Spring 1999 - British Milers Club

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 45BMCNEWSOfficial Journal of theBritish Milers’ ClubVOLUME 3 ISSUE 7SPRING 1999 £10.00Paula RadcliffebreaksCommonwealth10,000m record

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 2The British Milers’ Clubsponsored by NIKEFounded 1963BMC VISION 2000Òto strive to win all four middle distance gold medals for Britain in the 2000Olympics and at each successive gamesÓOFFICERSPresidentLt Col Glen GrantChairmanDr Norman PooleVice Chairmen Maureen SmithMatthew Fraser MoatNational Secretary Peter Thompson,PO Box 34, Tewkesbury, GL20 5YFTreasurerPat Fitzgerald, 47 Station Road,Cowley, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3ABMembership Secretary William Anderson, 49 Paulsgrove Road,North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO2 7HPNational Committee Frank Horwill, BMC Founder 1963,Tim Brennan, Val Brandon, Liam Cain,Ian Chalk, Peter Coe, Mike Down,David Iszatt, Steve Mosley, Philip OÕDell,and all Race Organisers.Honorary Auditor Mike RezinRACE ORGANISERS1999 BMC NIKE GRAND PRIXBMC Directors Tim Brennan 01628 415748Steve Mosley 01222 3067331999 BA ENDURANCE INITIATIVEBMC Director Mike Down 0117 973 34071999 GOLD STANDARD MEETINGSStretford Mike Harris 0161 499 1901Watford Tim Brennan (Men) 01628 415748Pat Fitzgerald (Women) 01895 234211Loughborough George Gandy 01509 2301761999 REGIONAL SECRETARIESScotland Brian McAusland 01567 830331Wales Steve Mosley 01222 306733Northern Ireland Malcolm McCausland 01504 349212East Philip OÕDell 01234 852038Midlands Maurice Millington 0121 353 8273Steve Edmonds 0121 561 4399North East Phil Hayes 01207 570161North West Mike Harris 0161 775 0719South West Mike Down 0117 973 3407Chris Coleman (Cornwall) 01736 740616Southern Counties Ray Thompson (Rosenheim) 01737 554450John Sullivan (Finsbury Pk) 0171 790 1961Dave Arnold (Tonbridge) 01732 355539Chris Carter (Brighton) 01273 503446JOURNALBMC News is published twice yearly in April and November by the BritishMilersÕ Club. BMC News is distributed free to all members. Non-members cansubscribe for £20 per annum.BMC News Editor Matthew Fraser Moat,Ripple Court, Ripple, Deal, Kent, CT14 8HX.Technical Editors Peter Thompson and Frank HorwillAll material published in BMC News is copyright of the British MilersÕ Clubexcept where articles have been reproduced from other sources and a credit hasbeen given. We request an acknowledgement for any material reproduced fromthis journal.The training articles expressed in this journal do not necessarily reflect theopinions of the National Committee. They are published as part of the BMCÕspolicy of a liberal approach to diverse training theories.MEMBERSHIPMembership is limited to athletes who have achieved the required qualifyingtimes, and to Coaches. Associate membership is granted to those possessingspecial qualifications likely to benefit the club.Members receive the BMC News twice a year. They are eligible for reducedentry fees to BMC races and courses, preference in BMC race-seeding and travelexpenses to certain BMC races. Members are eligible to wear the BMC ÒWhiteÓVest. Members with the BMC ÒGoldÓ Standard are eligible to wear the BMCÒGoldÓ Vest.All applications to join the BMC should be sent to the Membership Secretarywith a cheque for £25 (£30 overseas) stating vest size and enclosing an A4 SAE.Annual subscriptions of £15 (overseas £20) are due 1st January each year andshould be sent to the Treasurer.MERCHANDISEBMC vests (gold/white - S/M/L/XL - £10), BMC T-shirts (S/M/L/XL - £10) andBMC ties (£5) are available from the membership secretary. William Anderson.Back issues of BMC News (£2.50 each) are available from the Treasurer, PatFitzgerald. Please make all cheques payable to ÒThe British MilersÕ ClubÓ andenclose an A4 SAE.INTERNETBMC Web SiteBMC E-mailhttp://www.british-athletics.co.uk/bmc/bmc@british-athletics.co.ukTRAININGPageDave Moorcroft - analysis of a champion Norman Poole 6 - 12The Evolution of Women s 800m Frank Horwill 24 - 25Horses for Courses Mike Gratton 27Running with Steve - a retrospective Matt Patterson 30 - 31The Dunn Test Lindsay Dunn 33Pulse Rates related to VO2max Frank Horwill 33SPECIAL FEATURESIAAF Code of Ethics for Coaches Peter Thompson 16 - 181998 Sub 4 Register Bob Sparks 19Focus on the Future Tony Ward 20 - 21All Time Women s Statistics Matthew Fraser Moat 26Sub 4 Best Marks by Venue Bob Sparks 28 - 29IAAF Standard format for training Peter Thompson 321998 Endurance Initiative Report Mike Down 34 - 35BMC Constitution 1998 AGM 42 - 43REGULAR FEATURESChairman s Notes 3BMC National News 3 - 5BMC Senior Records 51998 UK Merit Rankings 13 - 15BMC Junior Records 20Your Letters 22 - 23BMC All-Time Rankings 36 - 401999 BMC Fixtures 41Cover picture by AllsportContents ....BMC QUALIFYING TIMES(from 1st January 1999)MEMBERSHIP Entry Standard800m 1,500m 3,000m 5,000mSenior Men 1:56.0 3:56.0 8:30.0 14:45.0Under 17 2:10.0 4:30.0 n/a n/aVeterans 2:10.0 4:30.0 n/a n/aSenior Women 2:20.0 4:45.0 10:15.0 18:00.0Under 17 2:25.0 5:00.0 n/a n/aVeterans 2:25.0 5:00.0 n/a n/aGOLD StandardMen 1:52.0 3:49.0 n/a n/aWomen 2:12.0 4:30.0 n/a n/a(the Gold Standard times were the BMC membership times prior to 1995)ELITE StandardMen 1:49.0 3:43.0 n/a n/aWomen 2:05.0 4:20.0 n/a n/a(the Elite Standard times are how we judge the success of Vision 2000).2BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 3BMC News....News....News....CHAIRMAN’S NOTESby Dr Norman PooleWe have witnessed a number of fine British endurance performancesthis winter both indoors and particularly over the country.Congratulations to Jon Brown and Paula Radcliffe for further consolidatingtheir world class status and also to those athletes who have made amajor breakthrough this winter, athletes such as Eddie King, AmyWaterlow, Sam Haughian and David Heath. It is such breakthroughs whichwe all hope will be reflected in performances on the track this summer.As we are all aware, the BMC has continued to develop itsrelationship with PAS whilst maintaining its strong identity. Forexample, although we strive to aid the athletic journey of our topathletes, the BMC remains committed to all athlete and coachmembers. As such we continue to organise training and educationalevents throughout the UK and the most recent, a training dayorganised by Chris Coleman and Frank Horwill in Redruth,Cornwall, was particularly well rewarded by the attendance of 40enthusiastic athletes and coaches.Although new training ideas are always welcome it is the tried andtested methods that will always prove to be more popular with ourmembers. Consequently a number of articles on our former ÒgreatsÓ andtheir training will be appearing in this and in future issues of the BMCNews. We start in this issue with Ovett and Moorcroft. Their pbs are stillworld class today and Dave Moorcroft remains the UK record holder at5,000m.These athletes, and indeed most of our ÒgreatsÓ developed their careerswith a commitment to a long term relationship with their coaches. Thearticle in this issue on the Code of Ethics for Athletes and Coaches isconcerned with an ingredient for athlete success which is rarely discussed.This is the mutual respect and responsibility which must be equally sharedbetween athlete and coach.To all of our member athletes and coaches I wish you successthis summer and look forward to meeting up with you at our BMCcompetitions.BMC NIKE GRAND PRIXThe 1999 BMC NIKE Grand Prix will onceagain be run on similar lines to previous years.The Grand Prix meetings are:Wed 9th June Wythenshawe GPWed 23rd June Watford GPWed 14th July Solihull GPWed 4th Aug Cardiff GPSat 21st Aug Glasgow FinalThere are three Grand Prix categories, Men,Women and overall, covering 800m, 1,500m and1 Mile.There will be four Grand Prix meetings and aGrand Prix Final.At each GP meeting there will be four events,M800, W800, M1500, W1500. At the GrandPrix Final, the 1,500m will be replaced by a Mile.The overall prizes in the combined menÕs andwomenÕs Grand Prix are: first £1,000, second£600, third £400, fourth £200, and fifth £100.There will be total prize money of £250 foreach event at each meeting - first prize being£100, second £75, third £50 and 4th £25. Anathlete that wins events at all five rounds of theGrand Prix could therefore win £1,500.In addition, a bonus of £100 will be paid to anyBMC member who breaks and still holds theBMC membersÕ record at the end of the season,with a winning performance at a BMC NIKEGrand Prix Meeting.GRAND PRIX SCORINGPoints can be scored at any distance in the fourBMC NIKE Grand Prix meetings and the final,the best four meeting scores counting towardsthe overall menÕs and womenÕs Grand Prix. Anathlete may also include one score from a BAEndurance Initiative race that takes place at aBMC NIKE Grand Prix meeting.The points system will be the same as last year.Equal points will be available for ÒtimeÓ andÒpositionÓ, 21pts being the notional maximumfor each category.First place will count 20 points, 2nd place 19points, 3rd place 18 points down to 1 point for20th place. ÒPositionsÓ will be decided on time,taking all races in account, but the winner of anyrace, ÔAÕ, ÔBÕ, ÔCÕ etc., will get a 1 point bonus.ÒTimeÓ points will be awarded as follows:21pts step 1ptM800 1:46.0 1/2 sec 1:56.0W800 2:00.0 1 sec 2:20.0M1500 3:36.0 1 sec 3:56.0W1500 4:05.0 2 secs 4:45.0M Mile 3:54.0 1 sec 4:14.0W Mile 4:25.0 2 secs 5:05.0The Ò21 points levelÓ is approx. world Top 50standard and the Ò1 point levelÓ is our BMCentry standard. Times will be rounded ÒdownÓto the ÒstepÓ below that time, thus an 800m in1:47.7 would score 17 points and 1:55.7 wouldscore 1 pt.GRAND PRIX ENTRIESAll BMC Members are eligible and encouragedto enter the BMC NIKE Grand Prix, and areencouraged to vary their events. Athletes areasked to register with the meeting organiser 8days before the event. As start-lists and seedingwill be done 72 hours before the meeting, GrandPrix entries will not be accepted on the day.Entry fees for members are £2 per race. Nonmembersand members behind with theirsubscriptions will be allowed to run but theirentry fee will be £7 per race. Non-members arenot eligible to win a prize in any of the overallGrand Prix categories.Limited overseas athletes are encouraged torun - care will be exercised to ensure that theyÒenhanceÓ rather than ÒdistortÓ the meeting.Overseas athletes are eligible to join the BMC asAssociate Members.GRAND PRIX SEEDINGRace seeding will be done by the meetingorganiser in conjunction with the BMCCommittee. In case of dispute, current BMCmerit rankings will be used.Promising U23 athletes will be given priorityin the seeding and any athlete that wins the ÔBÕrace in a BMC NIKE Grand Prix meeting will begiven the option to run in the ÔAÕ race in the nextround.Members who are behind with their subscriptionsare unlikely to get priority in the seeding!LONDON MARATHON ENDURANCEINITIATIVENorman Brook has asked Mike Down to coordinatethe race programme for the EnduranceInitiative, working mainly within our BMC raceprogramme.The LMEI Grand Prix will therefore be heldduring the following meetings:Wed 9th June Wythenshawe GPWed 23rd June Watford GPWed 14th July Solihull GPWed 4th Aug Cardiff GPPoints will be scored on the same basis as theBMC National Grand Prix. as follows:21pts step 1ptM3000 7:40.0 2 1 /2 secs 8:30.0W3000 8:50.0 5 secs 10:30.0M5000 13:20.0 5 secs 15:00.0W5000 15:00.0 10 secs 18:20.0M10000 27:40.0 10 secs 31:00.0W10000 31:40.0 20 secs 38:20.0BMC News : Spring 1999 3

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 4NIKE to sponsor the BMC ...GRAND PRIX FINALThe BMC NIKE Grand Prix Final will be held atGlasgow on Saturday 21st August. Events willbe 800m and one Mile and points can be scoredtowards the overall BMC NIKE Grand Prix inthe same way as other rounds. To qualify for theÔAÕ race in your chosen event, you should be:i in the Top 10 of the overall Grand Prixiistandings after the 4th meeting, orhave won an ÔAÕ race at any of the previousGrand Prix meetings.oriii have run a BMC ÒEliteÓ (see page 2)standard in that event at any of the previousGrand Prix meetingsRemaining places in the ÒAÓ races will bedecided on the current national rankings. It ishighly likely that, like last year, the Grand PrixFinal will incorporate the BMC Championships.OVERALL RACE PROGRAMMEOur 1999 Race Programme is designed to buildon the successes of last year and will be onceagain in three tiers:i BMC NIKE Grand Prix;ii BMC Gold Standard Meetings;iii BMC Regional RacesFollowing on from their successful launch in1997, in addition to the above the BMC arecontinuing their two series of invitation races:i BMC ÒMile of MilesÓ;ii BMC ÒRecord BreakersÓ.For further details see below.GOLD STANDARD MEETINGSPut on in conjunction with the promoting clubs,these meetings take place every two or threeweeks to provide high class races in preparationfor championships and the BMC NIKE GrandPrix. These meetings are open to all members butBMC Gold Standard members, i.e. sub1:52/3:49/ 2:12/4:30, will find the ÔAÕraces pacedappropriately.Stretford Mike Harris 0161 775 0719Watford Tim Brennan 01628 415748Pat Fitzgerald 01895 234211Loughborough George Gandy 01509 230176These meetings will always include highquality 3k races. The Stretford races will alsoinclude 1,500m and 2,000m steeplechases.REGIONAL RACESFor BMC members, i.e. sub 1:56/3:56/2:20/4:45(M800/M1500/W800/W1500) athletes, pacedBMC races will take place at the followingvenues:Rosenheim Lg. Ray Thompson 01737 554450Finsbury Park John Sullivan 0171 790 1961Woodford Green John Sullivan 0171 790 1961Sutcliffe Park Ron Allison 0181 858 9380Midlands Steve Edmonds 0121 561 4399North East Phil Hayes 01207 570161East Philip O Dell 01234 852038Cornwall Chris Coleman 01736 740616Wales Steve Mosley 01222 306733Scotland Brian McAusland01567 830331N Ireland Malcolm McCausland 01504 349212BMC MILE OF MILESLocal sponsors have provided prize money forMile races in the ÒMile of MilesÓ includingbonuses for performances under 4:00 (men) and4:40 (women).15th August Mile Carn Brea28th August Mile South West29th August Mile South West30th August Mile South WestThe BMC will put up further prize money of£100 for U23s and juniors, male and female, forthe most wins (in their own age group)throughout the summer.BMC RECORD BREAKERSThe ÒRecord BreakersÓ series will attempt to setnew BMC Records as follows:4th April 2,000m Carn Brea8th August 800m BrightonOther events may be added at short noticewithin the Watford and Stretford meetings ifathletes so request. Prize money of £100 will beawarded for each race where a new BMCmembersÕ record is set, provided that the recordstill stands at the end of the season.MenÕs records are currently:M600 1:17.8 Andrew Hart 1998M1000 2:19.4 Andrew Hart 1997M1200 2:57.0 Paul Williams 1978M2000 5:11.0 Walter Wilkinson 1972M4000 11:03.2 Rob Whalley 1998WomenÕs records are:W600 1:29.4 Linda Staines 1997W1000 2:44.9 Jo White 1980W1200 3:23.4 Christine Ward 1977W2000 6:12.4mx Dianne Henaghan 1998It is recognised that some of these records areÒsoftÓ and therefore the £100 will be splitbetween all athletes that record a time inside themark listed above. To enter, please register withMatthew Fraser Moat on 01304 379777 or thelocal race organiser.BMC CHAMPIONSHIPSAs in 1998 it has regrettably not yet provedpossible to find a suitable weekend date to holdthe BMC Championships in a heats and finalsformat in 1999. If a suitable date emerges,members will be informed by letter, but at themoment BMC Champions for 1999 will be theathletes who set the fastest times in the 800m andMile races at the Grand Prix Final in Glasgow.1999 NATIONAL TRAINING DAYIt is intended to hold this in October 1999. Forfurther details please contact Frank Horwill on0171 515 3472.NATIONAL ENDURANCE WEEKENDThe seventh National Endurance Weekend willtake place in November, venue TBA. Forfurther details please contact Normal Poole on0161 980 8358.1999 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING& CONGRESSThis will be held in the autumn, probably inconjunction with one of the above events. Forfurther details please contact Peter Thompson on0131 317 7320.BMC E-MAILING LISTTo receive news of BMC events and full BMCresults as they happen throughout the summer,BMC members on E-mail can join the BMCMailing List. To subscribe to this free of chargeservice please send an e-mail to Matthew FraserMoat at mfm@fmconsultants.telme.com.1999 SUBSCRIPTIONSThe 1999 AGM increased subscriptions by £5from the 1999 season to ensure financial stabilityof the clubÕs administrative operations.Subscriptions at the increased rate were dueon 1st January 1999. If you have not alreadypaid by standing order or direct debit, pleasecould you send your cheque for £15 (£20overseas) made payable to the BMC, togetherwith any change of address, to the BMCTreasurer Pat Fitzgerald.RECOMMENDED INTERNET SITESi. http://www.british-athletics.co.uk/bmc/ - our ownBMC site which now gets about 2,000 hits amonth.ii. http://www.ukathletics.org/ - the new official website for UK Athletics.iii. http://www.british-athletics.co.uk/ - the unofficialweb site for British Athletics, hosted by C.Zacharides.iv. http://tilastopaja.vservers.com/ - Mirko Jalava ssite - the best site for ranking lists as the seasonprogresses.v. http://www.hkkk.fi/~niininen/athl.html - Petri4BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 5into the new millenniumNiininen s site lists world junior records andnational records.vi. http://personal.computrain.nl/eric/m800/ - EricRoosendaal s site which lists men s 800mstatistics.vii. http://usuarios.iponet.es/acarras/athletics/ -1500.html - Antonio Carrasco s site which listsmen s 1,500m statisticsviii. http://www.algonet.se/~pela2/index.html - PeterLarsson s site which lists all-time track and fieldperformances.ix. http://members.aol.com/trackceo/index.html -Ken Stone s Masters Track & Field site.x. http://wso.williams.edu/listserv/tfselect/ - holdsthe archives from the track & field mailing list.xi. http://members.aol.com/WelshAths/ - theunofficial site for Welsh Athleticsxii. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jhscholes/ - the site for Trafford AC and our racesat Stretfordxiii. http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~rsparks/ - BobSpark s Web Site contains all British Recordsand houses the Association of Track and FieldStatisticians (ATFS) home-page.xiv. http://public.logica.com/~grosetim/runtrack.htm -Tim Grose s UK Running Track Directory.xv. http://www.2000athletics.penrith.net.au - Sydney2000 Track & Field Training SiteRECOMMENDED SERVICESi. Leisure Pursuits Group, for warm-weathertraining trips. Telephone 01256 471016.ii. Body Language II, custom competition andtraining apparel for clubs and individuals.Contact Lesley Graysmark on 01452 619486.iii. Athletics International, for the best coverage ofinternational results. Write to Mel Watman, 13Garden Court, Marsh Lane, Stanmore,Middlesex HA7 4TE.iv. Peak Performance, a technical athletics journal.Write to Peak Performance, 1st Floor, 5Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, LondonEC1B 1HH.v. Ultrafit Magazine, a bi-monthly journal on allaspects of fitness. Write to Simone Kiburn,Ultrafit Magazine, Champions House, 5 PrincesStreet, Penzance TR18 2NL, phone 0l73650204.vi. Sports Tours International, for warm-weathertraining trips. Write to Vince Regan, Sports ToursInternational, 91 Walkden Road, Walkden,Worsley, M28 5DQ or phone 0161 703 8161.vii. Len Lewis, for an excellent second-hand, noobligation,book-search service. Please ringany evening 01938 552023 or write to LenLewis, 3 Aubet Drive, Guilsfield, Welshpool,Powys, SY21 9LX.viii. Phil Young, Sports and Clinical MassageTherapist. Massage threrapist who attended theBMC Warm Weather Training camp in Portugal.Highly recommended by the athletes he treated.Based in the Oxfordshire area. Contact: 01235832663, mobile 07775 944726NEXT ISSUEThe next issue of the BMC News will be publishedin November 1999. Please send all articles toMatthew Fraser Moat, Ripple Court, Ripple, Deal,Kent CT14 8HX by 31st August 1999.British Milers’ Club Records (as at 1st May 1999)BMC Members’ Record “BMC Record” BMC Club Recordby a paid-up BMC member by anyone by a paid-up BMC memberin a BMC race in a BMC race in any race world-wideMenM600 1:17.8 Andrew Hart 1998 1:17.8 Andrew Hart 1998 1:15.0+ Seb Coe 1981M800 1:46.7 James McIlroy IRE 1998 1:45.2 * Patrick Ndururi KEN 1997 1:41.73 Seb Coe 1981M1000 2:19.4 Andrew Hart 1997 2:19.4 Andrew Hart 1997 2:12.18 Seb Coe 1981M1500 3:37.5 Anthony Whiteman 1997 3:37.5 Anthony Whiteman 1997 3:29.77 Seb Coe 1986M Mile 3:56.35 Anthony Whiteman 1996 3:56.35 Anthony Whiteman 1996 3:47.33 Seb Coe 1981M2000 5:11.0 Walter Wilkinson 1972 5:11.0 Walter Wilkinson 1972 4:53.06 Jack Buckner 1987M3000 7:51.4 Rob Whalley 1997 7:51.4 Rob Whalley 1997 7:32.79 David Moorcroft 1982M 2 Mile 8:34.5 Ian Gillespie 1997 8:34.5 Ian Gillespie 1997 8:13.51 Steve Ovett 1978M4000 11:03.2 Rob Whalley 1998 11:03.2 Rob Whalley 1998 10:28.7+ David Moorcroft 1982M5000 13:41.08 Rob Whalley 1997 13:28.6 * Mizan Mehare U20 ETH 1998 13:00.41 David Moorcroft 1982M10000 29:49.2 John Lisiewicz 1994 29:32.8 * David Taylor 1997 27:30.3 Brendan Foster 1978M3000SC 8:43.36 Craig Wheeler 1998 8:38.5 Sammy Nyamongo KEN 1998 8:18.91 Roger Hackney 1988WomenW600 1:29.4 Linda Staines 1997 1:29.4 Linda Staines 1997 1:26.5 Kirsty Wade 1985W800 2:01.93 Diane Modahl 1998 2:00.7 * Shireen Bailey 1985 1:57.14 Kelly Holmes 1997W1000 2:44.9 Jo White 1980 2:44.9 Jo White 1980 2:32.55 Kelly Holmes 1997W1500 4:10.7mx Sonya Bowyer 1996 4:10.7mx Sonya Bowyer 1996 3:58.07 Kelly Holmes 1997W Mile 4:30.77 Joanne Pavey 1997 4:30.77 Joanne Pavey 1997 4:19.41 Kirsty Wade 1985W2000 6:12.4mx Dianne Henaghan 1998 6:12.4mx Dianne Henaghan 1998 5:37.00 Christine Benning 1984W3000 8:58.2x Joanne Pavey 1998 8:58.2x Joanne Pavey 1998 8:37.06 Wendy Sly 1983W5000 15:50.59 Angela Davies 1998 15:47.9 * Andrea Wallace 1990 14:51.27 Paula Radcliffe 1998W10000 34:44.9 Heather Heasman 1997 33:33.7 * Theresa Duffy IRE 1997 30:40.70 Paula Radcliffe 1999* denotes non-memberBMC News : Spring 1999 5

