AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

AW has been the bible of the sport since the 1940s and is still the No.1 choice for the true running and athletics fan, designed to keep you informed about all the best news, comment, event reports and results from Britain and around the world. In the summer AW offers the very best in-depth coverage of the track and field season focusing not only on the major championships, such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships, but also the best in schools and grassroots club athletics. The spring and autumn seasons concentrate on road racing, including the big events such as the Great North Run and Virgin Money London Marathon, while the long winter campaign looks toward the cross country season and the exciting indoor scene. Alongside our unrivalled coverage of all the top events, AW also offers a sharp and detailed news service focusing on elite and up-and-coming athletes and the issues which rage within the sport. We provide all the important fixtures as well as the most comprehensive service of results from around Britain and the rest of the world. AW provides detailed features focusing on the top names in the sport as well as its highly regarded coaching, performance and nutritional advice, product reviews and plenty of debate and opinions via our popular letters column and web forum. Make sure you get AW to keep up-to-date with the sport’s latest.

MAKING HIS MARK

AW - Athletics Weekly Magazine

TAKING OVER THE CITY

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS • A look back at some of the biggest news and best performances of recent weeks

ROLL OUT THE WELCOME MAT • In 2024, former BBC producer John Evans was tempted back to watch the sport in which he worked for many years. He gives his thoughts on what it's like as a paying punter at an athletics meeting - and suggests some changes that could pay off

JAMES McILROY MY GREATEST RACE • Toward the end of a campaign that saw him reach the World Championships semi-finals in Helsinki, the Northern Irishman set a personal best in Italy behind Wilfred Bungei of Kenya, all thanks to copying the playbook of the sprinters under his coach Tony Lester

FEAR AND LOATHING • British international athlete Verity Ockenden writes about a traumatic experience on a recent training run that underlined the safety issues female athletes still have to face

A LIFE IN PICTURES • After a remarkable 62 years of photographing athletics, Mark Shearman is moving into retirement. Euan Crumley considers an incredible career that has chronicled the sport, while the man himself selects a few of his favourite images

Coming of age • As she announces her retirement, Jodie Williams reflects with Jasmine Collett about the challenges of making the step up to being a senior athlete and explains why she wants to help others navigate that path more easily

'I'm ready to walk away' • Jessie Knight has wasted little time in leaving athletics behind to make the full-time switch to teaching. As she tells Ben Bloom, it was an easy decision to make after achieving Olympic redemption in Paris

THE RESULTS ARE IN… • With the votes all counted, we present your 2024 AW Readers' Choice Awards winners

THE RESULTS ARE IN… • With the votes all counted, we present your 2024 AW Readers' Choice Awards winners

Man of the moment • Mondo Duplantis has experienced a year of success and personal highlights, but he produced one athletic instant during the past 12 months that will endure. He talks Euan Crumley through what went into an Olympic triumph of pure skill and sporting theatre

The weight of gold • After success at the World Indoor Championships, Julien Alfred struggled to deal with the expectations placed upon her by success. She talks to Euan Crumley about how she set about equipping herself to be able to win...