Athletics Weekly

OH... Jack Green... anyone know if it is injury related? Also, an observation, and hoping to promote discussion ... the men's hammer had 6 people over 70m LOU 8 Alex Smith Loughborough 72.45m GBJ 5 Michael Painter GB Juniors 71.85m SCO 9 Mark Dry Scotland 71.69m ENG 11 James Bedford England (Guest) ...

Morning All nice little article on Eilidh Child running at today's Loughborough meet ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/22573400 Anyone know if its on TV anywhere? I have run on the track at a Civil Service competition - more years ago than I care to remember - and always have a soft spot for...

A question though ... what difference does it make running in lane 5 as the "inside" lane? I actually quite like it, because it means the athlete coming in can step out of the way much easier. Perhaps that's their reasoning on that one? I was thinking more along the lines of the distance ...

Hi all

Just watched the W4x400 on the youtube link and very pleased with Team GB performance... so early in the season.

A question though ... what difference does it make running in lane 5 as the "inside" lane?

I saw Louise Hazel up close and personal at an indoor meet at Picketts Lock and can vouch that she is stunning ;) However, cant help but think that leading up to Glasgow 2014 she should concentrate on performing at a single event and I suggest that its the hurdles... Post- Athletics career I reckon ...

... and I have said before... that the "big specimens" who are going nowhere in the second/third teams of Rugby Clubs could, equally, be tempted to try out one of the "throws" ... UK Sport tried a talent identification scheme called "pitch to podium" but that seemed to ...

Morning all... Does this time by Ms. Onuora indicate a hidden potential... I looked at Power of Ten and it had no former time for her at 400. Ms. Adeoye has also hinted at her potential for 400 through the indoor season... I just wonder whether both can be encouraged to be involved in 4x400 squads.....

I read this article about the impact on Leyton Orient ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/leyton-orient/9956997/If-West-Ham-move-into-the-Olympic-Stadium-Leyton-Orient-will-surely-suffer-a-slow-and-painful-death.html I think, bearing in mind it is written by an Orient fan, it makes s...

missed it again... !!!

I reckon that if they plan for 5000 permanent seats around the community track they could offer it to Barry Hearn as a home for Leyton Orient (suggested slightly tongue in cheek before i got shot down....)

interesting...

I am guessing that the track is south/south east of the stadium... and the design of the community track appears to have a football pitch at the centre...I know its only an image but for pity sake...

thanks as ever Geoff

I look forward to seeing the images ...

thanks for posting the images Geoff. Every time I go to the links they are unavailable ... if you do happen to see any images with the community track I would love to see them. There is also a healthy discussion about the stadium here... http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=694556&page...

A nice little article on KJT

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/21923484

She has enormous potential ...

thanks Geoff - you are always very helpful. As I have mentioned (one too many times :))) I was a Games Maker (on the transport team) and spent a lot of time around the park. There was a lot of back of house/operations/hospitality buildings near the stadium but, as I say, I cant picture where they ar...

I found this oldish (Daily Mail: Sep 2011) article ... http://wilson2012blog.dailymail.co.uk/2011/09/the-overall-effect-the-london-marathon-has.html "Enter the London Marathon. They have agreed to pay the seven-figure sum required for another track to be laid in a different position adjacent to...

I have been reading a lot about the future of the Olympic stadium past few days... but I am slightly baffled, and would welcome any information, on the topic of the agreement allowing "Year round access to the 400m community track" ... I dont know if I am misreading this and, in fact, they...

Morning All I saw this article and thought we could have a discussion about the pitfalls of turning exceptional young talent into elite level success...(I know it must have been debated before and I urge we keep to Queensberry rules...) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/9950566/...

I've taken a look at the selection policy now and I'll stand by my earlier view - it's lunacy. I get that phases 1-4 allow for a large team to be sent - and I imagine a large team will be selected in the end, which is a good thing - but the details of the policy itself are incongruous. I thought it...

To be fair, the standards were published as part of the selection policy and it can only be understood as a whole. Seen in that context it seems clear the real standard here is "top 8 potential". If the panel thinks you've got that then they'll consider you. The A and B standards only det...

PJS, I'm not sure the big hockey arena is the one north of the park? You're right about the warm up track though. Pulled up as it was on TFL land and now to be a car park. The proposed community track is sadly no more either. The warm up 'track' for Grand Prix and World Champs is to be a temporary ...

BH is waging a very smart but cynical campaign timed to inflict as much embarrassment as possible on the legacy company and to extract as many concessions as he can. One has to afford him, begrudgingly, a certain degree of respect as to how he is fighting his corner. However, the only loser will be ...

thanks trickstat for your reply about PSD... I wanted to post a few weeks back,after a particularly good 200m, that, to me, Ms. Adeoye looked in amazing physical condition. This was before she posted such a fine 400 time ... and so to me it is a disappointment to leave her out of the 4x400... she is...

Fabulous run by PSD - can someone wiser than me give an insight as to how fast her time would be worth outdoors (yes, I know it can not be literal but indicative would be just provide an interesting insight.) I have been following athletics on TV since the black and white days of Seb Coe's indoor 80...

I am very disappointed. This meet should have been identified as one to nurture up and coming talent. If it had been UK Cycling or Rowing they would have marked this as the perfect time (right at the beginning of the next Olympic cycle) to introduce new faces (look how UK cycling is approaching the ...

Slightly worrying times in the capital! SBH always seem to be the best club in athletics in the way it's run etc. is it really only 4 lanes? Luckily they have vast grass expanses around to train but its not ideal of course. Lea Valley is suffering with the lack of UKA money and talk is of reducing ...

Forgive me for the oversight...

Well... in order to prompt debate I thought I might make some comments on the Athlete's chosen... Jessica Judd Its way too early to say where her career might go in the long run. Injury and illness can strike at any moment - all I hope for her in 2013 is that she enjoys her athletics and achieves a ...

Happy New Year all...

I haven't posted anything since the summer ....so...

Saw this on the BBC website. Steve Cram offering his suggestions for athletes to watch in 2013.

A very exciting handful ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/20658509

One of the most notable outcomes of London 2012, in my humble view, was the long and glorious list of success amongst Team GB's female competitors. Indeed it wasn't just gold medals (or indeed track and field) that leads me to this conclusion - ( one of my favourite moments of the entire Olympics wa...

Well... I think it is a very sensible idea, by Hazel, to consider another sport and I am sure that she will get the support from elite levels of other sports to give it a bash... As I have said before Ms. Hazel is not large in stature but has a big heart and that competitive nature could see her suc...