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 6Dave Moorcroft - analysis of a championAn analysis of his training by Norman PooleIntroductionDavid Moorcroft was a consistent world classathlete over 1500m and 5000m during themid-1970s and 80s. During this time he won anumber of medals at major games on the trackand was equally proficient with his performancesover the roads, country and indoors. Inthis sense he was an all-round performer andone of the few to successfully bridge thetransition from world class 1500m to worldclass 5000m performances.At the peak of his athletic powers, in 1982,David broke the world 5000m record in Oslowith a time of 13:00.41 and set his best evertimes for 800m, one mile, 1500m and 3000m.As is the case for a number of his contemporaries,he would surely have offered the sporteven more great performances but for injuries.David has always remained an active athleteand retained his renowned enthusiasm forathletic challenge. This was highlighted in1993 when he set a vetsÕ world record of 4:02for one mile.During April of 1994 I first began to discusshis career and training methods with him andthen studied his training diaries in which hemeticulously recorded all of the training heperformed. Although his diaries start in 1966,when he was aged 13, and continue to thepresent day, I concentrated on the period 1966to 1982 when David broke the world 5000mrecord. For me this was a fascinating opportunityto gain a detailed insight into the developmentof an inexperienced young athletethrough to world class 1500m performer andon to a world record-holder over 5000m. Ithen went on to study DavidÕs training duringhis build-up to the vetsÕworld one mile record.Since May 1969, when he was 16 years ofage, David has been coached and advised byJohn Anderson who has planned and devisedall of his training. On a number of occasionsduring 1994-5 I met with John to discussDavidÕs career and training, to moreaccurately interpret his methods and present asummary of his approach and philosophy totraining/ coaching world class middle distanceathletes.The early yearsDavid first started to run competitively atschool in 1964 and joined Coventry GodivaHarriers later the same year. His club werevery orientated towards road and cross countryand were very much endurance based. Suchnotable distance stars as Basil Heatley, BillAdcocks, Juan and Dick Taylor werecompeting for Coventry Godiva at this timeand a particularly inspiring moment for theyoung David Moorcroft was the silver medalperformance won by Basil Heatley in the 1964Tokyo Olympic Games marathon.Understandablyat this stage of hiscareer DavidÕs ambitionswere to followin the footstepsof Heatley and be amarathoner. Theearly years of DavidÕscompetitiveexperience were atcross country with the track season viewedalmost as an incidental of minor importancebetween cross country seasons.Coached by Reg Payne from 1964-66 andMick Crossfield from 1967-69, Dave ran only4-5 days per week and rarely above 25miles/week until 1968. Most of these trainingsessions were steady runs or fartlek and theoccasional hill session; with very littleexperience, either in training or competition,on the track. During these early years themajor aim for his cross country season was theEnglish National Schools Championships,where he finished 86th in 1966 and a highlycreditable fifth in 1967, both at junior level.During 1968, weekly training was consistentlyabove 25 miles/week but no particular consistencyor great improvement in race performancewas forthcoming.During these embryonic stages of hisathletics career David, as previouslymentioned, rarely ventured on to the track.During 1968 and the early stages of 1969,David realised that he had to increase considerablythe volume of his training if he were toimprove and realise his athletic ambitions.Table 1Sunday (1/11/70)12 miles steadyMonday am 5 1 /2 miles easypm 3 1 /2 miles steadyTuesday am 30 mins fartlekpm 3x220yds + 2x330yds + 660yds +2x330yds3x220yds(recoveries not recorded)Wednesday am 5 miles easypm 4x660yds + 6x150yds(recoveries not recorded)Thursday am 30 mins fartlekpm 30x220yds(recoveries not recorded)FridayRestSaturday Race Birmingham League Cross Country3 miles, Youths. Position 1st.Weekly mileage 48 approx.6BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 7Dave Moorcroft - analysis of a championMick Crossfield, knowing that a greatercoaching experience was required,approached John Anderson, the NationalAthletics Coach for Scotland and coach to theCoventry based middle distance internationalSheila Carey, to help David.John, initially reluctant to coach a youngathlete who lived geographically remote fromhim, started to advise David by correspondencein May 1969. He immediately introducedan increase in weekly training mileageto 32 miles, interval training at a higherintensity level than David had previouslyexperienced, speed work and a clearerstructure to the monthly development oftraining. It is interesting to note that in May1969, aged 16 years, David had written in histraining diary that he was 5ft 6 5/8Ó tall andweighed 8 1 /2 stone.In fig 1 I have plotted the average weeklytraining mileages performed by David duringeach winter season November-March from1965/6 to 1981/2. I have also shown theaverage value for the most critical period, as faras a forthcoming track season is involved, fromJanuary-March inclusive. JohnÕs impact ontraining mileages is demonstrated by thedramatic increase from 25-30 miles/weekduring the winter of 1969-70 to that of close to50 miles/week the following year when Davidwas aged 17 years. David was obviouslycapable of handling this increase and demonstrateda greater consistency in his racingperformances for the first time. Atypical weekÕstraining in this period is given in table 1.David was introduced to training twice perday for the first time during the winter of1970-71. Although training at this timeemphasises the endurance elements of basicwinter work, it also reflects one of JohnAndersonÕs key practices of includingpractical elements of running at various speedsin an individual week regardless of the season.In the given example from November 1970 wecan see interval sessions in the 1500-3000mpace range built upon an endurance base.In Fig 2 I have plotted the annual progress inDavidÕs personal best performances from 1965to 1982. It is interesting to note the largeimprovement in 800m and 1500m personalbest in 1971 which followed the first majorincrease in winter training mileages. Otherfeatures of these curves will be examined later.It was during the early part of the summer of1971 that John first began to lay down thefoundations of track training which Davidwould establish over the coming years.Overleaf I havegiven a typical twoweek period oftraining duringApril/ May (seetable 2).As can be seenfrom this trainingDavid continued tocarry certainendurance elementsof training into theearly stages of thesummer season.This was coupledwith a greater rangeof pace workparticularly in therange 400-1500m.It was also apparentand confirmed forthe first time in hisearly career thatDavid had internationalpotentialover 5000m fromhis excellent resultin the NationalRoad Relay afterjust passing his18th birthday.In Figs 3 and 4 Ihave plotted thenumber of competi-BMC News : Spring 1999 7

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 8Dave Moorcroft - analysis of a championtions which David experienced during 1966-82 and the corresponding number of days inwhich no training was performed during themajor seasons January-mid April, and midApril-mid September and mid September toend December. It is interesting to note thatDavid experienced an average of 46 competitionsper year, or almost one per week, duringthe years 1966-73 when he was aged 13-20years. It was this relatively high number ofcompetitions which enabled David to learn thecraft of racing and to develop and focus hiscompetitive mind when it mattered. From theage of 15 years onward, approximately 50 percent of these competitions were run duringsummer months mid April-mid September.Many of these low key local meetings andleague matches or school competitions, whichwere utilised as competitive training sessions,were won by David.In terms of the number of days with notraining, Fig 4 exhibits a number of interestingfeatures. During the period 1966-69 inclusive,most of these ÔlostÕ days were deliberatelydesigned into the training schedule of theyoung Moorcroft. From 1970 onward thegreater number of training days proposed byJohn Anderson are immediately obvious.Similarly, serious losses of training due toinjury and illness, as in 1977, are alsoapparent.PeriodisationDuring the period 1964-May 69 as has beenpreviously mentioned DavidÕs main focus ofattention was the major Area and Nationalschools/clubs cross0country Championships.From may 1969 John reorientated DavidÕsmajor aims towards the national Schools andClubs track Championships held during theSummer months. Winter cross-countryChampionships were viewed more as a guideto Winter endurance progress than as a majoraim. Since John AndersonÕs training methodsalso involved elements of ãqualityÕ workduring these Winter months David also oftencompeted indoors and outdoors in Australiaand New Zealand, once again the indoorseason was never seen as a major aim.As a senior athlete therefore DavidMoorcroft could be seen in principle to adopta single periodised year with his main aim tobe at a peak of fitness for the National and anyother major Summer track Championshipswhich may occur. Each year, apart from thosewhere a Commonwealth Championshipoccurred during a British Winter, could be splitinto 5 major periods. These are given below inapproximate terms and would be adjusted totake account of previous injuries, andassociated training loss, and the dates of majorChampionships.Period 1November-December (8 weeks) EnduranceDevelopmentEach year after a rest and recovery periodduring late September and October Davidwould gradually increase weekly trainingmileages from early November to a maximumof 70-80mls by late December. This wouldusually consist of steady running, 1 or 2 fartleksessions per week and between 2 and 3 lowkey races during this 8 week period. Davidwas at no stage approaching maximum weeklymileages during this period and consequentlyvery few rest days were required.Period 2January-March (13 weeks) EnduranceConsolidationDuring this period of Wintertraining maximum weeklymileages would be increased to therange of 90-100mls. This level oftraining was usually maintainedfor blocks of 3-5 weeks beforetaking a 1 week recovery/rejuvenationbreak. During this easierweek training mileages would bereduced to the range of 50-70mlsto meet DavidÕs specific recoveryrequirements at that time. A typicaltraining week for this period ofapprox. 100mls is given in table 3.It is immediately obvious from thetable that DavidÕs training duringJan-March is highly orientatedtowards the development of asound aerobic/endurance basewith the bulk of his mileagecovered at sub-maximal aerobicpace. Over the years David andJohn experimented with the paceof the evening steady runs.increasing the pace and thereforethe fatigue levels meant reducingthe distance run. Reducing thepace did allow greater mileages to8BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 9Dave Moorcroft - analysis of a championbe run but for David there was also a diminishedtraining effect. When coupled with thetwo quality track sessions shown both Davidand John determined that the optimum pacefor the steady runs was as shown. Davidactually stated that he avoided performingsteady training runs with certain athletessimply because they ran much more quickly.ãWhat worked for them did not necessarilywork for me and vice-versaÒ.As previously mentioned one of the unusualfeatures of DavidÕs training st this time of theyear was 100mpw coupled with two speedendurance track sessions at a speed slightlyslower and slightly faster than 1500m r racepace. At this time occasional sessions of 8 x300m (3 mins recovery) in 38.5/42.5 were alsoperformed. The two track sessions shown, ie.4-5 x 1000m (7 mins recover) and 4 x 600m (3mins recovery) + 6 x 150. (90 secondsrecovery) are termed as key sessions by Davidand John. The standards of these sessionswould also give them an excellent guide toDavidÕs potential capabilities in various typesof middle distance competitions.Both athlete and coach found this level ofquality work overriding a significantfoundation of endurance as essential for anathlete who wishes to compete at internationallevel in track endurance and middle distanceevents. John believed that his athletes werebetter prepared for change of pace, or competitionswhich were fast in their early stages, byincorporating this mixture of 1500m pacework during the endurance consolidation stageof training ie. January-March, rather thanintroduce this element of quality work at alater pre-competition stage of thetraining cycle.During the 1970s John developedthe view that athletes who runslowly for long periods of time inthe absence of speed wouldultimately have a greater capacityfor running quickly if they practicedelements of speed trainingthroughout the year. Today John stillmaintains this view and hasextended his belief that all elementsof training should be incorporatedinto a training schedule to a greateror lesser extent throughout the year.David also preferred not to strayfar from such speed elements of histraining during the winter monthssince he regularly competed over1,500m indoors and over 1,500-Table 35,000m outdoors when he travelled overseas.Each year from 1977-1982 David spent severalweeks in Australia/New Zealand during theendurance consolidation period January-March. Although the main aim was to train inthe much warmer climate as previouslymentioned he did compete in the Australiansummer track meetings. These warm weathertrips of up to eight weeksin duration would incorporateas many as six trackcompetitions. Althoughprincipally 1,500m/1ml indistance David didoccasionally compete overthe 800m and 3,000mdistances during the years1977-1979. During theUK track seasons 1980-1982 David began toprepare and compete moreseriously over 5,000m. Itis important to note that hehad previously beensuccessful in his venturesat this distance during hiswinter visits to Australasiaof 1980-82, 3rd in 13:29.4and 1st in 13:29.1 and onecompetition in 1981 with a1st place in 13:36 and twowinning outings during1982 in 13:36 and 13:37.David obviously did notjust develop his 5,000mracing ability during therelatively short BritishTable 2season and his transition from 1,500m to5,000m racing can be seen as a gradual developmentover a number of years and seasons.As previously mentioned DavidÕs trainingwas adapted in principle to a single periodisedyear but the competitions in Australasia duringJanuary-March would suggest that it could beviewed as a double periodised system inSunday (25/4/71) 11 miles steadyMonday am 30 mins fartlekpm 5x500m hill climbsTuesday am 5 miles steadypm 4x600m (recoveries not recorded)in 87.7, 87.5, 89.5, 92.5 + 6x150mWednesday am 20 mins fartlekpm 6 miles fastThursday am 50 mins steadyFridayRestSaturdayRan short leg of National RoadRelay (3.1 miles) in 14:27 (the day sfastest time) and brought team from9th to 1stSunday20 mins fartlekMonday am 5 miles steadypm 6x6x110m on road(recoveries not recorded)Tuesday pm 1st in 800m race in 1:53.1Wednesday am 45 mins fartlekpm 4x600m + 6x150m(times and recoveries not recorded)Thursday am 4 miles fastpm 8x300m (recoveries not recorded)Friday am 3 miles easySaturday 1st in 800m race in 1:55.9Weekly training mileage: Week one: 50,Week two: 37.Distance Pace Distance Pace Type of sessionSunday 14mls 6mins+/ml 3mls 6mins+/1ml loosenerMonday 7mls 5m 50sec-6m/ml 4*600 1500 or faster speed endurance(5 min recovery) 86/88 sec800m jog change of pace speed under conditions(90 sec recovery) or aceleration of fatigueTuesday 7mls 6 mins+/ml 8mls 22 in 33 sec fartlek200 in 45 secWednesday 11mls 6-61/4 mins/ml 5mls 5 3/4 min/ml sub maximal aerobiccontinuous runThursday 7mls 6 mins+/ml 5-6*1000 slower than endurance(7 mins recovery) 1500 pace2:30/2:35Friday 10mls 6-6 mins+/ml 6mls 5-51/2 min/ml sub maximal aerobiccontinous runSaturday 4mls 6 mins+/ml 8mls 200 in 33 secs fartlek200 in 45 secsBMC News : Spring 1999 9

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 10Dave Moorcroft - analysis of a championpractice. Both David and Johnpointed out that although he wascompeting in track competitionsTable 4during January-March the training,aimed at a peak for a UK summerseason, was never compromised. SundayIf not competing overseas duringthe period January-March Davidpreferred to compete in crosscountryor indoor events every twoweeks. Cross-country competitionswere never viewed as a major aimby David or John but were used asmore of a useful measure of DavidÕsendurance capability and the moststrenuous form of competitiveendurance training. In March 1981David finished an outstanding 4th inthe National having arrived backfrom New Zealand only one weekbefore. As these results and the consistentlyhigh average training mileages performedduring January-March 1981-82 of Fig 1 show,David had developed his best ever consistentpre-season endurance training at this stage ofhis career. This is further confirmed by thecorresponding low number of training dayslost during this period as shown in Fig 4.David only significantly eased off histraining during January-March for such majordistance races as the English national crosscountrychamps in which his highest placingwas 2nd in 1976. This does suggest that he didrecover from his high training loads relativelyquickly although he does admit that occasionalpoor competition performances also infer thathe pushed too close to the limits of his capabilitiesat times.Period 3April - May (9 weeks) Pre-CompetitionTraining during this nine week pre-competitionperiod would normally consist of twomajor four week blocks of work separated byone week of easier running as similarlydescribed for period two. Mileage wasreduced to a maximum of 90mls/week andlow key competitions such as road relays andlocal club track races would be used every 1-2weeks. John AndersonÕs approach to trainingduring this period was for the quality or speedof the major track sessions during each fourweek block to show an improvement, i.e. theywere to be progressive.Due to the nature of these competitions it isincorrect to describe each week of training asPre-1981: Preparing principally for 1500m competitions, April-MayDistance Pace Distance Pace Type of session10-12mls 6mins+/mlMonday 5mls 6mins+/ml 5 mls 22 in 33 sec fartlek200 in 45 secTuesday 6mls 6 mins+/ml 8mls4*600 1500 pace speed endurance(5 mins recovery) 84-86 secsWednesday 6mls 6 mins/ml 5mls 5 3/4 -6 min/ml sub maximal aerobiccontinuous runThursday 6mls 6 mins+/ml 600 800 pace endurance(10 mins recovery) 78.5 800m maintenance300 400 pace36.1 400m maintenanceFriday 6mls 6 mins+/ml 5mls 6 min/ml endurancemaintenanceSaturday 9 mls 6 mins/ml endurancemaintenanceidentical but the following page illustrateswhat could be considered astypical when he was principally a1,500m runner.As can be seen from table 4 oftraining the 1,500m speed endurancesessions have now progressed interms of speed and 800/400msessions have been introduced. Sincethe 800m and 400m training volumesare not very high I have referred tothem as maintenance sessions.During this period David alsoregularly included another keysession of 3-4x 1,000m (7minsrecovery). the times performed forthese will also have progressed to2:26-2:28.It is significant and interesting tonote that if David was performing hismajor quality training sessions particularlyquickly John would occasionallyplan the following weeks trainingwithout track work. This he felt wasof importance if David was tomaintain his level of fitness throughoutthe forthcoming season.Although particularly stressfultrack work may have been removedfrom such "easier" weeks, the totaldistance run would still be maintainedat 80-90mls when preparingfor 1,500m, i.e. pre 1980/81 and 80-100mls thereafter.From 1980/81 onwards whenDavid was preparing for both 1,500mand 5,000m races, as opposed toTable 5Sunday am 7mls steady(11/4/82) pm 1) 4 x 600 (5 mins recovery)in 85, 83.8, 84, 83.82) 5mls steadyMonday am 10mls steadypm 5mls quite fastTuesday am 7mls steady (a bit tired)pm 6 x 1000 (7 mins recovery)relaxed times not recordedWednesday am 5mls steadypm 8mls fast (legs are heavy)Thursday am 5mls fastpm8 x 300 in 42.40 and then inside40 2mls warm down (reocveriesnot recorded)Friday am 7mls steady (feel weak)pm 9mls steady (still quite tired)Staurday am 8mls steadypm 5mls steady (pretty tired)Weekly mileage: 100 mlsSunday am 15mls steady (feel ok)pm 1000 (2:28:6), 600 (85.4)1000 (2:27:7), 600 (83.9)(recoveries not recorded)Monday am 7mls steadypm 8mls steadyTuesday am 5mls steadypm 5 x 1000 in 2:29, 2:28, 2:28, 2:27,2:28Wednesday am 7mls steady (a bit stiff)pm 7mls steadyThursday am 5mls steadypm 7mls steadyFriday am 5mls steadySaturdayWeekly mileage: 100 mlsNational road relay, long stage runin a record of 24:27 (5 1/2 mls)10BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:06 pm Page 11Dave Moorcroft - analysis of a championTable 6Sunday (25/7/82) 5th in AAA 800m Final in 1:46:64Mondaytravelled to HengeloTuesday 1st in 1500m 3:33:69Wednesday15mls steadyThursday am 5mls steadypm 4 x 600 (feeling tired) run 87 secs(recoveries not recorded)Friday am 5mls steady (not feeling good)pm 7mls steady with al bit of hardrunningSaturday am 6mls steadypm 7nls steady (feeling weak)Weekly training mileage: 60mls1982Sunday (25/7/82)am 14 mls steady with laat 3-4mls hardpm 4 x 600 in 85.3, 84.8, 84.8, 84.0followed by 6 accelerations (recoveriesnot recorded)Monday am 7mls steadypm 5mls steady (feeling pretty weak)Tuesday am 6mls steadypm 600 in 87.0, 1000 in 2:26:3600 in 85.3, 1000 in 2:24:8600 in 83.7, plus some accelerations(recoveries not recorded)Wednesday am 7mls steadypm 10mls steady (feeling tired towardsthe end)Thursday am 7mls steadypm 5mls fartlek (ran hard in places, bittired towards the end)Friday am 5mls steady (ran hard in places)SaturdaypmWeekly mileage: 88mls1,500m only, the training did change duringperiod three, April-May.These modifications to training included anincrease in weekly training mileages of 5-10mls and a general increase in both thevolume and regularity of the longest tracksessions, i.e. the 1,000m reps.In table 5 I have shown the training noted byDavid during the two weeks prior to his recordbreaking national road relay run. I have alsoincluded his written comments.There also were occasions when David andJohn had to plan for a late season peak or theneed to maintain good form through toSeptember/October. This was the case during1982 when David had to prepare for theEuropean championships 5,000m in Athensfinal on September 11th and the BrisbaneCommonwealth games final on October 7th.For such late season events period three would5mls steady1st in Empire British Games 2000min 5:02 (fast last lap)be extended for another 2-4 weeks to mid or lateJune. In 1982 this wascertainly the case whenDavid achieved weeklymileages of 83, 90, 90 and83 miles during June.Period 4June -Mid Sept (16 weeks)competitionDuring this phase Davidwould average almost acompetition per week.A number of these competitionsinevitably required a lot of travellingand apart form the few competitions heviewed as serious his training was a finebalance between a) achieving his immediatecompetitive aim and b) maintaining his levelof fitness.This inevitably meant that the training wasseriously altered from that previouslydescribed. Rarely did he perform more thanone track session per week during this periodand in the week prior to a major race he maynot perform a single track type session at all.In order to maintain his aerobic fitness levelsweekly mileages may still reach 85-90mls ifhe either did not race or competed in what heand John considered a non serious competition.It is interesting to note that he ran 83miles and ran one speed track session of 8 x300 during the week prior to his pb mile of3:49:3 in Oslo in 1982.To further illustrate this point table 6 detailsthe training which David performed during theweek of and the week following the AAA800m and the Hengelo 1500m which he wonin 3:33:69 also in 1982.Period 5Mid-Sept-End Oct (6 weeks) RecoveryThe Later yearsAs previously mentioned David remained anactive athlete for many years after his recordbreaking feats focussing on the road and therelays in particular. Although as he admits thelack of a clear competitive aim in these lateryears did cause his enthusiasm to wain attimes. Approaching his 40th year on 1993David was spurred on by the challenge ofachieving a fast mile time as a vet. During theweeks prior to the start of the 1993 Summertrack season David did not allow himself tobecome too serious about the possibility ofachieving the vets world 1 mile record since hehad experienced a number of illnesses whichhad reduced his training. As we know the finalweeks of training prior to the Les JonesMemorial mile race in Belfast on 19/6/93 didprogress extremely well and resulted in a VetsWorld record of 4:02:53 and a fitting rewardfor the many years of hard dedicated workwhich David had given to his training.I thought it would be of great interest to notethe training David could achieve in his 40thyear and to determine how this had beenBMC News : Spring 1999 11

