...
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Interviewed in London Summer 2009 DEBBIE FERGUSON-McKENZIE of the Bahamas, so far in her career has an Olympic 4x100 relay Gold medal from 2000, a bronze medal in the 100m in...
Martyn Rooney at Croydon July 2009 MARTYN ROONEY ( Born 3rd of April 1987. A devoted Croydon Harrier from the start. Studied at Loughborough University) Rooney is one of the United Kingdom's most...
Felix Sanchez in London 2009 FELIX SANCHEZ, the Olympic 400 hurdles Champion in Athens in 2004 and World Champion in 2000 and 2003, had a spell of 43 race wins between 2001 and 2004 but suffered...
Kerron Clement interviwed on 24th of July 2009 KERRON CLEMENT is a massively talented athlete, having run 47.2 for 400 hurdles in 2005 and, wiping Michael Johnson's 44.65 Indoor 400m World record off...
Simeon Williamson in London (July 25th, 2009) Williamson initially was keen on football as a youngster but living in the Kings Cross-Camden Town area, he decided to go up to up to the local Parliament...
Dayron Robles interviewed in London 2009 DAYRON ROBLES, the Olympic 110 hurdles Champion and World Record Holder of 2008 talks to Alastair Aitken, on the 23rd of July, just before the Grand Prix at...
Irie Hill at the British Master Championships 2009 IRIE HILL, who set a new W40 Pole Vault record with 3.65 on March 22nd in Melbourne and, was bronze medallist in the Commonwealth Games of 2002 in...
Andy Baddeley I met Andy Baddeley by chance at the beginning of July 2009. He reminded me a bit of Dave Moorcroft, not just because he covered the same distances in racing but also, that he appeared...
Roy Fowler - The Red Fox Henry Roy Fowler ' Known as The Red Fox' as a runner, was born 26th of March 1934 at Longside in the Potteries and died at 6.30 on the morning of the 27th of June 2009. An...
John Snowden by Alastair Aitken It is not often you recognise someone from pictures in old scrapbooks, from 45 years ago but, that happened to me at Ewell Court on the 23rd of May. The name was JOHN...
John Hall - Race Walker JOHN HALL by Alastair Aitken UPDATE - 10th May 2009 John Hall won the Middlsex 3k Walk Championships at Hendon outright yesterday at the age of 60! JOHN HALL is remarkable in...
Mara Yamauchi - Outstanding British Performer in the London Marathon 2009 MARA YAMAUCHI WAS THE OUTSTANDING BRITISH PERFORMER IN THE LONDON MARATHON 2009. She talked to Alastair Aitken for RUNNING IN...
Nick Goolab - The Revelation of the UK Cross Country Season 2008/2009 by Alastair Aitken NICK GOOLAB OF BELGRAVE HARRIERS WAS THE REVELATION OF THE UK WINTER CROSS COUNTRY SEASON writes Alastair...
Nick Goolab - The Revelation of the UK Cross Country Season 2008/2009 by Alastair Aitken NICK GOOLAB OF BELGRAVE HARRIERS WAS THE REVELATION OF THE UK WINTER CROSS COUNTRY SEASON writes Alastair...
Joyce Smith M.B.E Joyce Smith M.B.E. Six time British marathon record holder by Alastair Aitken JOYCE SMITH M.B.E. (born 26th of October 1937) and her husband BRYAN SMITH of Shaftesbury Barnet...
Mike Barratt The 'Evergreen' Running Legend by Alastair Aitken Mike Barratt was born in Fulham on 27th of October 1932 He joined Ealing Harriers, now called Ealing, Southall & Middlesex, in 1948...
David Bedford DAVID BEDFORD (30.12.49 Shaftesbury Harriers) by Alastair Aitken Often the real athletics fan, that has had a background of track and cross-country running through the years, does not...
Clare Elms A Revelation of Age Athletics by Alastair Aitken Clare Elms, who was 45 on Boxing Day is the revelation of Veterans/Masters athletics in the last couple of years, if you consider she only...
Harry Tempan The Rennaisance Runner by Alastair Aitken Harry Tempan, who retired from athletics competition on the 2nd of January, 2009, is a name few will know about unless they look deep into...
Maureen Bonanno-Smith THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH MAUREEN BONANNO-SMITH OF HIGHGATE HARRIERS - NOV 2008 by Alastair Aitken MAUREEN SMITH, who is currently the President of the English Cross Country...
Kermit Bentham - A man who has run over 500 one lap races in his life! 'PUT THE WARRIOR GEAR ON' by Alastair Aitken KERMITT BENTHAM has been a successful sprinter since the early 1980's. In fact...
Andretti Bain 2008 Olympic 4x400 relay silver ANDRETTI BAIN by Alastair Aitken Till 2007 Andretti Baine was a name few would recognise amongst the top '100' 400m runners in the World as his best was...
Bernard Lagat in London July 2008 Bernard Lagat the 2007 World 1500 and 5000 Champion was the first runner to secure that same double victory in the American Championships in 2007. Amongst his many...
USAIN BOLT by Alastair Aitken Usain Bolt (Born 21.08.86) from Jamaica talked to me in Croydon before he ran at Crystal Palace on the 26th of July, 2008. "For me, when I was at primary school, cricket...