BMC April 1999 7/6/99 9:15 am Page 12Dave Moorcroft - analysis of a championmodified from that previously charted duringhis peak years. Below I have listed a numberof the more important features of his trainingfrom the beginning of 1993 through to the4:02:53 mile.1. Training mileages were reduced by anaverage of 20 mls per week during thewhole of 1993.2. Maximum mileage achieved was 80mlsper week3. The average Jan-March weekly mileagewas only 54 miles due to a number of badcolds causing training to be missed.4. When occasionally feeling very tiredDavid would miss a training session oreven a particular day of training insteadof training through it as he had in the past.5. Due to the reduced training mileages thenumber of days/week with 2 runs wouldtypically be 3 with a maximum of 5.6. A typical training week would stillconsist of 3 repetition sessions but 1 oreven 2 of them would not be performedon the tack.7. Throughout 1993 David very rarely ranthe 3-5 x 1000m (7 mins recovery)session.8. David still maintained the sessions of 4-6x 600m (5 mins recovery) and 4 x 6 x 300fast with several mins recovery.9. The following 2 sessions were regularlyintroduced:a) 10 x 400 (60 secs recovery) andb) 2-3 x 1 mile (3-5 mins recovery).As previously mentioned DavidÕs trainingreally began to improve in both standard andconsistency form the middle of May 93 as theprogress of the 4 x 600m session, in Fig. 5shows. When this improvement was coupledwith an average weekly training mileage of64.5mls during the 6 weeks prior to the4:02:53 it was obvious that David was inexcellent shape. The continued improvementin DavidÕs form during the week followingthis fast mile does suggest that he was ready torun much faster. Unfortunately illnessprevented him from achieving this.Fig. 5 also indicates the times which David ranfor the 4 x 600m training session during hispeak year of 1982. The contrast between the 2curves is quite striking. DavidÕs excellenttimes during his stay in Australasia in Feb 82are obvious as is the time gap of only 4 secsbetween the best and the worst times achievedthroughout the year. As David pointed out tome Òat 40 years of age it is harder to train fora peak of performance and you also lose thetraining effect more quicklyÓ.John Anderson the CoachAdditional facts and items of information1. Date of birth: 28.11.312. Since his early years, John Anderson has been a highly competitive individual who represented Scotland atfootball as a schoolboy and went on to play at the highest amateur level until 1962.3. Was a keen ball games player throughout his early life and also represented Scotland at tennis.4. Only involved in athletics periodically during his school days and occasionally trained for the sprint eventswith Victoria Park Harriers aged 15-17 yrs.5. Was a school physical education teacher until 1964 and it was through this profession that he started tocoach athletics in all events in 1959.6. Was a founder member of Maryhill Ladies AC7. Became a full time AAA National Coach in all events in 1964 and in 1965 was appointed as the first ever fulltimes Scottish AAA National Coach.8. Has coached athletes to International level in all track and field events but has focussed particularly on themiddle and longer distances since the mid 1960 s.9. Prior to meeting David Moorcroft in 1966 John had been sending basic middle distance training schedulesto youth coach and physiotherapist Mick Crossfield at Coventry Godiva Harriers who had requested assistancein this area. At the same time John was also coaching Shelia Carey of Coventry who went on to finish5th in the 1972 Olympic 1500m final and break the UK record.10. John has always based his training methods on a sound physiological foundation and has continued overthe years to maintain his knowledge of the latest developments in sports physiology.11. In the early years as a coach John came to the view that athletes who run slowly for long periods of time inthe absence of speed would ultimately have a greater capability for running quickly if they practicedelements of speed training throughout the year.12. John still believes the above to be true and has extended this view to his belief that in essence all elementsof training should be incorporated to a greater or lesser degree throughout an athlete s annual trainingcycle.12BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 7/6/99 9:15 am Page 131998 UK Merit Rankingsby Peter MatthewsThis is the 31st successive year that I have compiled annual merit rankings ofBritish athletes. As usual these are an assessment of form during the outdoorseason. The major factors by which the rankings are determined are win-lossrecord, performances in the major meetings, and sequence of marks.I endeavour to be as objective as possible, but form can often provideconflicting evidence, or perhaps an athlete may not have shown good enoughresults against leading rivals, or in very important competition, to justify aranking which his or her ability might otherwise warrant.I can only rank athletes on what they have actually achieved. Much dependson having appropriate opportunities and perhaps getting invitations for theprestige meetings.Difficulties also arise when athletes reach peak form at different parts of theseason or through injury miss significant competition. Increasingly, also, many ofour top athletes are competing overseas instead of in domestic meetings, whichmakes comparisons of form difficult.Once again it should be pointed out that the rankings are by no means necessarilythe order in which I think the athletes would have finished in an idealisedcontest, but simply my attempt to assess what has actually happened in 1998.I hope that I have not missed many performances, but I would be very pleasedto receive any missing results at 10 Madgeways Close, Great Amwell, HertsSG12 9RU.For each event the top 12 are ranked. On the first line is shown the athletesname, then their date of birth followed, in brackets, by the number of yearsranked in the top 12 (including 1998) and their ranking last year (1997), andfinally, their best mark prior to 1998.The following lines include their best six performances of the year (followed,for completeness, by significant indoor marks indicated by ÔiÕ (although indoorperformances are not considered for the rankings). Then follow placings at majormeetings, providing a summary of the athleteÕs year at the event.MEN 800M1 Andy Hart 13.9.69 (3y, 4) 1:46.36 1997 1:45.71, 1:46.19,1:46.77, 1:47.0, 1:47.0, 1:47.13; 3 BMCBattPk, 3 ECp, 5GhG, 7 BGP, 1 Tooting, 4h ECh, 1 BMCSolihull, 6 WCp,5 CG2 Bradley Donkin 6.12.71 (2y, -) 1:48.25 19961:46.86, 1:47.5, 1:47.65, 1:48.32, 1:48.3, 1:49.01;3 AAA v LC, 4 CAU, 4 Ljubljana, 3 Leeds,2 North, 5 Cork, 7 AAA, 1 BMCWatford,3 Tooting, 6 CG3 Jason Lobo 18.9.69 (3y,11) 1:47.29 19971:47.48, 1:47.74, 1:47.96, 1:48.21, 1:48.23,1:48.41; 2 AAA v LC, 4 Leeds, 2 Istanbul,2 BL1 (3), 4 GhG, 1 AAA, 8 BGP, 6s2 CG4 Grant Graham 27.12.72 (2y, -) 1:49.2 19961:47.85, 1:48.13, 1:48.94, 1:49.25, 1:49.60,1:49.73; 1 CAU, 6 Ljubljana, 1 Scot, 2 AAA,10 BGP, 5h CG5 Paul Walker 2.12.73 (4y, 3) 1:46.4 19971:47.91, 1:48.53, 1:48.68, 1:48.82, 1:48.85,1:49.1; 5 Ljubljana, 2 Stockholm, 2 Scot, 3 Celle,1 BL1 (3), dnf AAA6 Eddie King 26.11.75 (2y, 7) 1:48.22 19971:48.51, 1:48.95, 1:49.01, 1:49.38, 1:49.71,1:49.74; 4 BMCWyth, 2 Leeds, 1 Tonsberg,3 BMCCardiff, 3 AAA, 3h3 CG, BL1: 1,-,-,17 Phillip Tulba 20.9.73 (1y, -) 1:49.88 19971:48.31, 1:48.43, 1:48.71, 1:49.2, 1:49.38,1:50.07; 1 BMCSwindon, 6B Oslo,2 BMCCardiff, 4 AAA, 4 BMCWatford8 Matt Shone 10.7.75 (1y, -) 1:50.2 19971:48.33, 1:48.39, 1:48.6, 1:49.21, 1:49.63, 1:49.8;2B BMCWyth, 5 Leeds, 7B BMCSwindon,1 Welsh, 4 BMCCardiff, 1 IR, 6 AAA,2 BMCWatford, 3 BMCSolihull, BL3: 3,2,1,-9 Chris Moss 17.6.79 (1y, -) 1:49.98 19971:48.43, 1:48.77, 1:49.78, 1:49.92, 1:50.09,1:50.3; 1D BMCWyth, 2B BMCSwindon,1 AAA-J, 3 JIvFS, 6 WJ, 4 BMCSolihull10 Simon Lees 19.11.79 (1y, -) 1:50.5 19971:47.69, 1:48.03, 1:48.88, 1:50.82, 1:51.681 Mid-J, 3 BMCWyth, 2 AAA-J, 6h6 WJ,2 BMCSolihull11? Anthony Whiteman 13.11.71 (3y, 5) 1:47.16 Ô971:47.5, 1:48.4; 1 BL2 (2), 4 BMCBattPk12 Alasdair Donaldson 21.6.77 (1y, -) 1:49.05 19971:48.6, 1:49.18, 1:49.49, 1:49.58, 1:50.0, 1:50.01;1 B.Univs, 1 AAA v LC, 1 BL1 (2), 1 Leeds,1 U23H, 8 Istanbul, 4 Cork, 3 Scot, 2h4 AAA,1 U23D, 1 Cup, 1B BMCSolihullnr James McIlroy IRE 30.12.76 1:51.8 19971:45.32, 1:45.46, 1:45.83, 1:46.7, 1:46.81,1:46.87; 2 Dublin, 1 BMCWyth, 2 BMCBattPk,1 Tallinn, 4 Nice, 1 GhG, 4 ECh, 6 BrusselsHart had a fine year to retain top ranking, and both heand Donkin broke through with pbs at theCommonwealth Games. The overall standard isdepressingly low compared to past glories, but anencouraging feature was the progress of two juniors.Moss beat Lees at the AAA and fared far better at theWorld Juniors, but Lees had better form at the start andend of the season, with pbs for both in the BMC finalsat Solihull. Whiteman could well be higher, but isdifficult to rank - he had two good times, but did notcontest the major races at this distance. One great newtalent emerged - the most exciting British middledistancerunner since Curtis Robb, but James McIlroywas snapped up by Ireland, so although he has a Britishpassport, he is not ranked.The 10th best of 1:48.31 is better than 1994(1:48.38) but otherwise the worst since 1980.MEN 1,500M / 1 MILE1 John Mayock 26.10.70 (8y, 1)3:31.86 1997 / 3:50.32M 19963:32.82, 3:33.90, 3:34.60, 3:34.71, 3:51.99M,3:53.72M, 3:53.81M, 3:36.74; 1 Hexham,7 St Denis, 2 Bratislava, 3 ECp, 6 Oslo, 10 Rome,2 GhG, 1 AAA, 7 Paris, 2 E.Carr, 10 Monaco,5 ECh, 6 Brussels, 9 GPF, 2 CG2 Anthony Whiteman 13.11.71 (3y, 2)3:32.34 / 3:54.59M 19973:32.69, 3:51.90M, 3:52.09M, 3:35.30, 3:36.78,3:39.52; 4 Bellinzona, 4 Nuremberg, 3 Nice,2 AAA, 3 E.Carr, 7 Zurich, 4 ECh, 3 WCp, 3 CG3 Matthew Yates 4.2.69 (7y, 4)3:34.00 1991 / 3:52.75M 19933:37.04, 3:38.36, 3:38.97, 3:39.5, 3:40.38,3:40.78; 5 Barakaldo, 11 Nice, dnf GhG, 3 AAA,7 Hechtel, 2 BMCWatford, 6 ECh, 2 v USA,12 Berlin4 Kevin McKay 9.2.69 (10y, 3)3:34.59 1997 / 3:53.64M 19943:37.22, 3:40.78, 3:58.52M, 3:43.22, 3:44.42,3:46.18; 4 Hengelo, 5 GhG, 4 AAA, 18 Hechtel,1 Cup, 3 v USA, 5 CG, BL1: 1,-,1,-5 Michael Openshaw 8.4.72 (2y, 6)3:41.38 / 4:03.7M 19973:39.7, 3:57.2M, 3:40.19, 3:43.50, 3:43.60,4:08.33M; 1 CAU, 2 Hexham, 3 BMCBattPk,3 Rhede, 5 AAA6 Neil Caddy 18.3.75 (4y, 8)3:39.1 / 3:55.84M 19963:39.89, 3:58.49M, 3:58.5M, 3:40.9, 3:42.34,3:42.66; 1 BMCWyth, 5 BMCBattPk,2 BMCExeter, 2 Rhede, 4 GhG, 3 WG,3 BMCBath7 Gary Lough 6.7.70 (5y, -)3:34.76 1995 / 3:55.91M 19953:57.58M, 3:40.8, 3:43.33, 3:44.55, 3:44.99,3:46.1; 2B BL1 (2), 2 Lough, dnf BMCSwindon,12 Cork, 8 AAA, 9 E.Carr, 5 WG,3 BMCWatford, 6 v USA8 Spencer Barden 31.3.73 (2y, 9)3:40.10 1997 / 4:02.1M 19963:39.64, 3:58.5M, 3:59.86M, 4:00,73M, 3:44.8,3:46.85; 3 Hexham, 2 Barcelona, 8 GhG, 9 WG,2 BL2 (4), 3 Meilen, 5 BMCSolihull9 Ian Gillespie 18.5.70 (3y, 5)3:39.8 / 3:58.4M 19973:57.6M, 4:01.84M, 3:46.111B BL1 (2), 1 BMCExeter10 Tom Mayo 2.5.77 (1y, -) 3:43.4 19963:41.2, 3:42.33, 4:00.02M, 3:43.98, 3:46.8110 AAA, 4 BMCWatford, 16 Rieti, 4 BMCSolihull11 Phillip Tulba 20.9.73 (1y, -) 3:44.5 19973:59.7M, 3:42.3, 3:42.96, 3:45.0, 3:45.19,4:06.20M; 1 B.Univs, 1 AAA v LC, 8 BMCBattPk,8 Cork, 1 BMCTooting, 11 BMCSolihull12 Christian Stephenson 22.7.74 (1y, -)3:49.90 / 4:02.9M 19974:01.7M, 3:43.85, 4:02.2M, 3:44.82, 3:45.75,3:46.2;3 BMCExeter, 1 Welsh, 2 BMCCardiff, 1 IR,7 BMCBath, 9 CGnr Grant Graham 27.12.72 (0y, -) 3:43.2 19953:41.5, 3:44.09; 6 BMCBattPk, 11 Corknr James McIlroy IRE 30.12.763:59.48M, 3:46.00, 3:49.832 Dublin, 1 ECp 2A, 1 Irish, 2 BMCSolihullM = 1 mile time (1500m times in brackets).Mayock and Whiteman remain 1-2 for the thirdsuccessive year, but it was close with Mayock justhaving the edge, 3-1 on win-loss. Yates and McKayswap places. Openshaw, Caddy and Barden moved upslightly from 1997, but maintained their positionsagainst each other, with Lough returning to split them.The 10th best was 3:41.5 - in 1991 it was 3:41.52, butotherwise this was the worst since 1979.MEN 3,000M (NOT RANKED)Anthony Whiteman 13.11.717:57.59i 95 / 7:57.65 19977:43.61, 8:03.3; 3 ECpBMC News : Spring 1999 13

BMC April 1999 7/6/99 9:15 am Page 141998 UK Merit RankingsJon Brown 27.2.71 7:51.72 19937:45.41; 5 HechtelNeil Caddy 18.3.75 7:58.14i / 8:03.9 19967:48.76, 8:54.43M , 8:16.86 BGP, 2 v USA, 7 WCpKarl Keska 7.5.72 7:56.74 19977:50.04, 8:01.2; 7 BGP, 5 v USAIan Gillespie 18.5.70 7:48.28 19977:51.34; 7:52.61i, 7:53.79i, 8:03.28i6 CaorleSpencer Barden 31.3.73 7:53.2 19977:55.50; 8 BGPKris Bowditch 14.1.75 7:57.7 19977:56.12; 2 BMCCardiffJohn Mayock 26.10.707:43.31i 1997, 7:47.28 19958:54.16M; 7:47.43i, 7:48.80i, 7:50.10i, 7:55.09i,7:58.57i; 1 v USAMEN 5,000M1 Karl Keska 7.5.72 (2y, 10) 13:37.54 199713:26.37, 13:33.67, 13:40.24, 13:41.61, 13:42.58,13:59.30;1 Walnut, 9 Eugene, 6 ECp, 1 AAA, 9 ECh, 4 CG2 Jon Brown 27.12.71 (7y, -) 13:19.78 ï9313:19.03, 13:41.72, 13:+?2 AAA, 12 Stockholm3 Keith Cullen 13.6.72 (3y, 1) 13:17.21 199713:22.31, 13:31.07, 13:33.89, 13:43.15, 13:44.69,14:13.32; 10 Nuremberg, 3 AAA, 9 Hechtel,8 Brussels, 5 WCp, 5 CG4 Dermot Donnelly 23.9.70 (3y, 12) 13:45.97 199713:27.63, 13:35.3; 2 BMCBattPk, 13 Hechtel5 Rod Finch 5.8.67 (1y, -) 13:50.6 199713:27.75, 13:41.44, 13:49.46, 13:52.94, 14:09.87;1 AAA v LC, 6 Cork, 5 AAA, 14 Hechtel,17 ECh6 Kris Bowditch 14.1.75 (3y, 6) 13:42.00 199713:36.24, 13:43.68, 13:50.91, 13:51.8, 14:01.9,14:02.36; 8 Walnut, 12 Cork, 4 AAA, 21 Hechtel,3 BMCWatford, 7 CG7 Ian Gillespie 18.5.70 (3y, 2) 13:18.06 199713:28.57, 13:44.08, 13:51.24; dnf Eugene,9 Lisbon, 19 Rome, 6 AAA, 8h CG8 Spencer Barden 31.3.73 (3y, 7) 13:43.84 199713:45.31, 13:54.13, 13:54.39, 14:04.62 AAA v LC, 8 Cork, 1 Lough, 9 AAA9 Rob Denmark 23.11.68 (8y, 4) 13:10.24 199213:48.48, 13:53.86, 13:54.44 BMCBattPk, 9 Cork, 8 AAA10 Julian Moorhouse 13.11.71 (1y, -)13:48.5, 14:03.01, 14:12.592 North, 12 AAA, 2 BMCWatford11 Matthew Clarkson 25.1.66 (1y, -) 13:57.91 199713:52.4, 13:56.15, 14:05.86, 14:16.94 AAA v LC, 10 AAA, 4 BMCWatford,BL1: -,1,-,112 Glynn Tromans 17.3.69 (2y, -) 13:48.0 199713:53.59, 14:21.54; 15 Cork, 7 AAANick Comerford 23.4.66 (0y, -) 14:11.63 199713:52.7, 14:01.19, 14:04.473 BMCBattPk, 11 AAA, 3 BMCSolihullKeska leaps up from 10th to 1st; he did not have asensational season, but a good, solid one. Brown ranthe fastest time, but was beaten by Keska at the AAAs,Cullen was next best ahead of Donnelly, who made bigimprovements on the Northern Irish record in each ofhis two 5000m races and was unfortunate not to get achampionship race at this distance. The standard indepth is again way below what it was in previousdecades. The 10th best standard, under 13:40 each year1977-92, was 13:48.5, and only 15 men broke 14minutes - compared to a peak of 49 in 1988.MEN 10,000M1 Jon Brown 27.2.71 (6y, 1) 27:27.47 199727:18.14, 28:02.33; 4 ECh, 4 Brussels2 Keith Cullen 13.6.72 (1y, -) 027:53.52, 28:34.34; 10 Eur Chall., 11 ECh3 Dermot Donnelly 23.9.70 (3y, 6) 28:38.56 199728:43.17, 29:05.96, 29:27.4025 Eur Challenge, 1 AAA, 5 CG4 Glynn Tromans 17.3.69 (2y, 5) 28:35.32 199728:31.71, 30:04.95; 20 Eur Challenge, 9 CG5 Carl Thackery 14.10.62 (6y, -) 27:59.24 198728:52.71; 2 AAA6 Andrew Pearson 14.9.71 (4y, -) 28:32.0 199629:01.05; 22 Eur Challenge7 Robert Quinn 10.12.65 (2y, -) 29:14.23 199529:20.72, 29:25.55, 29:36.54, 29:43.88;11r2 Eur Challenge, 12 Prague, 6 AAA, 1 Scot8 Rob Denmark 23.11.68 (4y, 3) 28:03.34 199429:17.72; 3 AAA9 Mark Hudspith 19.1.69 (2y, -) 29:02.38 199229:22.88; 4 AAA10 David Taylor 9.1.64 (2y , 9) 29:11.79 199729:24.15; 5 AAA11 David Tune 29.10.70 (1y, -) 29:41.54 199729:39.23; 7 AAA12 Adrian Mussett 14.4.72 (1y, -) 29:54.49 199729:40.96; 8 AAABrown is top for the third successive year. After 4thin the Europeans, he beat the easy winner there, AntnioPinto, in Brussels, when he took EamonnMartin19s UK record. Cullen broke 28 minutes on hisdebut at the event and Donnelly ran well to win theAAA title and place an unnoticed (by BBC TV) 5th atthe Commonwealth Games. Making a welcome returnis Carl Thackery, last ranked in this event in 1991. Forthe third successive year the 10th best was the worstsince 1965 (allowing for 6 miles conversions in the1960s). 29:08.66 in 1996, 29:17.65 in 1997 and29:24.15 in 1998. In 1986 it was 28:11.07.MEN 3,000M STEEPLECHASE1 Christian Stephenson 22.7.74 (1y, -)8:54.8 19968:32.76, 8:41.76, 8:42.95, 8:44.34, 8:46.44,8:55.67A; 1 BMCWyth, 1 AAA, 15 Stockholm,5 WCp, 6 CG2 Ben Whitby 6.1.77 (1y, -) 8:59.09 19968:41.79, 8:42.12, 8:44.24, 8:47.69, 8:49.80,8:51.5; 1 CAU, 1 U23H, 6 ECp, 4 AAA, 7 CG3 Craig Wheeler 14.8.76 (1y, -) 8:55.44 19978:42.83, 8:43.36, 8:45.90, 8:49.47, 8:52.29,8:56.4; 4 AAA v LC, 2 CAU, 2 BMCWyth,4 U23H, 3 AAA, 4 U23D, 8 CG4 Spencer Duval 5.1.70 (8y, 2) 8:24.64 19958:36.37, 8:49.6, 8:58.34, 9:09.761 IR, 2 AAA, 3 BMCWatford, dnf CG5 Brian Montgomery 19.7.74 (1y, -) 8:54.1 19968:43.71, 8:44.01, 8:46.18, 9:02.46; 1 Seattle,13 Portland, 7 Dedham, dnf AAA6 Lee Hurst 29.7.72 (3y, 5) 8:48.34 19968:49.63, 8:53.90, 8:55.04, 8:55.62, 8:56.56,8:58.38; 1 AAA v LC, 3 E.Clubs, 1 North,6 AAA, 3 Cup, BL1: 1,-,2,17 Andy Coleman 29.9.74 (2y, 12) 8:55.95 19978:52.35, 8:52.7, 8:53.27, 9:00.881 South, 7 AAA, 4 BMCWatford8 Stuart Stokes 15.12.76 (2y, 11) 8:55.64 19978:56.39, 8:56.92, 8:57.15, 8:58.59, 9:00.44,9:01.16; 1 B.Univs, 3 BMCWyth, 5 U23H,9 AAA, 6 U23D, 1 Cup9 Andy Morgan-Lee 1.3.69 (2y, 7) 8:50.40 19968:53.81, 8:55.0, 8:56.91, 8:57.56, 9:00.3, 9:06.36;5 BMCWyth, 1 sf Enf, 8 AAA, 4 Cup,BL2: 1,-,1,-10 John Brown ?? (1y, -) 9:26.1 19978:55.6, 8:57.87, 9:04.5511 AAA, 5 BMCWatford11 Martin Yelling 7.2.72 (2y, 10) 8:54.63 19978:57.03, 8:59.9, 9:22.733 CAU, 4 BMCWyth, 7 South, dnf h1 AAA12 Mike Jubb 20.6.70 (2y, 9) 8:50.37 19968:58.00, 9:03.1; 2 AAA v LC, 4 CAUnr Andrew Colvin AUS 23.8.72 9:21.75 19978:48.23, 8:53.97, 8:58.36, 8:59.22, 9:01.59, 9:02.8; 5 AAA,2 Cup, BL1: 2,1,1,2Sadly, last yearÕs no. one, Robert Hough, missed thewhole season through injury. But, in a unique situationall of the top three ranked for the first time at the event.These three, Stephenson, Whitby and Wheeler, madenotable advances, but as they now rank 33, 72 and 74on the UK all-time list, and many of those ranked ranmuch slower, it can be seen that the overall pictureremains bleak. The 10th best standard declined againto 8:55.74, the worst since 1965; the best was 8:37.59in 1989, and it was under 8:50 each year 1970-96(apart from 8:50.2 in 1976).WOMEN 800M1 Diane Modahl 17.6.66 (14y, 3) 1:58.65 19901:58.81, 1:59.77, 2:00.08, 2:00.17, 2:00.52,2:00.978 Hengelo, 2 Milan, 4 Helsinki, 6 Athens,5 Goodwill, 1 AAA, 5 Stockholm, 6 Monaco,5s1 ECh, 1 BMCSolihull, 3 CG2 Tanya Blake 16.1.71 (2y, 4) 2:01.9 19972:00.10, 2:02.06, 2:02.15, 2:02.72, 2:02.83, 2:03.832 Eugene, 6 ECp, 4 Linz, 2 AAA, dnf Malms3 Amanda Crowe 21.10.73 (2y, 6) 2:04.2 19972:01.83, 2:02.7, 2:04.31, 2:04.98, 2:05.40, 2:06.64;1 CAU, 1 Leeds, 6 Lucerne, 3 Belfast, 3 AAA,5s1 CG4 Emma Davies 9.10.78 (1y, -) 2:06.502:02.39, 2:04.88, 2:05.03, 2:06.23, 2:06.52, 2:06.631 AAA v LC, 2 Leeds, 2 U23H, 2 Welsh,3 Budapest, 1 Jona, 6 AAA, 3 U23D, 7s2 CG5 Lynn Gibson 6.7.69 (6y, 7) 2:02.34 19922:04.61, 2:04.9, 2:05.08, 2:05.1, 2:05.8, 2:06.10;3 BMCBattPk, 3 Tallinn, 1 BMCSwindon,4 BMCCardiff, 2 BMCWatford6 Joanne Fenn 19.10.74 (2y, 8) 2:05.63 19972:05.2, 2:05.88, 2:06.10, 2:06.12, 2:06.7, 2:06.77;1 South, 2 BMCSwindon, 2 Jona, 4 AAA, 3 WG,3 BMCWatford, 3 Namur, BL2: 2,2,17 Rachel Newcombe 25.2.67 (1y, -) 2:07.3 19972:03.28, 2:03.58, 2:04.75, 2:06.89, 2:07.03, 2:07.6;4 BMCWyth, 1 Welsh, 1 BMCCardiff, 2 IR,14BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 7/6/99 9:15 am Page 151998 UK Merit Rankings7 AAA, 7s1 CG, BL2: 1,1,28 Bev Blakeman 4.4.74 (1y, -) c. 2:18 19972:05.33, 2:06.48, 2:06.5, 2:06.65, 2:07.1, 2:07.65;2 N.East, 4 CAU, 2 BMCWyth, 1 North, 3 IR,5 AAA, 6 BMCWatford, 2 BMCSolihull9 Angela Davies 21.10.70 (3y, -) 2:2:03.67 19942:04.6, 2:05.30, 2:07.3, 2:07.41, 2:07.63 BMCCardiff, 1 BMCWatford, 4 BMCSolihull10 Vicky Sterne 12.10.68 (4y, 10) 2:04.63 19962:04.81, 2:06.38, 2:07.44, 2:07.9, 2:07.94, 2:08.03;6 Leeds, 3 BMCSwindon, 2 BMCCardiff, 1 IR,3h2 AAA, 7 BMCWatford, BL1: 2,-,111 Hayley Parry 17.2.73 (3y, 2) 2:02.18 19972:03.46, 2:06.76, 2:09.07; 2:01.52i, 2:02.91i,2:04.37i3 Walnut, 1 Berne, 4 IR, 5 BL4 (3)12 Claire Raven 15.6.72 (2y, 5) 2:03.15 19972:04.98, 2:07.78, 2:08.36, 2:08.78, 2:09.3, 2:12.37;3 AAA v LC, 1 BMCWyth, 6 Cork,4 BMCSwindon, 7h3 (fell) AAA, 1B Hechtel,dnf BMCWatford, 3 BL2 (3)Injury meant that Kelly Holmes did not contest an800m race, and clear No.1 was Modahl, on top for arecord seventh time and first since 1993. Blakereturned from America to claim 2nd ranking beforeinjury ended her season and CroweÕs Northern Irelandrecord in Kuala Lumpur ensured her the third ranking.4th to 7th are very close, with the top newcomers to therankings, the Welsh women Davies and Newcombe,helped by their fast pbs at the Commonwealth Games.Gibson had the best competitive record of this group,2-0 v Fenn, but contested no 800m championships.WOMEN 1,500M1 Kelly Holmes 19.4.70 (5y, 1) 3:58.07 19974:06.10, 4:28.10M; 1 v USA, 2 CG2 Paula Radcliffe 17.12.73 (5y, 2)4:06.84 1995 / 4:24.94M 19964:05.81, 4:05.92, 4:31.72M3 Hengelo, 2 ECp, 2 v USA3 Amanda Crowe 21.10.73 (1y, -) 4:28.03 19974:10.68, 4:12.11, 4:32.99M, 4:32.712 GhG, 9h2 AAA, dnf Hechtel, 3 v USA, 6 CG4 Helen Pattinson 2.1.74 (1y, -)4:16.84 1996 / 4:41.65M 19974:12.61, 4:12.87, 4:14.53, 4:14.84, 4:15.0, 4:17.05;1 BMCWyth, 3 Rhede, 1 BMCSwindon, 3 Budapest,5 GhG, 2 AAA, 5 Hechtel, 1 BMCStretford 1/9,2 BMCSolihull, 9 CG5 Lynn Gibson 6.7.69 (5y, 6)4:05.75 / 4:31.17M 19944:12.73, 4:13.35, 4:14.72, 4:14.84, 4:18.17,4:22.46; 2 BMCWyth, 6 GhG, 1 AAA,1 BMCSolihull, 10 CG6 Angela Davies 21.10.70 (6y, 5) 4:09.29 19944:13.55, 4:14.10, 4:14.36, 4:16.1, 4:16.37,4:16.84; 1 Rhede, 1 Jona, 4 GhG, 3 AAA, 3 Hechtel7 Amanda Parkinson 21.7.71 (2y, 12) 4:18.6 19974:14.19, 4:16.60, 4:19.96, 4:20.1, 4:20.5, 4:21.34; 8 GhG,4 AAA, 4 BMCStretford 1/9, 4 BMCSolihull8 Debbie Gunning 31.8.65 (7y, -)4:12.69 1990 / 4:32.32M 19914:16.75, 4:19.21, 4:19.49, 4:21.71, 4:25.5,4:27.51; 1 BL2 (1), 2 South, 2 Jona, 5 AAA9 Kerry Smithson 13.9.76 (1y, -) 4:31.3 974:17.6, 4:18.2, 4:20.2, 4:20.25, 4:21.10, 4:21.54;6 BMCWyth, 1 North, 4 BMCSwindon,2 BMCCardiff, 1 IR, 6 AAA, 1 BMCWatford,1 U23D, 1 Cup, 2 Stret 1/9, 5 BMCSolihull,BL1: 1,1,110 Joanne Colleran 1.9.72 (2y, 11) 4:20.03 19974:18.17, 4:19.0, 4:19.4, 4:19.59, 4:21.8, 4:23.97;7h2 AAA, 3 BMCStretford 1/9, 3 BMCSolihull11 Andrea Whitcombe 8.6.71 (1y, -) 4:14.56 19904:18.24, 4:20.7, 4:27.6, 4:29.03;1 South, dnf BMCWatford12 Shirley Griffiths 23.6.72 (2y, -)4:15.68 / 4:44.60M 19964:20.3, 4:20.62, 4:21.74, 4:23.50, 4:24.17, 4:27.3;4:44.16Mi, 4:23.56i;5 AAA v LC, 3 BMCWyth, 1 BL3 (1), 2 BMCSwindon,3 BMCCardiff, dnf ht AAA, 3 BMCWatfordHolmes returned in time to rank top for the fifthsuccessive year. She beat Radcliffe, who had the twofastest times of the year, in Glasgow and went on toCommonwealth silver. Crowe had a fine first season atthe event to rank third and Pattinson progressed verywell, setting a 1500m pb three times. Neither of 1997Õs3-4, Jo Pavey and Hayley Parry, raced at the distancein 1998. The 10th best declined yet again - to the worstsince 1976 - 4:18.24. That was run by Whitcombe, butshe had not been near ranking when she ran fourseconds faster than that in 1990.WOMEN 3,000M (NOT RANKED)Paula Radcliffe 17.12.73 8:35.28 19978:38.84, 9:08.83+, 9:12.54; 1 BGPJoanne Pavey 20.9.73 9:05.87 19978:58.2, 9:12.10; 1 Millfield, 10 HengeloSarah Young 2.1.70 9:25.1 19979:04.27, 9:08.6mx, 9:49.62M, 9:10.7, 9:20.2mx,9:35.2+; 2 Millfield, 8 Cork, 7 BGP,1 BMCStretford 18/8Kelly Holmes 19.4.70 9:08.7 959:10.23; 1 BedfordAndrea Whitcombe 8.6.71 8:58.59 19919:10.7mx, 9:14.9, 9:26.9mx, 9:35.8+;1 WatfordLiz Talbot 5.12.74 9:29.8 19959:15.25, 9:31.2, 9:35.6+, 9:43.3; 1 BMCSwindonLucy Wright 17.11.69 9:17.3 19979:16.1mx, 9:16.93, 9:58.92M, 9:28.2, 9:34.30,9:35.7+; 5 Millfield, 12 Cork, 2 IR, 8 BGP,2 BMCStretford 18/8Heather Heasman 27.9.63 9:22.1mx 919:16.5mx, 9:28.1mx, 9:28.2mx, 9:35.4+Debbie Gunning 31.8.65 9:12.12 949:16.6, 9:17.39, 9:29.9;3 Millfield, 2 BMCSwindon, 2 BL2 (2)Angela Davies 21.10.70 9:14.1 19949:17.03, 9:25.0; 7 ECpNo longer a championship event. M = 2 Miles.WOMEN 5,000M(Previously ranked 1982-90, 1992, 1995-7)1 Paula Radcliffe 17.12.73 (4y, 1) 14:45.51 199714:51.27, 15:06.87, 15:06.96, 15:22.76+4 St Denis, 1 ECp, 2 Stockholm2 Andrea Whitcombe 8.6.71 (4y, 6) 16:00.0 199615:43.03, 15:53.43, 15:56.85; 3 BMCWyth, 1 AAA, 2 CG3 Sarah Young 2.1.70 (2y, 7) 16:10.15 199715:45.08, 15:53.81, 15:59.79, 16:29.894 BMCWyth, 1 North, 2 AAA, 5 CG4 Tara Krzywicki 9.3.74 (1y,-) 015:48.1mx, 15:53.28, 16:00.1, 16:00.84, 16:12.2,16:21.26; 1 B.Univs, 6 BMCWyth,1 BMCBattPk, 3 AAA, 1 BMCWatford,1 BMCBirmingham5 Angela Davies 21.10.70 (1y, -) 015:50.59; 1 BMCWyth6 Liz Talbot 5.12.74 (2y, -) 16:24.86 199515:50.85, 15:52.61, 16:06.88; 2 BMCWyth, 8 AAA,7 Hechtel7 Birhane Dagne ex ETH 7.10.77 (1y, -)16:17.5mx 199515:55.81, 16:22.8; 1 CP, 4 AAA8 Vikki McPherson 1.6.71 (3y, 5) 15:56.8mx 199715:56.04, 16:07.7, 16:30.8; 1 BMCSoÕton, 5 AAA,3 BMCBirmingham9 Amy Waterlow 29.7.78 (1y, -) 015:57.45, 16:19.72, 16:27.47; 3 B.Univs, 10 BMCWyth,6 AAA10 Lucy Wright 17.11.69 (2y, 12) 16:25.72 199715:59.51, 16:03.30, 16:20.5; 7 BMCWyth, 7 AAA,2 Birmingham11 Heather Heasman 27.9.63 (4y, 10)15:53.84 199615:57.24, 16:08.32, 16:42.235 BMCWyth, 3 North, 9 AAA12 Lynne MacDougall 18.2.65 (2y, 4)15:45.03 199716:01.41, 16:04.10, 16:21.84 Prague, 7 Turku, 1 GlasgowRadcliffe is top for the fourth time, and was again aclass apart from the rest. However, there was anencouraging improvement in standards overall.Whitcombe and Young ran consistently well, excellingat the Commonwealth Games and they are followedby Krzywicki, desperately unfortunate not to beselected for Kuala Lumpur, where she could well havepicked up a medal. Eleven women under 16 minutes isa new record, compared to 5 in 1997, 6 in 1996 and 8in 1995.WOMEN 10,000M1 Paula Radcliffe 17.12.73 (1y, -) 030:48.58, 31:36.51; 2 Eur Challenge, 5 ECh2 Vikki McPherson 1.6.71 (6y, 1) 32:32.42 199332:38.48, 34:05.11; 8 Eur Challenge, 4 CG3 Angela Joiner 14.2.69 (1y, -) 033:30.27, 34:47.41, 35:22.80; 15 Eur Challenge, 3 AAA,8 CG4 Sarah Bentley 21.5.67 (2y, 4) 34:06.29 199733:59.69, 34:40.65; 17 Eur Challenge, 6 CG5 Tara Krzywicki 9.3.74 (1y, -) 034:37.04; 1 AAA6 Hayley Nash 30.5.63 (2y, -) 34:07.24 199234:28.8, 34:45.57, 35:20.141 Welsh, 2 AAA, 7 CG7 Sally Goldsmith 18.1.61 (2y, -) 34:28.13 199634:16.89, 36:02.11; 3 Italian, 9 CG8 Bev Hartigan 10.6.67 (1y, -) 034:21.91; 18 Eur Challenge9 Tanya Povey 13.4.79 (1y, -) 034:31.41, 35:07.62; 1 SEC, 7 NCAA10 Sheila Fairweather 24.11.77 (1y, -) 034:39.98; 1 B.Univs11 Birhane Dagne 7.10.77 ex ETH (1y, -)34:38.11; 1 Palafrugell12 Katie Skorupska 3.11.78 (1y, -) 034:40.00; 2 B.UnivsAlthough she was disappointed by her performanceat the Europeans, Radcliffe had a most distinguishedfirst season at the event, running a British record on herdebut. The most difficult problem is whether to rankJoiner 3rd (clear on time) or 6th. There are eightnewcomers to the rankings.BMC News : Spring 1999 15

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 16I.A.A.F. Code of Ethics for Coachesby Peter ThompsonWork commenced on the ‘IAAF Code of Ethics for Coaches’ in February 1996 as part of a largerproject, the global IAAF Coaches Education & Certification System. This code of ethics was approvedby the IAAF Council in March 1997 and given out to the world in a press conference at the World IndoorChampionships in Paris. Subsequently it was translated by the IAAF into French, Portuguese, Spanish,Arabic and Chinese. The code has now been adopted in its entirety by many National Federationsincluding, in the English speaking countries, Athletics Canada, Athletics Australia and Athletics NewZealand.Although this article is directed primarily at coaches it is printed here because it should be of interestto all athletes, permitting them to realise what they should reasonably expect from a coachingrelationship. This includes the responsibilities of the coach to the athlete and the complimentaryresponsibilities of the athlete to the coach. Relationships built on mutual respect of each individual holdthe promise for best outcomes.As a coach, you have many roles to play andhave numerous practical tasks to perform. Eachof these roles and every task involves you inmaking decisions about your actions before youact, even though many times you may not beactively aware of your decision making. One ofthe most important challenges facing coaches isto make these decisions. Your philosophy of lifeguides everyday decisions, while your personalcoaching philosophy guides all decisions youmake as a coach. In addition, as a coach you havean important responsibility to provide yourathletes with values of sportsmanship and fairplay which will last them throughout their lives.Ethics as part of a Coaching PhilosophyAs you gain experience as a coach and have theopportunity to observe other coaches you begin tonotice that the coaching roles they take on may bethe same as yourself but the way in which theycarry out the roles, the way they conductthemselves, may be quite different. Coaching isabout conduct. It is about how you do yourcoaching. This reflects what you believe to beright or wrong, which is decided by your moralsand ethics, a part of your coaching philosophy."Why should ethics be important in sport? Inevery human activity, there must be considerationof its effect on the participants and on society ingeneral. Sport must involve others, some as fellowcontestants, others vicariously as spectators andeducators. Sport touches every segment of societyand is a powerful social force, for good or evil. Itcannot therefore, exist outside ethical considerations."Dubin Enquiry, Canada 1989Personal ethics simply tells you what is ÔrightÕand what is ÔwrongÕ and this will tend todetermine your conduct or behaviour. Yourethical values do not remain necessarily the sameor constant throughout your life but may developor mature. If we think about the conduct orbehaviour of children, then we can observe that,generally, they are less ethically mature thanadults. When you work with athletes you notonly have to be aware of your own ethical valuesbut also the ethical values of the athletesthemselves.A Code of Ethics for CoachesThere is sufficient evidence for us to accept thatthe relationship between the athlete and coach hasa fundamental influence on the moral developmentof the athlete. The coach must act in away that provides a suitable role model under allcircumstances. For this reason, many coacheshave formulated a personal code of ethics to guidetheir decisions and actions. An increasing numberof Member Federations of the I.A.A.F. havedeveloped, or are in the process of developing, anational code of ethics for their coaches. In identifying,and in response to, this need the I.A.A.F. isasserting an active leadership role in producing theI.A.A.F. Code of Ethics for Coaches, the first suchThere is sufficient evidence for us toaccept that the relationship between theathlete and coach has a fundamentalinfluence on the moral development of theathletecode of any International Governing body of anOlympic Sport. This world wide code to provideguidance for all coaches contributing to athletics isreproduced in its entirety on the adjacent pages.You are encouraged to read the contents carefullyand to apply the code within your own coachingsituations.Ethics and DopingWhy do athletes use prohibited substances andpractices? If you examine the doping issue inAthletics you find that the use of prohibitedsubstances may in most instances be ascribed toone or more of the following reasons:¥ A belief by athletes and coaches that allsuccessful athletes are using illegal methods.¥ The athlete and coach believe that the athletehas reached his/her potential and natural limit ofperformance.¥ The athlete believes that the coach does nothave the knowledge to further assist in improvingtheir performance.¥ The coach has reached the limit of his/herknowledge and believes that doping will be thekey to further improvements in performance.¥ External pressures on the coach and/or athleteto produce performances without appropriateregard to the potential of the athlete, orknowledge of the lengthy time scales to achievethat potential using natural methods.The I.A.A.F. is taking the most active steps ofany International Federation to eradicate illegaldoping practices from the sport. These steps havetraditionally been directed most noticeably at theindividual athlete and have comprised the threecomplementary elements of education, testingand punishment, with education the most poorlyapplied. It is now time to direct more attentionspecifically to the activities of coaches, as they areintimately involved in the preparation of athletesEthical considerations leading to fairplay are integral, and not optional,elements of all sports activityand themselves handle several generations ofathletes during a coaching career. One corruptathlete principally impacts the self, a corruptcoach, however, has the position to corruptlyimpact all the athletes in his/her squad and allsubsequent squads in their coaching career, inaddition to influencing other coaches to whomhe/she is a mentor. To use an African analogy: "Ifyou educate the mother, you educate the family."Now we can substitute: "If you educate the coach(ethically), you educate the athletes." . In essencethe Code reflects much that is contained withinthe Council of EuropeÕs Code of Sports Ethics.I.A.A.F. Code of Ethics for CoachesIntroductionThe basic principle of the I.A.A.F. Code ofEthics for Coaches is that ethical considerationsleading to fair play are integral, and not optional,elements of all sports activity. These ethicalconsiderations apply to all levels of ability andcommitment. They include recreational as wellas competitive Athletics.The Code provides a sound ethical frameworkto combat the pressures in modern day society.Many of these pressures appear to be underminingthe traditional foundation of sport -foundations built on fair play and sportsmanshipand, in many instances, on the voluntary16BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 17I.A.A.F. Code of Ethics for Coachesmovement.Fair play is defined as much more than playingwithin the rules. Fair play is a way of thinking,not just a way of behaving. Fair play can beexpressed as a philosophy of coaching and incorporatesthe concepts of friendship, respect forothers and always playing in the right spirit. Thisphilosophy also integrates issues concerned withthe elimination of cheating, doping, gamesmanship,physical and verbal violence,exploitation, unequal opportunities, excessivecommercialisation and corruption.Sport is a cultural activity which, practisedfairly, offers the individual the opportunity ofpersonal development through self knowledge,self determination, self expression and selffulfilment. This individual development leads topersonal achievement, skill acquisition anddemonstration of ability; social interaction, moralmaturation, enjoyment, good health and wellbeing.Sport promotes an active involvement andresponsibility of the individual within society.It has been said that Athletics has a place aboveall other sports. Its component skills are fundamentalto most other sports and modern trainingtheory originated and developed in Athletics. It isthe most international of all sports and is thecentral focus of the Olympic Games. Coaches inAthletics are in a privileged position in preparingseveral generations of athletes for their contributionto Athletics. With this privilege comes acertain responsibility. This responsibility is thatthrough the work of the individual coach, andhow it is carried out, an image of coaching isprojected to athletes, to other coaches and to thosenot involved in coaching. Whether these coachesin Athletics are in paid employment or working asvolunteers they enjoy a high profile as representativesof the sport.The development of fair play or sportsmanlikebehaviours and attitudes is not an automaticconsequence of participating in Athletics. Thesefair play behaviours can be learned from thecoach who provides a positive role model andapplies consistent, clear reinforcement for whatare desirable and undesirable actions. The role ofthe coach is, therefore, crucial as an ambassador,educator and guardian of the ethical values of fairplay within Athletics.The Code of EthicsThe coachÕs primary role is to facilitate theprocess of individual development throughachievement of Athletic potential. This roleaccepts the athletesÕ long term interests as ofgreater importance than short term athleticconsiderations. The ethical considerations of thecoach must apply to all levels of ability andcommitment, and include recreational as well ascompetitive Athletics. To fulfil this role the coachmust behave in an ethical manner reflecting thefollowing points:Respect of Human RightsCoaches must respect the basic human rights,that is the equal rights, of each athlete with nodiscrimination on the grounds of gender, race,colour, language, religion, political or otheropinion, national or social origin, association witha national minority, birth or other status. Thisrespect must extend to maintaining the dignityand recognising the contribution of everyindividual within Athletics and society as awhole.The coach must acknowledge that allcoaches have an equal right to desire thesuccess of the athletes they coachIn addition, coaches must respect the basichuman right of each athlete to participate inAthletics with freedom from physical or sexualharassment and freedom from inappropriatephysical or sexual advances or behaviour.Respect of RulesCoaches must acknowledge and respect thatTrack and Field Athletics is governed by the rulesof the International Amateur Athletic Federation,their National Federation or other appropriatelyrecognised governing body. This respect shouldextend to the spirit as well as to the letter of therules, in both training and competition, to ensurefairness of competitive opportunity between allathletes. Respect for officials should be active, byaccepting the role of the officials in providingjudgement to ensure that competitions areconducted fairly and according to the establishedrules.Coaches must accept that they have a responsibilityto encourage the athletes they coach to havea similar respect for the spirit of the rules. Thisincludes the spirit and manner of behaviourtowards opponents, other coaches and officials.Coaches have a responsibility to influence theperformance and conduct of the athletes theycoach, while at the same time encouraging theindependence and self determination of eachathlete by their acceptance of responsibility fortheir own decisions, conduct and performance.Coaches must assert a positive and activeleadership role to prevent any use of prohibiteddrugs or other disallowed performance enhancingsubstances or practices. This leadership fromcoaches should include education of the athletesof the harmful effects, both ethically andmedically, of prohibited substances and practices.Respect of other CoachesThe coach must acknowledge that all coacheshave an equal right to desire the success of theathletes they coach - competing within the rules.Coaches should strive to deal with other coachesin the way they would wish to be dealt withthemselves, with courtesy due to a colleague andthe respect due to a fellow man or woman.Observations, recommendations and criticismshould be directed to the appropriate person orpersons using professionally accepted proceduresoutside the view or hearing of the public domain.Coaches should never solicit, either overtly orcovertly, athletes who are receiving coaching tojoin their squad. If, however, an athlete initiatesdiscussion with a coach in connection withcommencing a coaching relationship, while theathlete is already being coached by another coach,then the present coach must be informed by thecoach and/or athlete as soon as is practical. Thepresent coach who is advised of an athleteÕs desireto be coached by another individual must bear inmind that all coaches should place the athleteÕsinterest first. If the situation is such that theathlete wishes to change coaches it is apparentthat this previous relationship has broken down.In such cases, coaches should work together toensure a smooth transfer of relationship.Respect of ProficiencyAlthough there is no substitute for practicalcoaching experience, coaches should hold recognisedcoaching qualifications. Coaches shouldrespect that the gaining of coaching qualificationsis an ongoing commitment, achieved through theupgrading of their knowledge by attendance ofaccredited courses and through practical coachingexperience.Coaches must ensure that the practical environmentsthey create and the physical and psychologicalchallenges they set for each athlete areappropriate. This appropriateness must take intoconsideration the age, maturity and skill level ofthe athlete and provide for all necessary safetyaspects. This is particularly important in the caseof younger or less developed athletes.Respect of the Coaches ImageCoaches must respect the image and role of thecoach. There is a responsibility that through thework of the individual coach, and how it is carriedout, an image of coaching is projected to athletes,to other coaches and to those not involved inContinued on page 38BMC News : Spring 1999 17

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 18IAAF Code of Ethics for CoachesThe coach’s primary role is to facilitate the process of individual developmentthrough achievement of Athletic potential. This role accepts the athletes’ longterm interests as of greater importance than short term athletic considerations.To fulfil this role the coach must behave in an ethical manner respecting thefollowing points:❒Coaches must respect the basichuman rights, that is the equalrights, of each athlete with nodiscrimination on the grounds of gender,race, colour, language, religion, politicalor other opinion, national or social origin,association with a national minority, birthor other status.❒Coaches must respect the dignity andrecognise the contribution of eachindividual. This includes respecting theright for freedom from physical or sexualharassment and advances.❒Coaches must ensure that thepractical environments are safe andappropriate. This appropriateness musttake into consideration the age, maturityand skill level of the athlete. This isparticularly important in the case ofyounger or less developed athletes.❒Coaches must acknowledge andrespect the Rules of Competition.This respect should extend to the spirit aswell as to the letter of the rules, in bothtraining and competition, to ensurefairness of competitive opportunitybetween all athletes.❒Coaches must exhibit an activerespect for officials, by accepting therole of the officials in providing judgementto ensure that competitions are conductedfairly and according to the establishedrules.❒Coaches have a responsibility toinfluence the performance andconduct of the athletes they coach, while atthe same time encouraging theindependence and self determination ofeach athlete by their acceptance ofresponsibility for their own decisions,conduct and performance.❒Coaches must assert a positive andactive leadership role to prevent anyuse of prohibited drugs or otherdisallowed performance enhancingsubstances or practices. This leadershipby coaches includes education of theathletes of the harmful effects of prohibitedsubstances and practices.❒The coach must acknowledge that allcoaches have an equal right todesire the success of the athletes theycoach - competing within the rules.Observations, recommendations andcriticism should be directed to theappropriate person outside the view orhearing of the public domain.❒Coaches should never solicit, eitherovertly or covertly, athletes who arereceiving coaching to join their squad.❒Coaches should hold recognisedcoaching qualifications. Coachesshould respect that the gaining of coachingqualifications is an ongoing commitment,achieved through the upgrading of theirknowledge by attendance of accreditedcourses and through practical coachingexperience. Coaches also have aresponsibility to share the knowledge andpractical experience they gain.❒Coaches must respect the image ofthe coach and continuously maintainthe highest standards of personal conduct,reflected in both the manner of appearanceand behaviour.❒Coaches should never smoke whilecoaching, nor consume alcoholicbeverages so soon before coaching that itaffects their competence or that the smellof alcohol is on their breath.❒Coaches should enter into fullcooperation with all individuals andagencies that could play a role in thedevelopment of the athletes they coach.This includes working openly with othercoaches, using the expertise of sportsscientists and sports physicians anddisplaying an active support of theirNational Federation and the I.A.A.F..©I.A.A.F. 199618BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 191998 World Sub 4 RegisterCompiled by Bob Sparks17 Jan Wanganui Hamish Christensen 3:58.68Chris Bowden 3:59.2325 Jan Karlsruhe (i) [3km] Haile Gebrselassie 31:59.0 ei25 Jan Haverford (i) Marcus OÕSullivan 3:58.6 mi6 Feb Budapest (i) [3km] Laban Rotich 3:59.7 eiDaniel Komen3:59.9 ei7 Feb Gainesville (i) Mark Carroll 3:57.78 iDavid Krummenacker 3:58.62 i (808/USA)7 Feb South Bend (i) Kevin Sullivan 3:56.08 iPaul McMullen3:56.63 i7 Feb Ames (i) Ryan Travis 3:59.69 i (809/USA)7 Feb Los Angeles (i) Richie Boulet 3:58.80 i13 Feb New York (i) Rotich 3:55.69 iMcMullen3:57.46 iOÕSullivan3:58.10 iSeneca Lassiter 3:59.60 i (810/USA)14 Feb Boston (i) Andy Keith 3:58.80 iBrian Gallagher 3:59.91 i (811/USA)15 Feb Birmingham (i) [2km] Gebrselassie 3:55.0 ei20 Feb Roxbury (i) Ibrahim Aden 3:59.02 i25 Feb Melbourne Komen 3:53.63Noah Ngeny 3:56.06OÕSullivan 3:56.35Holt Hardy 3:57.12Martin Keino 3:58.05Graham Hood 3:58.7728 Feb Atlanta (i) McMullen 3:55.84 iBoulet 3:56.85 iSteve Holman3:59.27 iTerrance Herrington3:59.78 i19 Apr Walnut Boulet 3:58.63HŽctor Torres 3:59.03 (812/MEX)Gabe Jennings 3:59.32 (813/USA)Martin Johns 3:59.5425 Apr Des Moines McMullen 3:59.12Herrington 3:59.3516 May Portland Noureddine Morceli 3:54.09McMullen 3:58.19Ahmed Krama 3:58.43Boulet 3:58.47Jason Pyrah 3:59.3427 May Cottbus RŸdiger Stenzel 3:56.1529 May Hexham John Mayock 3:54.8 mMichael Openshaw 3:57.2 m (814/GBR)Spencer Barden 3:58.5 m (815/GBR)31 May Eugene Komen 3:50.95Ngeny 3:52.38Boulet 3:53.25Holman 3:53.63VŽnuste Niyongabo 3:55.24Hudson de Souza 3:55.63 (816/BRA)Keino 3:55.98Aden 3:56.13Johns 3:56.32Karl Paranya 3:56.77Pyrah 3:57.125 Jun Milano [2km] Komen 3:54.5 eLuke Kipkosgei 3:55.0 e (817/KEN)9 Jun Bratislava John Kibowen 3:53.43Mayock 3:53.81William Tanui 3:54.18Ali Sa’di-Sief 3:54.40Elijah Maru 3:54.55Keino 3:54.91Andrey ZadarozhnyØ 3:55.66 (818/RUS)Bal‡zs Tšlgyesi 3:57.06Peter Philipp 3:59.74 (819/SWI)9 Jun Bratislava [2km] Komen 3:54.2 cKipkosgei3:56.4 cJulius Kiptoo3:59.1 cTom Nyariki3:59.8 c16 Jun Exeter Ian Gillespie 3:57.6 mNeil Caddy3:58.5 m4 Jul Brunswick Pyrah 3:56.82Daniel Hill 3:58.57 (820/USA)Brian Baker 3:58.80 (821/USA)Allan Klassen 3:59.22Michael Stember 3:59.31 (822/USA)Darin Shearer 3:59.73Scott Anderson 3:59.80 (823/USA)7 Jul Zagreb Morceli 3:50.68Jonah Birir 3:54.15Paul Mwangi 3:54.81 (824/KEN)Branko Zorko 3:55.36Jamey Harris 3:55.51Tšlgyesi 3:55.56Krummenacker 3:55.73Boulet 3:56.24Paranya 3:56.75ZadorozhnyØ 3:57.25Robert Stefko 3:58.20 (825/SVK)Kamel Boulahfane 3:59.30 (826/ALG)9 Jul Oslo [3km] Gebrselassie 3:57.1 cKipkosgei3:57.3 cKiptanui3:57.8 cKibowen3:58.4 c16 Jul Nice Hicham El Guerrouj 3:44.60Rotich 3:51.02Anthony Whiteman 3:51.90Zorko 3:53.62Vyacheslav Shabunin 3:53.77David Lelei 3:54.98 (827/KEN)Adil El Kaouch 3:57.40 (828/MAR)Boujamaa Stouti 3:58.44 (829/MAR)Kader ChŽkhŽmani 3:59.22 (830/FRA)19 Jul Gateshead Andres D’az 3:56.19 (831/SPA)Mayock 3:56.88Manuel Pancorbo 3:57.96Caddy 3:58.49Kevin McKay 3:58.52Alberto Garc’a 3:58.81 (832/SPA)Aden 3:58.96Barden 3:59.8619 Jul Gateshead [2km] El Guerrouj 3:53.3 c21 Jul Uniondale Morceli 3:53.39Tanui 3:54.05Komen 3:54.78Harris 3:55.39ZadorozhnyØ 3:56.44McMullen 3:56.60Krama 3:57.27Pyrah 3:59.3725 Jul Edwardsville Tanui 3:54.11Krummenacker 3:54.23Holman 3:54.74Alan Culpepper 3:55.12Harris 3:55.13McMullen 3:56.14Pyrah 3:56.18Paranya 3:56.21Edgar de Oliveira 3:56.3129 Jul Paris (Ch) El Guerrouj 3:49.01Kibowen 3:51.96Tanui 3:52.31Holman 3:52.73Shabunin 3:53.30Sammy Rono 3:53.63 (833/KEN)Mayock 3:53.72Rotich 3:54.15Zorko 3:54.27Sullivan 3:54.31Nadir Bosch 3:54.33ChŽkhŽmani 3:55.57Sa•di-Sief 3:57.09Marko Koers 3:58.481 Aug Hechtel [2km] Tanui 3:52.2 eKibowen3:52.5 e2 Aug Sheffield Rotich 3:51.74Mayock 3:51.99Whiteman 3:52.09Driss Maazouzi 3:52.62 (834/FRA)Frederick Cheruiyot 3:52.92 (835/KEN)Lelei 3:54.08Krummenacker 3:55.37Julius Achon 3:55.99Gary Lough 3:57.58Pyrah 3:59.185 Aug Stockholm Kibowen 3:51.32Morceli 3:52.08Tanui 3:52.20Zorko 3:52.64Cheruiyot 3:52.98Holman 3:53.02Salah El Ghazi 3:53.85 (836/MAR)Harris 3:54.90Lelei 3:55.89Mwangi 3:57.70Rono 3:58.31McMullen 3:59.0712 Aug Bath Edwin Maranga 3:58.3 m (837/Ken)David Kisang 3:59.5 m (838/Ken)15 Aug Falmouth, Mass. Pyrah 3:58.22Culpepper 3:58.47Brian Baker 3:58.9119 Aug London (TB) Phillip Tulba 3:59.7 m (839/GBR)28 Aug Brussels [3km] Whiteman 3:57.8 cGebrselassie3:58.0 c5 Sep Solihull Maranga 3:58.11James McIlroy 3:59.48 (840/Ire)Darius Burrows 3:59.91 (841/GBR)Numbers in parentheses indicate new entries to the Sub-4 Registerc = calculated from video analysise = estimated from 1600m timem = manual timeBMC races in boldBMC News : Spring 1999 19

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 20Focus on the Futureby Tony WardThe future of British middle-distance runninglies with the young men and women who wereborn sometime during the great distancerunning epoch of Coe, Cram and Ovett. Thedawn of that era of record-breaking, balmynights on tracks across Europe is now overtwenty years ago when raw ambition drove thethree miling musketeers nearer and nearer tothe ultimate (wherever that might be!).BMC races, almost the raison d'être of theclub, have figured in the careers of all three,most notably that of Seb Coe; for him the BMCraces were an important, almost vital, part ofhis development and so it is proving yet againas the profiles of the most promising youngBMC runners of 1998 show.Interestingly, three of the top juniors are allat Seb's alumni, Loughborough. It isimportant to rekindle that flame of ambition inthe promising talent that we have. It isimportant not to be satisfied with mediocrity,to just wanting to don a British vest and thennot to care what one does in it. It is importantto nurture the talent that exists and for thattalent to receive the very best coaching and thevery best management that we have.Mediocrity breeds mediocrity, as developmentsin other events have shown, but nowwith more professionalism and more fundingthe time has come to grasp this nettle and rootit out of that part of our sport that carries theproudest tradition.CHARLOTTE MOORE (14)Charlotte has another year in the Under 15Õs.She's got bests of 2:14.5 and 4:37.0. Last year,in the English Schools, she ran fourth in theJunior 1,500 metres. She was particularlypleased because she ended the 1998 seasonwith the best performances of her career, inraces at Bournemouth and Reading.She is a member of Bournemouth AC andshe's been coached by Keith New and TomCochrane for around two years. In 1999 shewants to do well at the English Schools (hermain target) and to set new personal bests atboth 800m and 1,500m. Long term? "I want tomake a successful transition to the seniorranks," Charlotte said, "and then go on toperform really well."She joined the BMC about two years ago toget quality racing and the club has served herwell in this regard (she made a big breakthroughat one of the Millfield races) becauselack of competition was holding her back. TheBMC, Charlotte said, "has been really good."What would help her in the future would bemore races like the Millfield School races and,in particular, for the BMC to stage races for herage group at weekends. "A lot of the races areon weekday evenings," she said, "and if you'reat school this makes life difficult."LISA DOBRISKEY (15)Lisa is a member of Ashford AC and hasbeen coached by Stella Bandu for 3 years. Shehas personal bests (set in 1998) of 2:11.21 and4:38.1. She won the English Schools Junior 800metres title last year and went on to capture theAAA Under 15 title at Sheffield. In Februarythis year she won the Schools IndoorInternational Under 15 800m by almost fourseconds in 2:14.54. Her main aim for 1999 is torun a sub-2:10 800 metres and her long termaim is to represent Great Britain. "That's mydream," she said, "to follow in the footsteps ofKelly Holmes."She was looking for competitive 1,500metres races and there were none in Kent butthen her coach discovered the BMC races atWatford and she travelled there and took part ina mixed age group race. "My big problem,"Lisa said, "is lack of concentration but in thatrace I really had to concentrate hard and itbrought me through to an excellent time. Isigned up for the BMC on the spot!"More competition for her age group issomething that Lisa requires. "What more canthe BMC do for me?" she said. "I thinkproviding more age category races would bevery useful"ANDREW FULFORD (16)Andrew gravitates to the Under 20 ranks thisyear. He's a member of Swindon AC and hasbeen coached by Rod Vickers for six years. Hehas set all his pbÕs in BMC races, including hisBritish Milers’ Club Junior Records (as at 1st May 1999)BMC Junior Members’ Record “BMC Junior Record” BMC Junior Club Recordby a paid-up BMC junior member by any junior by a paid-up BMC junior memberin a BMC race in a BMC race in any race world-wideJunior MenM800 1:47.69 Simon Lees 1998 1:47.69 Simon Lees 1998 1:45.77 Steve Ovett 1974M1000 2:23.4 Justin Swift-Smith 1993 2:23.4 Justin Swift-Smith 1993 2:20.0 Steve Ovett 1973M1500 3:42.2 Paul Wynn 1983 3:42.2 Paul Wynn 1983 3:40.90 David Robertson 1992M Mile 3:59.4 Steven Ovett 1974 3:59.4 Steven Ovett 1974 3:59.4 Steven Ovett 1974M3000 no mark under 8:05.0 7:53.40 * Mizan Mehare U20 ETH 1998 no mark under 8:05.0M5000 14:17.2 Samuel Haughian 1998 13:28.6 * Mizan Mehare U20 ETH 1998 no mark under 14:00Junior WomenW800 2:06.5 Rachel Hughes 1982 2:04.6 * Janet Lawrence 1977 2:02.0 Jo White 1977W1000 no mark under 2:50.0 no mark under 2:50.0 2:38.58 Jo White 1977W1500 4:20.0 Bev Hartigan 1986 4:16.4 * Julie Holland 1984 4:13.40 Wendy Sly 1976W3000 9:25.95 Amber Gascoigne 1998 9:25.95 Amber Gascoigne 1998 9:09.14 Lisa York 1989W5000 no mark under 16:30.0 16:30.38 * Louise Kelly 1998 no mark under 15:00.0* denotes non-member20BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 21Focus on the Futurebest ever of 1:53.9 in 1998. He ran fifth in theEnglish Schools Intermediate 800 metres. Hewill be targeting the European Youth Olympicsand the inaugural World Under 18Championships in 1999 and hopes to make it asa "professional" athlete in the senior ranks. Hejoined the BMC to get "fast pace races" and theclub has certainly fulfilled his expectations inthat regard.He believes (as does his coach) that Britishathletes do not aim high enough and seem tolack the necessary speed to sustain a fast pace."In the BMC races," he said, "you get really fastpacemaking; it's important to go with it, hangon and then pick people off." His own target ishigh: breaking 1:50 in 1999.CATHERINE RILEY (16)Catherine was the fastest Under 17 800metres runner in Britain last year, with 2:09.9.She won the English Schools Intermediate titleat Exeter and before that the 1998 AAA Under17 indoor title. Her best is 2:10.1 indoors.She's a member of Park High School AC inBurnley and is coached by Mike Kindle.Catherine has had a very successful (andslightly heady!) 1999 indoor season, representingGreat Britain Juniors against France andGermany in an indoor meeting in Paris, runningthird behind two German competitors. Shewent warm weather training with a BOAEuropean Youth Olympics squad.About two years ago Catherine followed anumber of friends, who had competed regularlyat Stretford, into the BMC and has beendelighted with the result. "I've set a number ofpbs in BMC races" she says. "Running witholder athletes gives you the opportunity to runfaster times. I don't think there is much morethat the club can do for me - except to keep onstaging the races!"She's pacing her career at the present time.In 1999 she'll be concentrating on the EuropeanYouth Olympics and possibly the EuropeanJunior Championships. "I just want to keep onimproving," she said. "I'll take each race as itcomes."ALEXANDRA CARTER (19)Alex Carter is a member of Vale Royal and isnow at Loughborough. She was top rankedUnder 20 runner at 800 metres with 2:08.2,convincingly won the English Schools 1,500mtitle in 4:32.41 and is second ranked at thatevent with 4:25.3. "I've had a good winter'straining at Loughborough," Alex said. It hasshowed with her winning indoors againstFrance and Germany in Paris and making theGreat Britain Under 20 team for the WorldCross-Country Championships in Belfast (notbad for someone who is, essentially, a trackrunner!). Coached by John Davies, she is thedaughter of Andy Carter, former Europeanbronze medallist, who set the first ever BMC800m record, (whose best time, incidentally, of1:45.13, a UK record set in 1973, has not beenbettered by a British athlete for the last fiveyears).Like her father she used the BMC races togood effect with her 800 metres pb coming inthe Stretford race in August and the 1,500mtime at the same venue in June. She had threeruns below 4:27. "You get good pacing in theraces," Alex, who joined the BMC two yearsago, said, "and so you get quality times." Shewould like to see the BMC arrange races priorto selection dates (she missed out on the WorldJunior because she ran out of races).In 1999 her main target is the EuropeanJunior Championships. She also intends to mixher races more between 800 and 1,500m. Latershe hopes to gravitate to senior internationalstatus.CHRIS MOSS (19)Chris Moss is at Loughborough University.At home (Chislehurst) he represents BlackheathHarriers. Chris was sixth in last year's WorldJunior Championships in Annecy, after winningPhoto by: ShearmanSimon Lees (7) and Chris Moss (8) bothsetting lifetime bests behind British number 1Andy Hart at last year’s BMC Grand Prix finalat Solihull.his heat and semi-final. His time of 1:48.77 wasa pb at the time. Earlier in the year he won theUnder 20 800 metres title. He's coached byGeorge Gandy and has bests of 1:48.43 and3:48.3 both of which he set in BMC races, the800m in last year's Grand Prix final where hewas the highest placed junior and the 1,500m atWatford. His main short-term aim is to makethe Great Britain Under 23 team for theEuropean Championships. Longer term? "Runquicker," he said, "and if that brings honoursand championships with it, well and good."He's been a member of the BMC for three orfour years. He joined because, as a top junior,he was looking for top quality races. "Whenyou're running as a good junior," he said, "it'sdifficult to get motivated in many races.Getting into the BMC was great because youknow you can get good quality competition."He feels that BMC don't need to change but tojust carry on providing the high quality competitionthat it does now.He thinks that British middle-distancerunning is suffering at the moment because of ageneral lack of ambition. "People aren't aiminghigh enough," he said, "they're setting theirtargets too low. 1:43 is world class; our peopleseem to be content with 1:45."SIMON LEES (19)Simon Lees is also at LoughboroughUniversity where he will resume rivalry withChris Moss (to whom he ran second to in theAAA Under 20Õs). "We're good friends," hesaid, "and bring out the best in each other."Simon was the fastest junior 800 metres runnerin Britain last year with 1:47.69, a time he set inthe BMC race in Solihull in September. Itcompensated for his World JuniorChampionships run in Annecy when he hadcontracted an ear infection, was full of antibioticsand did not do himself justice in his heat.When at home he is a member of Solihull andSmall Heath and is coached by Paul Wallace.He has a 1,500m best of 3:47.8. He enters theUnder 23 ranks this year and is aiming at theEuropean Under 23 Championships and theWorld Student Games. Longer term he has hiseye on the Sydney Olympics.Simon joined the BMC basically to "get fastraces". "You know," he said, "that if you run ina BMC race it will be of a good quality, withgood pacemaking. That has given me themotivation that I require because often locally Ididn't get the competition that I needed. I thinkthat the Grand Prix series has been reallyexcellent. I don't think that the BMC need domore - just keep churning out the fast races!"BMC News : Spring 199921

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 22Your LettersCompiled by Matthew Fraser MoatFROM DAVE COCKSEDGEI have two points regarding the most recentEuropean Championships in Budapest.Firstly, for the first time since 1946, therewere no heats scheduled for the menÕs 5,000mchampionship. I find this vaguely disturbing -when the championships were last held inBudapest back in 1966, three heats were held.Does this mean that numbers of participants aredown all over Europe, and not just in the UK?Or are there far fewer athletes in Europe able tomeet the qualifying standard?We have all witnessed the steadily decliningnumbers in track distance events through theyears. Back in 1968, we have 68 entries for theSurrey county 3 miles heats, scheduled for aTuesday evening on a cinder track at MotspurPark. In 1998, just seven athletes reported forthe 5,000m final on an all weather track atKingston.Secondly, to date, no positive drug test resultshave been announced from the 1998 EuropeanChampionships. This can only mean one ofthree things: a) all participants were ãcleanÒ; b)doped athletes have become ultra-efficient inãcyclingÒ their drugs to avoid detection; or (c)the organisers have decided to jettison anypositive samples for expedient political reasons.The latter is not unprecedented. There isevidence that (c) took place in Moscow (1980)and Helsinki (1983). Take your pick.FROM TIM HUTCHINGSIÕm intrigued by Norman PooleÕs ÒChairmanÕsNotesÓ at the front of the latest BMC News.He states that BMC races are primarily toenable to athletes to run fast times, but also says- and this is what concerns me slightly- that theplace to learn the art of racing is inChampionships! Does he really mean this? Iwould have thought it is a bit late to be learninghow to race, when youÕre actually in animportant race!For many years I benefited from the BMCphilosophy of running as fast as possible atalmost every opportunity. I well remember thethrill of breaking 3:12 and then 3:00 for 1,200min those BMC races at Crystal Palace in theÔ70s; I remember running very close to a 4minute mile in various BMC races back in 1978before that breakthrough race, again at CrystalPalace. But at the same time, I was getting inenough races elsewhere to learn the art ofracing, so that when I came to the importantChampionship races - even domestic championships- running tactically well, and getting thebest result out of my race, was almost secondnature. I believe that I became a good tacticalrunner, from 800m right up to 10,000m, in largepart because I was able to race so much in somany different racing situations.So I suppose what I am saying is, does theBMC need to reassess itÕs Òraison dÕetreÓ nowthat the youngsters(the 16-20 agegroup) donÕt havethe same numberof racing opportunitiesat a goodlevel to learnfrom? IÕm talkingfor example, aboutall those SEAAmeets that Andyused to organisePhoto by: HorwillTim Hutchings, BMC Vice President, twice silver medallist in the WorldCross-Country Championships, and 4th in the 1984 Olympic 5,000m, withBMC Founder, Frank Horwill, after attending the funeral of Ray Williams,BMC Vice President, in Kent in 1997. Ray was the BMC MembershipSecretary for 10 years.and which,combined with theBMC races, meantthat our generationwere able to learnto run very fast (inthe BMC events),and get good teethsharpeningtacticalexperience beforegetting to theChampionshipevents. Does theBMC need toacknowledge in deeds (and words) that tacticalknowledge, not tactical naivete, is what isrequired in Championship races.How could this be achieved practically?Perhaps by allocating some races during theyear, when the athletes were told that, for thatday, the races were just that, real races, not justglorified time trials. I donÕt mean this to soundcritical, but what we do not need is anothergeneration of runners who end up like Mayockand Whiteman, having to spend most of theirtime in processional Grand Prix races (becausethe Africans are blazing away at the front), butare relatively tactically naive when it comes tomajor championships. Witness the way theyboth got outsmarted in Budapest last summer,for example, and neither of them, with all duerespect to the pair, made any attempt at all towin at the Commonwealth Games. Look at thetapes.Hope this can be regarded as constructivecriticism. It all started by my having beensurprised at NormanÕs comment, but actuallymakes me thing that maybe the BMC could behelping athletes to learn to race, as well asachieve personal bests.FROM JOANNE PAVEYI am writing to clarify a couple of pointsfollowing my interview in the last BMC News.Regrettably some people thought I was criticisingmy former coach Mike Down. There isabsolutely no way I would want to do this - onthe contrary I have much to thank him for. Ihave been coached by Mike for many years andvalue his friendship.As i said on the previous article, Mike is agreat bloke and puts in a lot of effort with alarge group of athletes and with the BMC. He isalso very knowledgable coach and whilst withhim I achieved a lot of success.When I read the article, I felt that my gratefulsentiments had been reflected, so I certainly didnot anticipate any negative reaction. I nowappreciate that some of the wording could havecaused misunderstanding.At present I am trying to overcome a kneeinjury and I would like to thank all the peoplethat have given me support during this time. Iwould particularly like to thank PAS whosemedical support has been outstanding. I amvery grateful.I can only apologise again to Mike for anyembarrassment caused by misinterpretations. Iwish Mike all the best for the future and hopehe continues to get the recognition that hedeserves.22BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 23Your LettersPhoto by: McIlroyBMC Members James McIlroy (left) with Tom Mayo (right) pictured whilstwarm weather training in 1999.FROM PAUL STOCKBURNLeeds based middle distance runner MichelleFaherty has quit top class athletics due tomounting work pressure. International Faherty,who is a self-employed fitness instructor, hasreluctantly decided to hang up her spikes at theage of 30.She said ÒIÕm really busy now with work andIÕm feeling tired all the time. It makes me sadto have to finish, because IÕve had some greattimes in the sport since the age of 13. My aimthis year was to make the CommonwealthGames team. I realised that when I didnÕt makeit I would have to think seriously about where Iwas going in athleticsÓ.Faherty, a member of Leeds based SkyracAC, regards competing over 800m in the worldindoor championships in Paris last year as oneof the highlights of her career. And two yearsago she was third in the Olympic trials, but wasdeprived of a trip to Atlanta after missing thequalifying time.During a career in which she narrowly failedto break through to major championship leveloutdoors, she nevertheless represented Britainor England more than a dozen times, and shewon medals from county to national levelthroughout the age-groups.As a pupil of LeedsÕ Notre Dame highschool, she gained a silver 800m medal atsenior level in the English SchoolsChampionship. In adult competition shecaptured 800m silver in the national indoorchampionships after being a gold medallist atjunior and intermediate levels.Winning Northern and Yorkshire titles werealmost routine for the tall long-striding Faherty,who retires as a current county champion on thetrack and with bestsof 2:03 (800m) and4:13 (1,500m) to hercredit.She is quick to paytribute to Leedscoach Gordon Agarand to Peter Watson,who has recentlyguided Faherty andBarnsleyÕs JohnMayock, BritainÕstop male miler.Coaching supportfrom her stepfather,John Radcliffe, andcash aid fromYorkshire andHumberside SportsAid Foundation and Leeds accountancy firmBartfield and Co. also helped to push her tointernational levelHer talent on the track earned her an athleticsscholarship at the University of North Carolinaand she also possesses a degree in drama andPhysical Education.ÒThrough athletics IÕve seen some fantastic,interesting places, such as Hong Kong Ukraine,Estonia and LatviaÓ, she said. IÕll always runfor enjoyment, but now I wonÕt compete.ÒWith my job I can now put something backby giving people instruction and advice onfitness.ÓFROM DAVE COCKSEDGECongratulations on the last issue of the BMCNews. You have certainly done a fine job onthe statistics, though I would query the need forquite so much on Kenyan distance runners -much of it conjecture as to whether they aredoping (EPO) or not. ÒInnocent until provenguiltyÓ is surely only natural justice. That is therule that Track and Field News applies - unlessyou are discussing Chinese female middledistancerunners: then of course they are allguilty as hell, and damn the lack of evidence!When Frank and I edited the magazine in thepast, we felt it was important to keep it as aforum for discussion among the membership.Obviously this no longer applies, for in the rushof ÒForward and UnitedÓ (with a journal editedby committee) discussion is taken as dissent,and is thus suppressed. To me that is adangerous trend - a frank exchange of views inprint is surely a healthy process, and censorshipis not.Frank and I edited a magazine that was oftenanarchic in content, and were sometimeswrong, but we were never afraid to have a view,and invite discussion, even if that amounted toargument. And often, I would venture to think,we were right on the money.I was also somewhat miffed to note that inthe BMC News Index 1972 - 1990 by BrendonByrne, my name does not appear alongside anyof my articles, even though I was Editor from1979 to 1990! Several articles written by mehave been left out entirely (example: profile ofBilly Mills), and those that have been includeddo not carry my byline. Everyone else who hasever written for BMC News gets a byline!What is this - some kind of selective memoryprocess - can someone please enlighten me as towhat is going on?Finally, in the quiz, Frank names JackLovelock and Herb Elliott as two men whohave set world records in the Olympic 1,500m.As he did not specify gender in his question, Iwould respectfully submit that LyudmilaBragina (Soviet Union) also did so in 1972 - infact she broke the 1,500m world record in herheat, semi-final and final!FROM MELONIE BURROWSI am currently researching female endurancerunners at Canterbury Christ Church UniversityCollege specifically looking at bone density andthe effects of endurance training loads. Due tofemales participating in high volumes ofendurance running they run the risk of disturbancesto their menstrual cycle, decreasingbone mineral density and making the bonesusceptible to osteoporosis in later life. The aimof the research is to identify a training levelwhich is advantageous to increasing bonestrength to prevent female runners fombecoming osteoporotic and suffering the healthconsequences. Indeed females involved withinthe study will get full reports on their healthstatus.I aim to recruit female subjects between theage range of 20-40 yrs from as wide apopulation as possible. I have spoken to ChrisNewman who suggested that I contact you withreference to the possibility of advertising thisstudy in the British MilersÕ Club newsletter.Your help would be very much appreciated, andyou can contact me on the numbers below.Tel: 01227 767 700, fax: 01227 470 442, email:M.Burrows@cant.uk.ac.uk.BMC News : Spring 1999 23

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 24The Evolution of the Women’s 800 Metresby Frank HorwillThe first unofficial world record for the women's800 metres was established in Sweden in 1914.Elsa Sundberg ran 3:04.9. This time, a year later,was shattered by another Swede, Elsa Dahl, whorecorded 2:50.8. In the first ever Women'sInternational Games held in 1921 in MonteCarlo, Lucie Breard of France, caused a majorsensation by covering the distance in 2:30.2. Herachievement was short lived - ten days later MaryLines of Great Britain ran 2:26.6, and also 440yds in 62.4. Both times made the I.A.A.F. firstofficial record list. In 1925 Edith Trickey notonly lowered the record to 2:24.0, but ran 3:08.8for the unheard of distance of one kilometre.At last, women were permitted to run the 800metres for the first time in the AmsterdamOlympic Games of 1928. However, from thesublime to the ridiculous. The organisers heldheats, semi-finals and final, on consecutive days.Some of the finalists had taken part in otherevents beforehand and were clearly tired. Thefinal was an epic battle between Radke-Batschauer of Germany, and Kinue Hitomi ofJapan. The German woman won in 2:l6.8.Hitomi ran 2:l7.6. Half of the field collapsed onthe line and this led to a protest to the I.O.C. andthe I.A.A.F. for the event to be ousted fromfuture Games. Meanwhile, women's athleticsgoverning bodies were defiant, and they includedthe two lap event in all major meetings. At oneof these Gladys Lunn of England ran 2:18.2 forthe half-mile, which converted well to the metrictime of the German woman.As the Second Great War drew near, two 800metre pioneers came to the fore. ZdenkaKoubkova (Czechoslovakia) ran a world recordof 2:12.4. However, there were some doubts asto her sexuality. Yevdokiya Vasilyeva (USSR),became the first Russian woman to break 2:20,and later ran 2:15.3. In 1940 the U.S.S.R. had allthe first ten places in the World List.Very little is known about the training methodspractised by the world record breakers listed.But, two important findings occurred during thisperiod, which influenced the training of both menand women. The first of these occurred in 1932,when Nobel Prize winning A.V. Hill publishedhis now famous aerobic/anaerobic table. Hestated that the 800 metres event was two thirdsanaerobic and one third aerobic. The racerequired a total of 27 litres of oxygen, the athletecould only breathe in a total of 9 litres. Thisinformation was largely ignored or misunderstoodfor many years until Professor Nocker(Germany) stated that it told the athlete preciselyhow to train. Given six training sessions in aweek, four (two thirds) would be anaerobic.Again, there was a controversy as to what theseterms actually meant in practical sessions. Theanswer was to be found in HillÕs original table.He listed the following as predominantlyanaerobic:- 200 metres maximum speed Ð 95 %anaerobic. 400 metres maximum speed Ð 83 %.800 metres maximum speed Ð 67 %. 1500metres at maximum speed 50 %. The followingare predominantly aerobic:- Marathon pace Ð 99% aerobic. Half marathon pace Ð 94 %. 10k paceÐ 90 %. 5k pace Ð 80 %. 3k pace Ð 60 %.Hill, in 1932, stated that the 800 metreswas two thirds anaerobic and one thirdaerobicAlthough the marathon pace might be 7:00/mile,the half marathon speed will be about 6:45/mile,the 10k speed about 6:30/mile, the 5k speedaround 6:15/mile, 3k speed about 6:00/mile andthe 1500m speed 5:45/mile. The longer distancesmay be called Ôslow aerobicÕ, while the shorterdistances can be called Ôfast aerobicÕ.The second advance occurred after the secondGreat War when attention was focused on Dr.Woldemar GerschlerÕs interval training method.GerschlerÕs athlete, Rudolph Harbig, held the800 metres world record with 1:46.6 and held itfor 16 years. Gerschler stated that steadyrunning was "wasteful and inefficient". Heclaimed that in 6 weeks of his interval training, arunner would be fitter than one who ran steadyfor an hour a day for 12 weeks! He selectedthree distances Ð 100, 200 and 600 metres. Theywere to be run 3, 6 and 18 seconds slowerrespectively than for oneÕs best times for thedistances. If an athlete has a best of 28 secondsfor the 200 metres, the 200 metres is run in 34seconds. After each run, the recovery is the timeit takes the pulse to return to 120 beats a minute(20 beats in 10 seconds), provided it did notexceed 90 seconds to do so. If it did, the sessionstops. He claimed that the training effectoccurred during the recovery time! How canthat be? ItÕs all to do with the stroke volume ofthe heart, the amount of blood pumped out byone beat per minute. During a run the pulse mayrise to 180 bpm and the stroke volume may be 90mls a beat. But during the recovery period, thepulse rate will rapidly decline but the strokevolume may rise to as much as 110 mls a beat. Itis this, that Greschler asserted, strengthened theheart muscle. Interval training had arrived and isnow often referred to as repetition running. Oneof the first successful British females to use itwas Diane Leather. Born in 1933, she was 5 feet9 1 /2 inches tall, weighing 130 lbs, and recorded2:09.6/800m, 56.3/400m 26.8/220 yards,12.0/100m. But she was better known for beingthe first British woman to break 5 minutes for themile, her best being 4:45. Some of her routinesare quite unique, for example, she warmed up 75minutes before a race, jogging a mile. Thencame 4 x 80 yards fast strides. She then restedfor about 20 minutes, but sometimes got up to dosome jogging and walking.Her total winter mileage never exceeded 20miles a week. She rested every Monday andFriday, but raced cross-country on Saturday ordid either 8 x 440 yards (68"-75") [440 yardsjog], or 12 x 220 yards (30"-35") [220 yards jog].On Sundays she did a 40 minutes fartlek (Speedplay).In the track season fartlek on Sundayscontinued but she now trained daily. Her speedsessions included:-a) 4 x 440 yards (60"-62") [jog 7Õ-10Õ]b) 12 x 110 yards (sprint) [330 yards fast jogging]c) 8 x 150 yards (sprints)d) 1 x 660 yards (time trial in 1:34)e) 3 x 3 x 200 (fast) [220 yards jog, 440 yards jog]In 1958 Diane was 2 nd in the EuropeanChampionships 800 metres. She nearly alwaysran from the front.Women were finally permitted to run 800metres in the 1960 Rome Olympics. LudmilaShevtsova (U.S.S.R.) won in 2:04.3, breaking theold 1928 record by 12 seconds. She was 5 foot 4 1 /2inches tall and weighed 117 lbs. Her winningOlympic time matched the world record she set afew weeks beforehand. She was officially rankedNo. 1 in the world from 1956 to 1963. Itappeared that the Russians were becoming thedominant two lappers, for before ShevtsovaÕsgold medal win and world record, NinaOtkalenko, lowered the world record to 2:05.0 in1955.But the 1964 Tokyo Olympic 800 metres wasto bring some surprises. And, it came from a 5foot 6 1 /2 inch tall English woman weighing 134lbs, Ann Packer. Earlier in the Games she hadwon a silver medal in the 400m, her primarytarget, and in doing so had created a Europeanrecord of 52.2 seconds. She had no great hopesin the 800 metres, after all, it was only herseventh ever race over the distance. The first lapfelt comfortable at 58.5 seconds. As she enteredthe final straight she became aware that she waspassing the field and won in 2:01.1, an Olympicand world record. It is interesting to note herconversion from 400 metres time, i.e. 52.2 + 8.324BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 25The Evolution of the Women’s 800 MetresBut the 1964 Tokyo Olympic 800 metreswas to bring some surprises.seconds = 60.5 x 2 = 2:01.1. This is a commonconversion time for 800 metre runners whopossess outstanding 400 metre speed.Talk was now about breaking the 2 minutebarrier. Rumours that Shin Geum Dan (NorthKorea) had run 1:58.0 in 1964, were notaccepted. North Korea did not belong to theI.A.A.F., and her performances came in nonI.A.A.F. sanctioned meets. But in 1962 her51.4/400 metres was accepted as a world record.There is little doubt that she was truly the firstwoman to run sub 2 minutes for 800 metres. Theofficial honour for this, however, went toHildegard Falck (West Germany), who ran1:58.4 in 1971. The following year, she won theMunich Olympic title with 1:58.55. She was 5foot 8 inches tall and weighed 126 lbs. A yearlater Svetla Zlateva shaved a second off therecord to record 1:57.5. This was to last until1973 when Valentina Gerasimova (U.S.S.R)took it down to 1:56.0. However, several yearswere to pass before a British runner duckedunder 2 minutes. This was eventually achievedby Christina Boxer in 1979. She slightlyimproved her time the same year to 1:59.05, atime which still ranks her in the U.K. All Timelist. Christina was the beginning of a new breedof two lappers. Devoid of PackerÕs 400 metresspeed, Christina relied on her 1,500 metresendurance to run two laps together in the 800metres, each 4-5 seconds slower than her besttime for 400 metres. This is in contrast toPacker, who ran two laps together 8 secondsslower. Christina was to run 4:00.57 for 1,500metres in 1984. This time ranks her third on theU.K. All Time list. At this point in time the introductionof the womenÕs 1,500 metres event in theOlympic Games of 1972 saw many womenregard the 800 metres as a secondary event, onlyto be run as a speed aid to the longer distance. Itwas rare for a female to hold both the 800 and1,500 metres records, but common for a man todo so. Most of the female world record breakerswere 400/800 types. This was to change, butslowly.In 1976, the physiologists Donald Matthewsand Edward Fox put forward a different analysisof the 800 metre event. They described it as being65 per cent LAO2, 30 per cent ATP-PC and LA,and 5 per cent O2. A specimen schedule belowshows how their allocations would appear in aweekÕs work, and also the type of work for eachenergy pathway:-Day 1 O2 Ð Run for 1 hour steadyDay 2 LAO2 Ð 5 x 600 (1,500m speed) [twice timeof rep]Day 3 LAO2 Ð 2 x 2 x 800 (1,500m speed) [sametime as rep]Day 4 ATP-PC/LA Ð 4 x 4 x 200 (800m speed)[three times the time of the rep., good rest].This session can also be done at 400mspeed (maximum).Day 5 LAO2 Repeat day 2Day 6 ATP-PC/LA Ð 2 x 4 x 400 (800m speed)[double the time of rep., good rest]Day 7 RestFox and Matthews do not appear to like workthat is not totally measurable. For example, for O2work they recommend 1,000m and 1,200m reps,with half the time of the repetition as recovery.They also list other types of training which fallinto their energy pathway categories. Repetitionrunning, fartlek and sprint training, in that orderof preference. For instance, three sessions of thefirst, two of the second and one of the third.Before Fox and Matthews, Astrand stated thatas the 800 metres race accumulated more lacticacid than any other middle distance event, thismust be replicated in training. He advisedrunning for 75 seconds and 60 seconds durationat maximum speed many times in one session.From 1976 onwards Communist runnersdominated the 800 metres. Tatyana Kazankinaran 1:54.9 in 1976. Nadezhda Olizarenko twicelowered the world record in 1980, 1:54.85 and1:53.43. In 1983 Jarmila Kratochvilova, reducedAstrand stated that as the 800 metres raceaccumulated more lactic acid than anyother middle distance event, this must bereplicated in training.it to 1:53.28. EnglandÕs Kelly Holmes holds theCommonwealth record with 1:56.21 set in 1995,and also the 1,500 metres record with 3:58.07done in 1997.With Kelly Holmes largely sidelined withinjury for the last two years, the current worldspotlight is on Svetlana Masterkova who, at 30years of age, seems able to win from the front orcome from behind with a sprint. Masterkova iscoached by Svetlana Styrkina, who was 5th in the1976 Olympics in 1:56.44. However, MariaMutola, now aged 26, is a good second fasterthan Masterkova over two laps. In 1994 sheestablished a new African record of 1:55.19 andin 1998, a world indoor record of 1:56.36.Capable of 51.37 for 400 metres, her conversiontime is 51.37 + 6 seconds x 2. Ana Quirot at 36years of age is perhaps past her best, but in 1997she nearly equalled her personal best of 1:54.44set in 1989, running 1:54.82. In a 400m relayrace in 1991 she was timed at 48.9.Unfortunately, Ann PackerÕs time of 2:01.1 setin 1964 has only been broken by 14 British womenin the intervening 34 years. Much as we admirethe likes of Kelly Holmes, Kirtsy Wade and DianeModahl, we have little reason to be complacentSummaryThere are some statistics which demandattention:-¥ On average, the peak age for a female 800metre runner is 26 years.¥ How a female converts her best 400 metrestime in an 800 metre race will reveal her strengthsand weaknesses.Here is an example:-Best 400m time = 60.0.60.0 + 4 secs = 64.0 x 2 = 2:08.Good endurance but poor basic speed.60.0 + 6 secs = 66.0 x 2 = 2:12.Moderate endurance and poor basic speed.60.0 + 8 secs = 68.0 x 2 = 2:16.Bad endurance and poor basic speed.However, if we take a female with a best timeof 52 secs we get some hair raising possibilities:-52.0 + 4 = 56.0 x 2 = 1:52.A World Record.52.0 + 6 = 58.0 x 2 = 1:56.A Commonwealth Record.52.0 + 8 = 60.0 x 2 = 2:00.A time which would have won the 1964 Olympics¥ Quite clearly it is decision time for many twolappers. What is your strength and weakness? Awoman with a time of 60 seconds for 400 metresis not going to run for Great Britain. One with 56seconds might just squeeze in. An athlete with a400m time of 54 seconds minus has a goodchance of getting well under 2 minutes. Yourdecision is: are you willing to make drasticchanges to your training and/or considerchanging your racing distance?¥ How does your 1,500m time compare to your800 metre time? If you have an 800m time of2:12 (66/400), you need to run not more than 6seconds a lap slower, i.e. 4:30. If you cannot dothis, your endurance is poor!¥ The writer believes that the formula for 800metres success is two sessions a week at 400mspeed, two at 800m speed and two at 1,500mspeed. Half can be done on measured grass.BMC News : Spring 1999 25

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 26Women’s All-Time StatisticsCompiled by Matthew Fraser MoatWomen’s 800m (qualification - five performances inside 1:58)1 1.55.04 Jarmila Kratochilova (CZE) 1:53.28 1:54.68 1:55.04 1:55.91 1:56.272 1.55.24 Nadezhda Olizarenko (UKR) 1:53.43 1:54.85 1:55.82 1:56.03 1:56.093 1:55.40 Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1:54.44 1:54.82 1:55.78 1:55.84 1:56.114 1.55.45 Maria Mutola (MOZ) 1:55.19 1:55.29 1:55.43 1:55.62 1:55.725 1:55.61 Olga Minyeva (RUS) 1:54.81 1:55.1 1:55.41 1:55.5 1:57.226 1:55.88 Sigrun Wodars (DDR) 1:55.26 1:55.70 1:55.87 1:56.10 1:56.477 1:56.13 Christine Wachtel (GER) 1:55.32 1:55.86 1:56.11 1:56.64 1:56.718 1:56.19 Tatyana Prorochenko (UKR) 1:55.46 1:55.80 1:55.9 1:56.81 1:57.09 1:56.20 Lyubov Gurina (RUS) 1:55.56 1:56.11 1:56.26 1:56.53 1:56.5610 1:56.23 Doina Melinte (ROM) 1:55.05 1:56.2 1:56.53 1:56.55 1:56.8111 1:56.45 Tatyana Kazankina (RUS) 1:54.94 1:56.5 1:56.6 1:57.0 1:57.2012 1:56.45 Anita Weiss (DDR) 1:55.74 1:56.2 1:56.53 1:56.81 1:56.9813 1:56.51 Ella Kovacs (ROM) 1:55.68 1:56.58 1:56.61 1:56.76 1:56.9214 1:56.70 Lyudmila Veselkova (RUS) 1:55.96 1:56.4 1:56.98 1:56.9 1:57.2515 1:56.73 Nikolina Shtereva (BUL) 1:55.42 1:56.29 1:57.2 1:57.35 1:57.416 1:56.89 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) 1:55.96 1:56.65 1:57.07 1:57.2 1:57.5717 1:56.98 Slobodanka Colovic (YUG) 1:56.51 1:56.88 1:56.8 1:57.29 1:57.4218 1:56.99 Lilia Nurutdinova (RUS) 1:55.99 1:56.83 1:57.25 1:57.39 1:57.5019 1:57.01 Totka Petrova (BUL) 1:56.2 1:56.59 1:57.0 1:57.64 1:57.620 1:57.03 Yelena Afanaseyeva (RUS) 1:56.61 1:56.63 1:57.04 1:57.38 1:57.5121 1:57.05 Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 1:56.04 1:56.76 1:57.23 1:57.58 1:57.6322 1:57.05 Jearl Miles-Clark (USA) 1:56.43 1:56.78 1:56.93 1:57.15 1:57.9823 1:57.10 Fita Lovin (ROM) 1:56.67 1:56.71 1:57.32 1:57.42 1:57.424 1:57.14 Irina Podyalovskaya (RUS) 1:55.69 1:57.24 1:57.31 1:57.6 1:57.8425 1:57.14 Svetlana Styrkina (RUS) 1:56.44 1:56.7 1:57.28 1:57.4 1:57.8726 1:57.14 Kelly Holmes (GBR) 1:56.21 1:56.95 1:57.14 1:57.56 1:57.84Women’s 1,500m (qualification - five performances inside 4:03)1 3:55:73 Tatyana Kazankina (RUS) 3:52.47 3:55.0 3:56.0 3:56.56 3:58.632 3:56.03 Qu Yunxia (CHN) 3:50.46 3:55.38 3:57.08 3:57.83 3:59.383 3:57.54 Olga Dvirna (RUS) 3:54.23 3:57.78 3:57.80 3:58.60 3:59.314 3:57.66 Paula Ivan (ROM) 3:53.96 3:56.22 3:58.80 3:59.17 4:00.145 3:57.71 Maricica Puica (ROM) 3:57.22 3:57.48 3:57.73 3:57.82 3:58.296 3:57.81 Zamira Zaytseva (UZB) 3:56.14 3:56.9 3:58.5 3:58.7 3:58.827 3:58.20 Doina Melinte (ROM) 3:56.7 3:58.1 3:58.26 3:58.69 3:59.258 3:58.38 Mary Slaney (USA) 3:57.12 3:57.24 3:58.92 3:59.19 3:59.439 3:58.49 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (RUS) 3:56.65 3:57.4 3:58.3 3:59.78 4:00.310 3:58.55 Tatyana Pozdnyakova (UKR) 3:56.50 3:57.70 3:58.9 3:59.83 3:59.8411 3:58.72 Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 3:57.11 3:58.42 3:58.95 3:59.30 3:59.8312 3:58.78 Natalia Marasescu (ROM) 3:58.2 3:58.2 3:58.71 3:59.0 3:59.7713 3:59.09 Raviliya Agletdinova (BLR) 3:58.49 3:58.70 3:59.10 3:59.31 3:59.8414 3:59.48 Tatyana Dorovskikh (UKR) 3:57.92 3:58.86 3:59.45 4:00.30 4:01.1715 3:59.50 Sonia OÕSullivan (IRL) 3:58.85 3:59.10 3:59.60 3:59.91 4:00.0616 3:59.75 Tamara Sorokina (RUS) 3:58.89 3:59.24 3:59.3 4:00.6 4:00.717 3:59.81 Gabriella Dorio (ITA) 3:58.65 3:59.02 3:59.82 4:00.30 4:01.2518 3:59.88 Nadezhda Ralldugina (RUS) 3:56.63 3:58.17 4:00.57 4:01.67 4:02.3519 4:00.03 Carla Sacramento (POR) 3:57.71 3:59.89 4:00.08 4:00.60 4:01.8620 4:00.08 Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 3:55.30 4:00.00 4:01.05 4:01.85 4:02.2121 4:00.11 Natalya Artyomova (RUS) 3:59.16 3:59.28 4:00.67 4:00.68 4:00.7522 4:00.24 Gabriela Szabo (ROM) 3:56.97 3:59.25 4:00.53 4:01.54 4:02.9123 4:00.27 Lyubov Smolka (UKR) 3:56.7 4:00.8 4:01.0 4:01.25 4:01.624 4:00.49 Kutre Dulecha (ETH) 3:58.43 4:00.47 4:00.86 4:01.00 4:01.7125 4:00.54 Ulrike Bruns (DDR) 3:59.9 4:00.20 4:00.62 4:00.78 4:01.226 4:00.61 Jackline Maranga (KEN) 3:57.41 4:00.66 4:00.81 4:01.88 4:02.2726BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 27“Horses for Courses”by Mike GrattonI'm going to start this piece with a bit ofaudience participation by asking you to examinea weekÕs training. I'm going to throw you off thescent by telling you I'm best known as amarathon runner, and I'm going to leave out thedistance of the race in the following example.A further clue is that the athlete in questionQuestion 1:What event was the person training for?Question 2:What time of year was it done?Sunday:20 miles steady runningMonday: a.m. 10 miles steady to workp.m. 8 miles steadyTuesday: a.m. 5 miles steadyp.m. 5 miles steadyp.m. 3 x 800 (average 2.01.3) [approx 4’][rest] 4 x 100m.Wednesday: a.m. 9 miles steady to workp.m. 2 x 8 x 200 (fast) [20"] [rest] 4 x 100.Thursday: a.m. 6 miles steadyp.m. 5 miles steadyp.m. 5 miles steadyFriday: a.m. 6 miles steady to workp.m. RaceSaturday:15 miles quiet fast.Total mileage 110.was Brendan Foster, and it was in 1974. If youare under 40 years of age get your parents infrom watching football on the telly to lend ahand.So, the answers to the questions are:1. 5,000m2. July.Pretty hefty mileage for 5,000m, particularlyin July!You may argue that Foster was not really amiler, but I'd argue otherwise. For a start therace in question at the end of the above weekÕstraining was a 1,500m in a GB vCzechoslovakia match, which he won ahead ofFrank Clement in 3.41.2 and, in any case, hewas also an Olympic 1,500m finalist - and thatmakes him a miler in my book.The reason for flagging Foster up is tobroaden the ÔqualityÕvs ÔmileageÕdebate. Thereis little doubt that if you want to run faster than3.30 for 1,500m you have to train faster than thatpace to achieve it. But you can't do all thattraining at that pace, and I worry about the implicationof the words 'Junk Mileage', as I don'tbelieve there is any such thing.As a young athlete in the 70's I was verymuch influenced by the legendary training ofDave Bedford and read a book released abouthim which outlined the same sort of trainingused by Foster as shown above. This is perhapsno surprise, since they were both at college inBrighton. At the same time I was a 14 year oldEnglish Schools 1,500m finalist and a newBMC member. Searching for help I askedFrank Horwill to send me some training info,and he sent me the schedule of Jim Douglas whohad just become UK 1,500m record holder.The upshot was that I set off on a pattern oftraining that suited me; 1 hour fartleks on grass,30 x 200 (27") [200 jog], 1 1 /2 hr. Sunday runs,etc., by the time I was 15. It had great results.Previously, at the beginning of each season I'drun a PB, win the Kent A.A.A. Juniors & KentSchools 1,500m, before switching to 'SpeedWork' - then start racing slower. This happenedpretty well every season until I twigged, kept themileage up during the summer, and then, lowand behold, I ended up winning the EnglishSchools 5,000m (now run as 3,000m) by thelength of the straight.This is a story that I've witnessed so often inother athletes, their best races come at the startof the season, the decline coming as they switchto really fast training and cut out steady runs.Not pretending to have a grasp of runningtheory, I took much from the books by Lydiardand Cerruty, and have since been fortunateenough to go places like Davros. Turning up atthe end of July for the Swiss Alpine Marathoneach year, I have customarily met Morcelli, anda host of other North African and Kenyanathletes out for a run literally miles from town,maintaining a base with long runs.The significant thing about these guys is thatthey are not running the miles slowly. Back inDavros another year, one of the party with mefor the mildly insane 75km Alpine Marathonclocked Ondieki doing his morning run aroundthe lake. The lake has a good, reasonably flatsurface and is exactly 4km (2 miles around), butat an altitude of 1,570m. We timed two laps (5miles) in 25 minutes - and he was wearing atracksuit.Any coach that thinks his athletes are doingjunk miles when they go for a run should joinany average club night bash around the town.Winter runs in Canterbury in the early 80'sconsisted of myself (2.09 marathon), IanStewart (3.53 mile), James Webster (3.421,500m), and occasionally Nick Brawn (2.21marathon), plus others of some calibre. Mostevent directors would be in a hurry to phonethrough the results to AW if our Monday nightrun had taken place on a Sunday morning intheir local race - and I know that the story wouldbe recognised by many who have trained with astrong club.Good athletes find it tough to run slow, trywarming up with some of them. There is acadence that each individual is mostcomfortable with, which is not just dictated byfitness, and they feel awkward running belowthat pace. It means of course, not many seniorBMC members will be doing long runs slowly,some may be quicker than 5 mins. miling -hardly junk miles.Whether the mileage dents your 400m speedis another question. I'm no great example, but asSearching for help I asked Frank Horwillto send me some training infoa 19-year-old I had PB's at 400/800/1,500 of50.1/1.53/3.50. My career on the track was cutshort by an accident during a building sitevacation job (foot crushed by a forklift truck).But some 10 years later, I turned up to aSouthern League match at Maidenhead (oncinders) and ran 51/1.55/3.55 just 3 weeks afterrunning 2.14 for 11 th in the London Marathon.I never trained for leg speed once I'd becomea marathoner, yet I felt that my sprinting speed,such as it was, was little affected by greatmileage.Mike Gratton -Endurance and Speed(continued on page 29)Photo by: BrawnBMC News : Spring 1999 27

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 28Sub 4 - Best Marks by venueCompiled by Bob SparksAdelaide 3:52.58 John Walker 13 Ma r82Aichach 3:49.93 Sydney Maree 16 Sep 81Albany 3:57.74 Steve Holman 24 Jul 93Albuquerque (i) 3:59.4? Wilson Waigwa 3 Feb 79Albury 3:56.9m Graham Williamson 16 Oct 82Aldershot 3:56.6m Tim Hutchings 19 Jul 82Allston(i) 3:56.77 Sydney Maree 28 Jan 90Ames (i) 3:59.06 Eric Henry 9 Feb 91Annapolis(i) 3:59.37 Dan Browne 1 Feb 97AnnArbor(i) 3:59.1m Greg Meyer 28 Jan 78Arkadelphia 3:57.8m Tommy Fulton 25 May 73Ath’na 3:53.28 Noureddine Morceli 7 Sep 90Atlanta(Georgia Tech.) 3:57.43 Abdi Bile 21 Jul 84(Olympic Stad.) 3:50.86 Noureddine Morceli 18 May 96(i) 3:55.84 Paul McMullen 28 Feb 98Auckland 3:50.58 John Walker 19 Mar 81(East Coast Bays - see North Shore)Austin 3:59.5? Niall OÕShaughnessy 14 May 77Azusa 3:57.66 Edgar de Oliveira 23 Apr 94Bakersfield 3:51.1m Jim Ryun 23 Jun 67Baldwinsville 3:59.2m Ross Donoghue 16 May 82Barcelona 3:54.62 JosŽ Luis Gonz‡lez 15 Jul 87Bath 3:58.3m Edwin Maranga 12 Aug 98Baton Rouge 3:57.1m Dave Wottle 9 Jun 73(i) 3:59.4m Steve Bolt 28 Feb 76Belfast 3:55.17 Peter Elliott 21 Jun 91Bendigo 3:59.7m Harry Downes 9 Mar 63Berea 3:58.4? SteveHeidenreich 23 Jul 75Berkeley 3:51.3 m Jim Ryun 17 Jul 66Berlin 3:45.64 Hicham ElGuerrouj 26 Aug 97(i) 3:58.2m JŸrgen May 20 Feb 66Bern 3:56.34 Mike Boit 16 Aug 85Birmingham 3:55.38 Steve Crabb 17 Jul 87(i) 3:50.70 Noureddine Morceli 20 Feb 93Blackburn 3:59.2 m Andy Green 25 Aug 64Bloemfontein 3:57.4 m Johan Fourie 20 Feb 81Bloomington 3:59.0 m Dave Wottle 6 Jun 70(i) 3:56.17 Jim Spivey 4 Feb 84Bordeaux 3:59.5 # Sebastian Coe 6 Jun 82[in 2km]Boston 3:56.9 * Charlie McMullen 20 Jul 74(i) 3:55.43 David Strang 22 Jan 94Bowling Green 3:59.0 m Nick Rose 10 May 75Bratislava 3:53.43 John Kibowen 9 Jun 98Brighton 3:58.8 m Alan Simpson 21 Aug 66Brisbane 3:58.9 m Herb Elliott 13 Mar 59Bristol 3:59.1 m Tim Hutchings 14 Sep 88Bromley 3:55.5 m Nigel Horsfield 23 Aug 89Brunswick 3:56.82 Jason Pyrah 4 Jul 98Bruxelles 3:47.30 Noureddine Morceli 3 Sep 93Bucuresti 3:58.18 Ovidiu Olteanu 29 May 94Budapest 3:55.4 # Steve Cram 4 Aug 85[in 2km](i) 3:59.7e Laban Rotich 6 Feb 98[in 3km]Burnaby 3:52.34 Mike Hillardt 16 Jul 84Byrkjelo 3:59.55 Robert Andersen 8 Aug 93Cambrai 3:58.2 m Michel Bernard 8 Jul 63Cambridge,MS(i) 3:59.02 Erik Nedeau 21 Jan 95Canberra 3:59.8 m Shaun Creighton 24 Nov 90Cannock 3:54.0 m Steve Cram 20 Sep 86Cape Town 3:56.7 m Danie Malan 17 Feb 75Carbondale 3:58.8 m Lee LaBadie 11 May 71Cardiff 3:56.03 Peter Elliott . 17 Sep 89Carlisle 3:59.4 m John Gladwin 4 May 87Champaign 3:58.5 m Rick Wohlhuter 4 Jul 73(i) 3:59.3m Rick Wohlhuter 2 Mar 74Chapel Hill 3:59.8 m Tony Waldrop 14 May 74(i) 3:58.84 Marcus OÕSullivan 22 Jan 83Charleston 3:58.3 m Wilson Waigwa 12 Jun 76Cheltenham 3:59.1 m Ian Hamer 8 Sep 89Chicago (i) 3:56.4 m Tom OÕHara 6 Mar 64Christchurch 3:56.02 John Walker 15 Dec 84Cleveland (i) 3:57.23 Eamonn Coghlan 19 Feb 83College Park (i) 3:54.93 Dick Buerkle 13 Jan 78Columbia (i) 3:55.4 m Niall OÕShaughnessy 28 Jan 77Columbus 3:57.15 Tom Byers 8 May 83Compton 3:55.0 m Peter Snell 7 Jun 63Corby 3:56.08 David Kibet 21 Jun 92Cork 3:49.42 Sydney Maree 13 Jul 82Corvallis 3:58.1 m Hailu Ebba 5 May 73Cosford (i) 3:57.29 Jim Spivey 9 Mar 85Cottbus 3:56.15 RŸdiger Stenzel 27 May 98Coventry 3:54.5 m Sebastian Coe 16 Jun 85Cradock 3:59.7 m Johan Fourie 9 Oct 82Croydon 3:58.83 John Nuttall 14 Aug 91Cwmbr‰n 3:55.8 m Geoff Smith 15 Aug 81Dallas (i) 3:55.55 Eamonn Coghlan 31 Jan 81Daly City (i) 3:55.3 m Steve Scott 21 Feb 81Dedham 3:58.1 m John Gregorek 9 Jun 91Derby 3:58.6 m Tim Hutchings 6 Sep 83Des Moines 3:55.26 Steve Scott 27 Apr 79Detroit (i) 3:57.89 Suleiman Nyambui 10 Mar 79Dublin 3:52.0 m John Walker 11 Jul 77Dunedin 3:58.6 m Peter Snell 15 Feb 63Durban 3:53.45 Johan Fourie 15 Dec 84Durham,NC 3:57.3 m Ken Popejoy 12 May 73Duston 3:58.1 m Alan Simpson 26 Aug 67E.Rutherford (i) 3:49.78 Eamonn Coghlan 27 Feb 83East Lansing 3:57.0 m Ken Popejoy 5 May 73Edinburgh 3:51.48 Sydney Maree 26 Jun 83Edmonton 3:57.8 ? Thomas Wessinghage 16 Jul 78(i) 3:58.2m Wilson Waigwa 21 Feb 81Edwardsville 3:54.11 William Tanui 25 Jul 98El Paso 3:59.9 m Ben Jipcho 10 May 75Erfurt 3:59.1 m Siegfried Herrmann 24 Sep 63Eschweiler 3:58.6m Walter Wilkinson 4 Jun 71Eugene 3:50.95 Daniel Komen 31 May 98Exeter 3:57.6 m Ian Gillespie 16 Jun 98Fairfax (i) 3:54.41 Noureddine Morceli 9 Feb 92Falmouth,MS 3:58.22 Jason Pyrah 15 Aug 98Fargo (i) 3:59.7 m Mike Slack 26 Jan 74Fayetteville 3:58.1 m Niall OÕShaughnessy 1 May 76(i) 3:52.30 Frank OÕMara 25 Jan 86Formia 3:56.03 Sa•d Aouita 16 Jun 85Fort Worth (i) 3:57.9m Tom Von Ruden 4 Feb 72Frankfurt 3:55.34 David Moorcroft 5 Sep 78Fresno 3:59.04 Ernie Freer 4 Apr 92Gainesville 3:58.0 m Dick Buerkle 4 Jun 73(i) 3:57.78 Mark Carroll 7 Feb 98Gateshead 3:51.43 Steve Cram 27 Jun 86Gent (i) 3:48.45 Hicham El Guerrouj 12 Feb 97Glasgow (Ibrox) 3:58.4 m Derek Ibbotson 15 Jun 57Gšteborg 3:49.4 m John Walker 12 Aug 75Grays 3:58.4 m Tim Hutchings 9 Sep 88Gr ve dÕAzette,CI 3:57.8 m Mike Edwards 20 Sep 87Grimsby 3:59.5 m Steve Halliday 24 Sep 89Hamburg 3:58.8 m Harald Norpoth 19 May 66Hamilton,NZ 3:54.37 David Moorcroft 21 Jan 81Hamilton,Ont. (i) 3:59.30 Marcus OÕSullivan 15 Jan 93Harlow 3:53.4 m Peter Elliott 20 Aug 89Hartlepool 3:58.4 m Alan Simpson 17 Jun 67Hastings,NZ 3:56.8 m John Walker 13 Jan 85Haverford 3:57.4 m Marcus OÕSullivan 4 Jun 97(i) 3:58.6m Marcus OÕSullivan 25 Jan 97Hechtel 3:52.2 # William Tanui 1 Aug 98[in 2km]Helsinki 3:46.76 Sa•d Aouita 2 Jul 87Hexham 3:54.8 m John Mayock 29 May 98Hobart 3:56.7 m John Walker 7 Mar 83Holmdel 3:59.5 m Jim Norris 23 Jun 90Hong Kong 3:59.44 Anthony Whiteman 15 Oct 95Hornchurch 3:57.6 m Tim Hutchings 7 Sep 88Hot Springs 3:56.53 Graham Hood 1 Apr 95Houston 3:59.3 m Len Hilton 12 Jun 75(i) 3:54.20 Steve Scott 16 Feb 80Hull 3:59.9 m Pat Scammell 15 Jun 82Imatra 3:57.3 m Ari Paunonen 3 Jul 77Indianapolis 3:54.48 Marcus OÕSullivan 25 Jun 93(i) 3:55.33 Kevin Sullivan 11 Mar 95Ingelheim 3:57.5 # Thomas Wessinghage 31 Aug 82[in 2km]Inglewood (i) 3:54.9m Ray Flynn 13 Feb 81Irvine 3:53.92 Steve Scott 25 Mar 78Jakarta 3:52.11 Steve Cram 3 Oct 91Jarrow 3:57.75 Steve Cram 9 Sep 84Jerez de la Fr. 3:51.80 David Kibet 17 Sep 91Johnson City (i) 3:53.79 Sydney Maree 17 Jan 86Kalamazoo 3:58.8 m Tom OÕHara 1 Jun 63Kansas City (i) 3:58.8m Jim Ryun 4 Mar 67Karlovac 3:57.80 Dragan Zdravkovic 4 Jun 81Karlskrona 3:53.8 m Bodo TŸmmler 22 Aug 68Karlsruhe (i) 3:53.74 Jens-Peter Herold 1 Mar 94Kemi 3:56.37 Jukka Savonheimo 3 Jul 90Kingston,Jam. 3:51.0 m Filbert Bayi1 7 May 75Kisumu 3:53.1 m Kip Keino 10 Sep 67Kitchener 3:59.29 Kevin Sullivan 19 Jun 93Knoxville 3:57.7 m Marty Liquori 21 Jun 69K¿benhaven 3:51.96 Noureddine Morceli 25 Aug 92Koblenz 3:48.40 Steve Ovett 26 Aug 81Kšln 3:55.83 Tom Byers 22 Aug 82Lapinlahti 3:58.92 Philemon Hanneck 27 Jun 93Lausanne 3:49.12 Noureddine Morceli 10 Jul 91Lawrence 3:54.7 m Jim Ryun 22 Apr 67Leicester 3:56.6 m Walter Wilkinson 31 May 71Leiden 3:57.69 Klaas Lok 22 May 81Leuven 3:54.93 David Moorcroft 28 Jun 81LiŽvin (i) 3:58.8 e VŽnuste Niyongabo 18 Feb 96[in 2km]Lille 3:59.8 m Michel Jazy 3 Oct 62(see also Villeneuve dÕAscq)Limerick 3:59.8 m Eamonn Coghlan 2 Jun 77Linz 3:57.58 Branko Zorko 25 Aug 93London(Battersea Park) 3:51.80 Peter Elliott 27 May 90(Crystal Palace) 3:49.49 Steve Cram 12 Sep 86(Chiswick) 3:59.5 m Mike Wiggs 12 Jun 65(Haringey) 3:54.6 m Sebastian Coe 4 Jul 84(Hendon) 3:56.35 Anthony Whiteman 31 Aug 96(Southwark Park) 3:54.46 Peter Elliott 1 Oct 89(Southgate) 3:57.0 m Dick Quax 18 Jul 73(Tooting Bec) 3:59.7 m Phillip Tulba 19 Aug 98(White City) 3:53.42 Kip Keino 20 Aug 66Los Angeles(Coliseum) 3:53.7 m Jim Ryun 4 Jun 66(i) 3:52.9 ? Eamonn Coghlan 15 Feb 80(Westwood) 3:52.50 Steve Scott 10 May 81Los Gatos 3:59.2 m Tom Smith 1 Aug 85Loughborough 3:59.41+ Geoff Turnbull 12 Jun 83Louisvill (i) 3:57.2 m Filbert Bayi 12 Feb 77Luxembourg 3:57.74 Peter Wirz 20 Jul 83Lyngby 3:57.6 m Tom Hansen 8 Jul 74Madrid 3:55.94 JosŽ Luis Carreira 4 Jun 87Malmš 3:58.0 m Herb Elliott 29 Aug 58Manchester,CT 3:59.36 Gerry OÕReilly 20 Jun 87Manchester,UK 3:52.91 Peter Elliott 9 Sep 90Manhattan,Ka. 3:59.6 m Steve Heidenreich 24 May 75Mansfield 3:59.6 m Craig Mochrie 28 Aug 89Manurewa 3:57.8 m John Walker 4 Jan 76Melbourne 3:51.54 Simon Doyle 7 Feb 91Metz 3:59.18 Bruno Levant 13 Sep 87Miami 3:59.5 m Marty Liquori 29 Jun 69Middlesbrough 3:59.4 m Walter Wilkinson 11 Sep 67Milan 3:51.96 Genny DiNapoli 30 May 92Minneapolis 3:55.52 Ray Flynn 10 Aug 85Modesto 3:54.9 m Peter Snell 25 May 63Monte Carlo 3:56.75 John Ngugi 12 Aug 90Montreal (i) 3:56.8 ? John Walker 11 Feb 79Moscow,Id (i) 3:59.87 Jacinto Navarette 13 Feb 87Moskva (i) 3:57.76 Vyacheslav Shabunin 14 Feb 96Mosselbaai 3:59.9 m Marius Schlechter 28 Dec 89Motspur Park 3:58.0 m John Kirkbride 23 Jul 69Murfreesboro (i) 3:59.58 Colin Hume 5 Mar 83Naantali 3:58.7 m Derek Ibbotson 7 Aug 57Nairobi 3:59.5 m Kip Keino 2 Sep 67Napier 3:56.9 m Kip Keino 4 Dec 65Nashville 3:59.9 m Bob Whelan 11 Jul 92Nelson 3:59.1 m Dick Tayler 17 Feb 71New York City 3:52.74 Jim Spivey 21 Jul 91(i) 3:52.99 Noureddine Morceli 22 Feb 91Nice 3:44.60 Hicham El Guerrouj 16 Jul 98Ninove 3:57.5 m Vincent Rousseau 28 Jul 87Norman 3:59.9 m Johnny Halberstadt 4 May 74North Shore 3:54.4 m John Walker 30 Jun 84Notre Dame - see South BendNottingham 3:59.8 m Steve James 9 Jun 84Nuoro 3:58.96 Michal Bartoszak 10 Sep 9328BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 29Sub 4 - Best Marks by venueNyeri 3:55.0 m Kip Keino 24 Jun 67Oklahoma City (i)3:57.0m Wilson Waigwa 15 Feb 75Osaka 3:51.30 Noureddine Morceli 11 May 96Oslo 3:46.32 Steve Cram 27 Jul 85Ottawa (i) 3:57.9m Eamonn Coghlan 14 Feb 81Oulu 3:59.3 m Antti Loikkanen 5 Jul 79Oxford 3:58.9 m Simon Mugglestone 19 May 90Paarl 3:56.0 m Johan Fourie 26 Dec 85Palmerston North 3:54.6 m John Walker 11 Mar 81Palo Alto(Angell Field) 3:59.19 Jamey Harris 27 May 97(Stanford Stad.) 3:57.84 Samuel Kibiri 30 Mar 91Papendal 3:59.3 m Haico Scharn 4 Sep 73Paris(CharlŽty) 3:49.01 Hicham El Guerrouj 29 Jul 98(Jean Bouin) 3:57.5 # Sa•d Aouita 16 Jul 87[in 2km]Perivale 3:59.9 m Joe Dunbar 18 Sep 91Perth 3:58.35 Mike Hillardt 24 Jan 87Philadelphia 3:52.26 Steve Scott 30 May 81(i) 3:55.8m Marty Liquori 7 Feb 75Piscataway 3:54.60 Don Paige 23 Jun 79Pittsburg 3:56.2 m Eamonn Coghlan 10 May 75Pleasant Hill 3:59.1 m Dyrol Burleson 9 Apr 66Pointe-ˆ-Pierre 3:58.3 m Kip Keino 3 Apr 71Pontiac (i) 3:59.95 Jim Spivey 12 Mar 83Port Elizabeth 3:50.82 Johan Fourie 11 Mar 87Portland 3:54.09 Noureddine Morceli 16 May 98(i) 3:56.7m Tom Byers 30 Jan 82Portsmouth 3:53.82 Gary Staines 12 Aug 90Potchefstroom 3:55.4 m Matthews Temane 9 Mar 83Potsdam 3:56.5 m Siegfried Valentin 28 May 59Prague 3:59.74 Ahmed Warsama 31 Aug 91Pretoria 3:56.65 Johan Fourie 20 Feb 85Providence (i) 3:53.42 Frank OÕMara 1 Feb 87Provo 3:57.23 Doug Padilla 21 May 83Pullman (i) 3:59.2 m Henry Rono 20 Mar 77Quantico 3:59.2 m Cary Weisiger 4 May 63Raleigh 3:58.4 m Tony Waldrop 21 Apr 73Reading 3:56.8 m Ian McCafferty 11 Jun 69Rennes 3:53.6 m Michel Jazy 9 Jun 65Richfield (i) 3:56.56 JosŽ Abascal 19 Feb 84Richmond (i) 3:59.5m Tony Waldrop 19 Jan 74Rieti 3:44.39 Noureddine Morceli 5 Sep 93Roma 3:50.28 Steve Scott 10 Sep 86Rosemont (i) 3:57.25 Eamonn Coghlan 27 Jan 85Rotherham 3:54.65 Peter Elliott 12 Jun 92Roxbury (i) 3:59.02 Ibrahim Aden 20 Feb 98Sacramento 3:58.8 m Tom Smith 20 Jul 85St.Louis 3:56.7 m Dyrol Burleson 22 Jun 63Saint-Maur 3:55.5 m Michel Jazy 2 Jun 65Salem 3:57.5 m Dyrol Burleson 2 Apr 66Salisbury 3:59.3 m Ian Gillespie 4 Sep 93San Diego 3:55.3 m Jim Ryun 27 Jun 65(i) 3:50.6m Eamonn Coghlan 20 Feb 81San Francisco 3:55.63 Matt Giusto 15 May 93San Jose 3:55.37 Steve Scott 28 May 83San Sebasti‡n (i) 3:55.51 Noureddine Morceli 4 Mar 92Sankt-Peterburg 3:48.67 Noureddine Morceli 26 Jul 94Santander 3:57.5 # JosŽ Abascal 7 Sep 86[in 2km]Scarborough,Ont. 3:57.6 m Sosthenes Bitok 8 Aug 82Seattle 3:57.6 m Marty Liquori 19 Jun 71Selargius 3:58.0 # VŽnuste Niyongabo 20 Sep 95Seville 3:58.66 M‡rio Silva 30 May 90Sheffield 3:51.74 Laban Rotich 2 Aug 98Sindelfingen (i) 3:58.40 Rob Druppers 5 Feb 88Sittard 3:57.9 ? Willy Polleunis 9 Sep 78Solihull 3:58.11 Edwin Maranga 5 Sep 98South Bend (i) 3:55.90 Kevin Sullivan 4 Feb 95South Shields 3:59.2 m Brendan Foster 30 Jun 73Spring,Tx 3:57.6 m Len Hilton 3 Jun 72Stanford - see Palo AltoState College 3:59.2 m Sydney Maree 5 Aug 78Stellenbosch 3:52.31 Johan Fourie 25 Mar 83Stockholm 3:51.32 John Kibowen 5 Aug 98Stockton 3:58.7 m Don Bowden 1 Jun 57Stovner 3:52.8 m Steve Ovett 20 Sep 78Stretford 3:58.8 m David Moorcroft 30 Aug 75Sutton Coldfield 3:57.82 Neil Horsfield 1 Jul 90Swansea 3:57.03 Neil Horsfield 13 Jul 86Swindon 3:59.9 m Ian Hamer 16 Jul 88Sydney 3:55.56 Mike Hillardt 24 Mar 85Tampa 3:59.98 Jeff Atkinson 29 Apr 89Tauranga 3:58.8 m John Walker 29 Dec 84Tempe 3:56.4 m Paul Cummings 16 Mar 74Tillsonburg 3:55.25 Jim Spivey 7 Jul 84Tokoroa 3:56.9 m Kip Keino 6 Dec 65Tokyo 3:55.5 ? Steve Ovett 25 Sep 78Torino 3:59.5 # Genny DiNapoli 26 May 91Toronto 3:52.8 m Jim Ryun 29 Jul 72(i) 3:55.63 Eamonn Coghlan 13 Feb 81Tullyleash 3:57.8 m Eamonn Coghlan 17 Aug 81Turku 3:57.9 m John Landy 21 Jun 54Uniondale 3:53.39 Noureddine Morceli 21 Jul 98University Park 3:58.4 m Larry Mangan 16 May 80Valencia (i) 3:57.07 Frank OÕMara 12 Mar 87Vancouver 3:55.4 m Jim Grelle 15 Jun 65VŠsterŒs 3:58.7 m Josef Odlozil 8 Aug 65VŠxjš 3:57.4 m Mike Durkin 18 Aug 76Verona 3:53.73 Sa•d Aouita 11 Jun 87Viareggio 3:58.65 Stefano Mei 6 Aug 86Victoria,BC 3:57.9 m Rod Dixon 7 Jul 73Villanova 3:52.64 Sydney Maree 9 Jun 85Villeneuve dÕAscq3:53.53 Hauke FuhlbrŸgge 1 Jul 91Walnut 3:55.9 m Jim Ryun 10 Aug 68Wanganui 3:53.8 m JŸrgen May 11 Dec 65Wellington 3:54.65 John Walker 26 Feb 83Westwood - see Los AngelesWichita 3:53.3 m Rick Wohlhuter 31 May 75Wien 3:55.7 ? Suleiman Nyambui 13 Jun 79Williamsburg 3:56.4 m Howell Michael 11 May 74Winnipeg (i) 3:58.6 ? Filbert Bayi 9 Feb 80Woodland Hills 3:58.8 m Richard Romo 10 Aug 66Worcester,SAf. 3:58.4 m Whaddon Niewoudt 17 Mar 97Ypsilanti (i) 3:58.61 Paul McMullen 14 Feb 97Zaragoza (i) 3:58.45 Peter Elliott 26 Feb 88Zagreb 3:50.68 Noureddine Morceli 7 Jul 98ZŸrich 3:45.19 Noureddine Morceli 16 Aug 95? = Meeting with auto-timing, hundredths not known* = Adjusted time (1757 yards + 0.5 sec.)# = En route to 2km or 3km“Horses for Courses”I had the good fortune to train with SteveOvett while I was in Sussex on a teacher trainingcourse. He'd frequently be at Withdean whenwe did heavy repetition sessions on the track. Iremember him joining a session of 3 x 5 x 300(39"/40") [100m jog, 500m jog], yet when wetook the 500m jog, he carried on with the efforts,probably achieving 6 more than us in thesession. He'd also run with the lads on a Sundayover the Downs, had great cross country ability,and won a half marathon in under 65 mins whiletraining for 800m.Though I never witnessed the sessions, Ovettdid some training very fast - but the point is thatall the bulk training and steady mileage nevertook the edge from probably the best kicker inthe business - someone who could also knockout a sub 47 sec 4 x 400m relay leg.I started life as an athlete at Folkestone AC, asdid Steve Heard, who once lost a 400m race tome (as I kept reminding him). We frequentlyran heavy hill sessions on Remembrance Hill upfrom Folkestone Docks. But more interestingly,Steve would turn out for the Canterbury 10 milerace and Kent cross country leagues - he randecent times, around 52 mins for 10 miles,however never got revenge for the 400m defeat!I draw my final example from distancerunning in the 60's and 70's. There were 10kmrunners on very high mileage ˆ la Dave Bedford,then marathoners on (reputed) low mileage likeAlberto Salazar. Us ÔtraineeÕ athletes would beadvised to go one way, then back, with thefashion - we'd all change when the trainingsecrets of the next World Record holder wererevealed.In the end, most of us found a blend, whichsuited us as an individual. It's important to findthat blend for yourself, and I'd guess that formost athletes the sessions they enjoy the mostwill be the ones that work the best (that's whywe like them) - what I'm saying here is that thereare many ways to become a fast miler - there arehorses for courses. And, critically not every 14-year-old BMC member will end up as a miler -although I'd admit moving to the marathon wasextreme!Harry Wilson 1926 - 1999(continued from page 27)a TributeFrank Horwill, a long-time friend whoworked with Harry on the book TheComplete Distance Runner, said:“Harry was a very close friend formore than 20 years. We had differencesof opinion on coaching ideas but hecould convince athletes that they coulddo better than they thought. I wellremember him telling Tony Simmons:‘You’ve been good for along time. Whenare you going to be great?’ Simmonsresponded by winning a EuropeanChampionship silver medal. Harry wasfearless, a great character withenormous knowledge. He was a greatfriend.”More tributes next issueBMC News : Spring 1999 29

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 30Running with Steve...by Matt PattersonMy relationship with Steve Ovett goes back to1973/74 when Steve had just won the EuropeanJunior 800m title from Willi Wuelbeck and IvoVan Damme. I was one of the top distancerunners in Sussex and had known this young'star' for the past fouror five years as wewere both membersof the same club,Brighton and HoveA.C. We raced eachother at the annualBoxing Day race in1973 and Steveeasily outsprinted meover 4 miles when hewas just 18 years ofage. What impressedme immediately withthis young man wasthe ease with whichhe ran and theeconomy of effortwhen he was runningPhoto by: Shearmanbeside you.From then, till I leftto work in Norway in 1984, we ran 'Stride forStride' practically every day at our home inBrighton, in the south of England and in manyother parts of the World. It was a wonderfulexperience - not only training with an athleticgenius but the exuberant and complex characterof Steve Ovett.Steve, although he may deny it, loved to run.I also suspect that he enjoyed the rigoroustraining we used to do around the streets ofBrighton and in a very short period of timeemerged a very tough but fair competitor.When I listen to Steve talking now about hiscareer he tends to trivialise the hard training heunderwent during his formative years. I knowthat his father read a copy of 'The Jim RyunStory' when Steve was 14/15 years old and hadhim running sessions of 20 x 400m on grass -this was when Steve was running sprintdistances!CONDITIONING WORK Ð 1979/1980Winter Months –Base Work and General Build UpThe winter prior to the Moscow Olympics(1980) we ran an average of 100 miles/week(160km) for over 20 weeks, with some weeks at110-120 miles/week. Steve wanted this winterto be the best possible he could manage - hewanted "to frighten the life out of people" withhis fitness level. Brighton is a very hilly townand this made our training even harder as mostof our runs included some very tough hillclimbs. The winters in the south of England canbe tough and occasionally we had snowfalls butusually they were cold and damp. As wetrained together nearly every day (twice a day)it was easy to adjust the training as we felt fit.Two or three times a month Steve would travelup to London to do a session with Bob Benn(800m runner) and to see Harry Wilson. We ranmost of our winter sessions on the road becausethe grass in many of the parklands would be toowet or muddy to run at a decent pace. At thatperiod in my career, I was running 49 mins for10 miles and 23/24 mins for 5 miles, so I wasable to run 10 miles in training at a comfortablepace of 53/55 minutes.Our hill sessions were very intensive butSteve revelled in this type of work. The longSTEVE OVETTÕS BEST TIMES:-400m 47.5800m 1:44.09 (1978)1,000m 2:15.91 (1979)1,500m 3:30.77 (1983)Mile 3:48.40 (1981)2,000m 4:57.71 (1982)3,000m 7:41.3 (1977)2 miles 8:13.51 (1978)5,000m 13:20.06 (1986)interval session in the park was rotated eachweek from the fairly flat course to the hillycourse. Some weeks we would run 8 x 1000mbut usually it was 6 reps. Our recovery rangedfrom 30 secs to 60 secs but there was no set rule- if we felt good we shortened the recovery. Itwas a fast jog recovery. If I felt good I'd shortenthe recovery even more, to make sure that Stevewas working his body to its extremes. Wenever worried about training too hard! My onlyconcern was that I might not be training hardenough for him and therefore holding him back.We talked about this on a few occasions butSteve did not want it any other way.There was another long interval session wealso ran in the park, close to the athleticstadium. They were about 4 minutes in durationand very hilly. We always ran this session inspikes as the grass was always lush. Ourrecovery was between 15 - 30 secs! We ran thissession at least once a week for close to 10years and when I travel back to Brighton andrun this course, I find it very tough. The steephills on this course made you work hard evenwhen you felt strong.Variety was very important in our training.As we trained so often each week and running toand from our homes, Steve lived either 5 minsjog or 100m jog from my home throughout ouryears of training together, we tended to look fordifferent places to train each year but stillholding on to the areas which we knew wereideal training venues. It was funny to see Steveracing in some foreign country on the TV in theevening after he was seen training in Brightonthat morning and then returning the followingday to do that evening session. We trained manytimes abroad but found it hard to beat Brightonas far as training venues go.For the first five years we very rarely used astop watch - track sessions were of course theexception. I loved to push my body to the limiton many of the sessions and Steve would beoperating on about 80% of his maximum. Wewould do these road runs and knew roughlyhow long in distance they were but neverbecame obsessed about putting a watch onthem. Steve never timed the sessions - heknew his body exceptionally well and that washis measurement of how he was going. Hecould do hard sessions (intensive) and wastotally recovered by the next day. The sessionsin themselves were a maximum of 20 mins -maybe that was the secret of his successes!When you observed Steve running atmaximum speed he looked so relaxed and thatwas his great asset - to run fast and keeprelaxed!Also, in all the years I have known Steve, hehas never recorded his training and I was theonly person who knew intimately what he wasdoing on a day to day basis. I realise now thatit was part of Steve'smake up - he did notwant to dwell toomuch on training andwe spent much ofour time running togetherand talking onissues other thanrunning. The trainingwould be done andlittle time would bespent on reflectingon what we weredoing. Only now doI have the time tolook back and realisehow long and hardwe were training. Itproduced the resultshe wanted!Photo by: Shearman30BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 31...a RetrospectiveA ÒTYPICALÓ WINTER WEEKÕS TRAININGNOV-MAR 1979/80Day Time Session EffortSun a.m. 10 miles Ð road 57/60 minsp.m. 10 miles Ð road 54/55 minsMon a.m. 5 miles Ð road Easy Ð 35 minsp.m. 10 miles Ð road Fast/steady Ð 52/53 minsTue a.m. 10 miles Ð road Hard Ð on road 4 x 300m approx with fast jog rec then across another very steep hill, 4 x 400m approxjog rec.Wed a.m. 10 miles Ð road 58/60 minsp.m. 10 miles Plus technique work at Crystal PalaceThu a.m. 5 miles Ð road Easy Ð 35 minsp.m. 10 miles Ð road Steady Ð 55/58 mins continuousFri a.m. 5 miles Ð road Easy Ð 35 minsp.m. 5 miles Ð road Easy Ð 35 minsSat a.m. 5 miles Ð road Easy Ð 35 minsp.m. 6 x 1000m Ð park Hard Ð with 30 secs Ð 1 min rec (in spikes)A ÒTYPICALÓ SPRING WEEKÕS TRAININGAPR-JUN 1980Sun a.m. 10 miles Ð road Easy Ð 60/65 minsp.m. 4 miles Easy + 5 x 3 x 200m (27"/28") [30", 3 Ô]Mon a.m. 5 miles Ð road Easy Ð 35 minsp.m. Track session 5 x 300m (37.4" av.) [2 Ô]Tue a.m. 5 miles Easy Ð 35 minsp.m. 6 x 700m Ð in park Very hilly at start, long downhill to finish (90% effort) [2Õ] (in spikes) + 10 x 100m strides at endWed a.m. 5 miles Ð road Easy Ð 35 minsp.m. Track session Technique work Ð high knees etc, 5 x 150m (16"/17") [walk] +10 x 100m (change of pace 11"/13")[walk] + 4 x 60m (standing start) [3Õ]Thu a.m. Rest Weights in morning.p.m. Hills Ð park 6 x 30 secs (in spikes Ð 90% effort) [jog], 10 mins jog, then 8 x 15 secs [walk]. Aim at good knee liftand technique.Fri a.m. 5 miles Ð road Easy Ð 35 minsp.m. 5 miles Plus 4 x 5 x 100m (14"/15") [starting at 30 secs on the first set to 5 secs rec on the last set].Sat a.m. 6 x 1000m in park (in spikes) [30"/60"]p.m. 5 miles Easy - + 6 x 100m strides on grassA ÒTYPICALÓ SUMMER WEEKÕS TRAININGJUN-SEPT 1981Sun a.m. 10 miles Ð road Easy Ð 65 minsp.m. Strides Ð grass 10 x 100m (13"/14" accelerations, change of pace).Mon a.m. Restp.m. Track session Change of pace 4 x 400m (first 200m 28"/29", last 200m 23"/24")) [5Õ].Tue a.m. Easy run 35 minsp.m. Strides 6 x 100m Ð RelaxedWedRest dayThuTravel to London, then to OsloFri p.m. Easy run 30 mins + stridesSat p.m. Race 1 mile Bislett Games Ð equalled World Record for MileBMC News : Spring 1999 31

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 32A Standard Format for TrainingFrom 1990 to 1997 Peter Thompson was Project Director of the world wide I.A.A.F Coaches Education andCertification System. In writing and delivering the material for this global programme he was in a privilegedposition to consult with experts from all 208 IAAF Member Federations and to identify and influence common bestpractice. in all track and field disciplines. An example of this can be seen in the area of endurance coaching.One of the factors that has hindered the communication between middle and long distance running and racewalk coaches, and their subsequent communication with athletes, has been a lack of a standardised way torepresent training sessions. Recognising the variety which existed the I.A.A.F introduced in 1997 a standardisedrepresentation of endurance training for its coach education courses and published this in New Studies in Athletics,the technical coaching journal of the I.A.A.F. The BMC News has now adopted the I.A.A.F standard and reprintsit here.Examples of a standard form:10 x 400 (72") [2’]this means: 10 repetitions of 400m , with each repetition run at 72 seconds and 2 minutes recovery between the repetitions.3 x 4 x 300 (51") [1’ & 5’]this means: 3 sets of 4 repetitions of 300m, with each repetition run at 51 seconds, I minute recovery between the repetitionsand 5 minutes between the sets.For more complex sets it may be written, for example:SUMMARYSets x repetitions x distance (intensity/pace) [recovery between reps, then recovery between sets]2 x 500 (300/48", 200/max) [8’] [15’] 8 x 200 (35") [1’]this means: 2 repetitions of 500m, with the first 300m being run at a target pace of 48 seconds and the final 200m being run atmaximal effort. The recovery between the repetitions is 8 minutes. Then there is recovery of 15 minutes, probably easy running,before 8 repetitions of 200m in 35 seconds with one minute recovery.2 x {1 x 500 (80") [2’] 1 x 700 (1’52") [30"] 1 x 300 (max)} [12’]this means: that the athlete will run two sets. Each set will consist of: 1 repetition of 500m in 80 seconds, a recovery of 2minutes, 1 repetition of 700m in 1minute 52 seconds, 30 seconds recovery and then 1 repetition of 300m at maximum effort.There is 12 minutes recovery between the sets.Finally, both the warm up and cool down distances can be included as follows:2 Session Details 2For most British coaches this would mean 2 miles warm up and 2 miles cool down but whether these are miles or kilometreswill depend on the understood preference of the coach and athlete.➔➔The above material has been reproduced with the permission of the IAAF and may be photocopied for use in non-profit coaching andeducational settings.©IAAF 199732BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 33The Dunn Testby Lindsay DunnPREDICTING LACTATE THRESHOLDHEART RATESomething which may be of interest to athletesand coaches is a simple practical test I devised formeasuring an athleteÕs lactate threshold pacewithout the use of physiological testing facilitiesbut using a heart rate monitor. The test simplyinvolves two test runs each of 20 minutesconducted in successive weeks.I use a flat, extensive grass area with a goodrunning surface, which has a track in the middle.A road surface, however, with a measured 400mincluded would suffice, provided the area is flatand of an even surface.The athlete does a normal warm up thencommences the 20 minute test run at a pacehe/she believes represents a pace that could bemaintained throughout a half marathon race. Heor she then runs onto the track after 8 minutes ofrunning, at which point the pulse rate should havestabilised and levelled out. The lap time isrecorded along with the pulse reading. Theathlete then returns to running on the grass area.A similar measurement is taken on the trackafter 18 minutes of running. It is emphasised tothe athlete that he/she must endeavour to keep thesame pace and not to run quicker on the tracksince it is not a time trial. Scrutiny of the pulseby Frank HorwillThe oxygen uptake by the tissues of the bodywill increase as running speed increases to amaximum value. This value is known as themaximal oxygen uptake, or VO2 max. Themaximal oxygen uptake is defined as: "thehighest oxygen uptake an individual can attainduring physical work and breathing air at sealevel" and is one of the key determinants ofrunning performance. Pulse rates can be aguide to the percentage of VO2 max being usedwhen expressed as a percentage of yourmaximal pulse rate (MHR). One way ofdiscovering your maximum pulse reading is torun for 3 minutes at maximum effort. Thus, agood class male athlete might attempt running1,200m or more in that time. A female runnershould attempt 1,100m in 3 minutes.The VO2 max is greatly enhanced by trainingbetween 80% and 100% of the VO2 max. Thereadings at other parts of the run can ensure thatthe pace is even throughout.By analysis of the 400m times and pulsereadings I have found that a very accurate interpretationcan be made. For example, if the first400m is 75 seconds and the pulse rate is 170beats per minute (bpm), then the second 400m is77 seconds and pulse 175 bpm you can interpretthat the first 400m was too fast and you nowknow that the lactate threshold is below 170 bpm.On the second test run a week later you set theheart rate monitor alarm to go off if the runnerexceeds 167 bpm. Let us say that this produces400m laps at 8 and 18 minutes of 78 and 79seconds, then 167 is the correct lactate thresholdpulse rate. If it produces 78 seconds on both400m sections then 168 bpm is probably correct.I have found it relatively simple to interpret thereadings allowing an increase in heart rate of 2-3bpm for the second 400m, provided the time isthe same as the first 400m. Armed with thisinformation the athlete can simply do thresholdruns with the alarm set according, without theneed for training partners and regardless ofterrain, conditions, etc.. This is very useful whenthe coach is not present and is of great benefit atappropriate times.Five years ago, the BAF sent a mobile bloodPulse Rate Related to VO2 max percentages% of % of VO2 DescriptionMHR max65 50 Very slow running73 60 Slow running80 70 Steady running88 80 Half marathon speed90 90 10k speed93 95 5k speed96 100 3k speed100 110-130 1,500/800 speedlower the VO2 max percentage work done, thelonger the repetition. For example, work at 90per cent (90% MHR), should last for 10minutes repeated many times with very shortrecovery. The higher the VO2 max workpercentage, the lower the distance of the repetitions,but not too short! For example, 100%VO2 max (96% MHR), 2 to 3 minutes duration,repeated many times in one session withmoderate recovery time. The higher the VO2max an athlete has, the higher the lactatetesting team around the country and I was askedif I wished any of my runners to be tested. Halfof my athletes were tested using increasing paceruns on the track while ear lobe blood sampleswere taken. In three cases, my own calculationsusing the above simple ÔfieldÕ methods wereexact to the same bpm, and for the other twoathletes were 1 bpm out!I find that a lot of runners perceived lactatethreshold effort differs greatly from what itactually is. One case I had was particularly interesting.One of the runners I coached was alwayssuffering from colds and injuries, and I wasMy own calculations using the abovesimple ‘field’methods were exact to thesame bpmalways in dispute with him that his easy runswere too quick. I calculated his lactate thresholdat 168 bpm but he insisted it was nearer 175, as168 felt too easy and some of his supposedly easyruns were 170 bpm or more. The BAF test cameup with 168 bpm!I think that this field test is much easier thanothers I have read about including the Conconione. Perhaps it might be of interest to BMCmembers. I would be happy to have it as the"Dunn Test"!!Pulse rates related to VO2 max percentagesThe VO2 max is greatly enhanced bytraining between 80% and 100% of theVO2 max.threshold, because the latter is a percentage ofthe former.Athletes are warned that heart rates used intraining at race pace, are frequently higher inactual competition from the outset. Strictadherence to training pulse rates in races has ledto athletes being well below their time schedulesfor specific parts of the distance. Compete fortime and place in races. If the aim for a female isa 4:22.5 1,500m, the first lap must not be slowerthan 70 seconds. If the aim is for a 2:00 800m,the first lap must not be more than 60 seconds.Getting the first part of a race right is important.This may involve having to take the lead if thepace is too slow, or even being at the back of thefield if it is too fast. Keep to your time schedule.Astudy of any prevailing wind just before a trackrace is important. It may be necessary to holdback or shelter behind others in a stiff breeze, andto accelerate when the wind is behind you.Athletes should be aware at all times of thepercentage of the VO2 max they are running at.this involves a conmbination of knowing thepercentage of the maximum heart rate used andthe race or training times per 400m.BMC News : Spring 1999 33

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 34The British Athletics Endurance Initiative 1998by Mike DownThe original objectives of the EnduranceInitiative, which was again supported by theLondon Marathon and Foundation for Sport andArt, were fourfold:¥ To attract more runners to compete on thetrack, particularly over 5,000m and 10,000m¥ To provide the competitive racing opportunitiesover 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m that allbut the very best of our distance runners aredenied on the European circuit.¥ To promote fast races through the provision ofappropriate pacemakers with a view to having amajor impact on the annual ranking lists for3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m.¥ To develop a more positive attitude amongstBritish distance runners by encouraging them tocompete against each other more often.An encouraging start was made on all fouraspects in the first year of the Initiative, whichwas built on this year, with particularimprovement on the womensÕ side, though onceagain the constraints of the a congested fixturecalendar mean that we are not able to start witha blank sheet of paper in planning the competitionprogramme.THE RACE PROGRAMMEAs in 1997 the race programme was organisedon a two tier structure, National and Regional,though the Grand Prix element was dispensedwith as a result of the feedback from last yearÕsend of season questionnaire.This indicated that a large majority of therunners would prefer more individual prizes foreach race rather than an overall Grand Prix.Because of their own competitive plans, theywere not keen to commit themselves to the fouror five set dates that would be needed to score inthe Grand Prix. Interestingly, the BMC NIKE800m/1,500m Grand Prix seems to havesuffered this way, particularly on the menÕs sidethis year.In all, twenty races were originally scheduledfor both men and women: 9 at National level(1 @ 10,000m, 4 @ 5,000m, and 4 @ 3,000m)and a further 11, all over 5,000m, in the Regionalseries.All the races planned were held with theexception of the Regional event at Nuneaton,which had to be cancelled due to the new trackthere not being ready to use on the agreed date.In addition, the menÕs race at the beginning ofthe season was an experimental one over4,000m, which produced an unofficial UK besttime and is considered worth repeating. It seamsan ideal stepping stone between the 3,000m, that1,500m runners can usually cope with, and the5,000m that demands more specialised training.The one major disappointment has been thefailure of the Regional events to stimulate theinterest hoped for. This is partly due to thenecessity of having to rely on the local organisersto assemble the fields, with muchdepending on the publicity they were able togive the events, but also I suggest to the generalapathy to track racing shown by the largemajority of British distance runners, who in mostplaces have a regularsupply of local road races.Many of the currentcrop of senior runnershave come into the sportthrough road racing, sothere's an educational taskinvolved here, since mostof our more successfuldistance runners have hada track background.Changing the prevalent attitude is one of themajor tasks to be confronted if we are to changethe face of endurance running in this country.On a more positive note the National women'sraces were much better supported this year. Ilike to think this was a direct result of theprevious year's series, which many of thewomen I subsequently spoke to regretted havingnot supported.At the same time it must be recognised thatthere are relatively very few women distancerunners with any interest, let alone aspirations onthe track. This again is possibly because somany of the older senior women (over 30's) whoare playing a major role at the moment came intothe sport through road racing and know nobetter. There is clearly an important educationaltask here for coaches.Encouragingly, the races were bettersupported by juniors this year, particularly thetop U20's, and the Initiative events provided theopportunity for Louise Kelly, Amber Gascoigneand Sam Haughian in Southampton to beat theselection deadline, and Sam did this despite poorweather conditions. Even so, it is still worthpersuading more of our juniors, as well as theircoaches, to take advantage of the race opportunitiesoffered by the Endurance Initiative.Incidentally, one of my most memorablemoments this year was the look of total disbeliefon young David Hibbert's face when I told himhe had just knocked half a minute off his 5,000mbest at Watford. The fact that this just"happened" is testimony to the growing credibilityand success of our race programme, as it'sjust the sort of breakthrough that several of ourtop seniors have made in recent years on theEuropean circuit when impelled to run at a fasterpace to be competitive.My aim has always been to make the Initiativemeet the athlete's needs as far as possible. Oneexample of this already referred to was arrangingfor Sam Haughian to be paced in the Regionalrace at Southampton, while later in the seasonthe final women's 5,000m race was moved fromSolihull in order to give our CommonwealthGames hopes a preparatory race before they leftfigure 1Analysis of Men’s Initiative Performances 1998 (1997)3,000m Sub: 8:00 5 (10) 8:10 21 (16) 8:20 39 (26)8:30 61 (40) 8:40 93 ( - )5,000m Sub: 13:50 5 (8) 14:00 12 (16) 14:10 28 (19)14:20 44 (26) 14:30 61 (30) 14:40 79 (40)15:00 115 (75)10,000m Sub: 30:00 0 (9) 31:00 4 (15) 32:00 10 (22)for Kuala Lumpur. For this we were indebted tothe Midland Counties AA, who allowed us to puton a race in conjunction with their championshipsin Birmingham.RACE STATISTICS AND NATIONALRANKINGSLike last year the race programme hascertainly made a major impact on the Nationalranking lists:No less than 19 (76%) of the top 25 timesrecorded by men over 3,000m were done inEndurance Initiative races - most of the othersbeing done in the Sheffield Grand Prix - and 14(56%) of the top 25 5,000m times, with the other11 being done at the A.A.A. Championships.A similar analysis of the best 25 women'stimes again confirms the influence of theLike last year the race programme hascertainly made a major impact on theNational ranking listsInitiative. At 3,000m 13 (52%) of the top 25times were done in Endurance Initiative races,and as many as 17 (68%) in the 5,000m, with theother 8, like the men, all being recorded at theA.A.A. Championships.Figures 1 & 2 show a further breakdown inthe number of performances achieved in varioustime intervals, with last yearÕs figures appendedin brackets for comparison.MENThis breakdown shows that a dramaticimprovement has been made in the quantity oftop class performances, if not quite in the qualityone would have liked to see at the sharp end.34BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 35The British Athletics Endurance Initiative 1998This yearÕs programme has substantiallywidened the base of sub 8:10 and 14:10 performances.The reason why the same has nothappened at the top end is principally becausehalf of the top ten ranked distanced runners, JonBrown, Karl Keska, Ian Gillespie, Keith Cullen,and Neil Caddy, did not compete in any of theInitiative races due to their own internationalrace agendas.The biggest disappointment has been theinability to find a suitable date for a competitive10,000m race. The only conclusion is that it isnot a practical proposition with the calendar ascongested as it is at present, though there alsoseems to be a fear of running 25 laps on a trackamong many of our better runners, despite thefact that they think nothing of racing the distanceon the road.There may be a case for putting on an intermediatedistance race, say over 8,000m, as wedid with the 4,000m event in Millfield, and enlistthe support of coaches to encourage those withaspirations over the longer distance to use it as astepping stone. This may be a radicalsuggestion, but as a coach I am still firmly of thefigure 2Analysis of Women’s Initiative Performances 1998 (1997)3,000m Sub: 9:30 19 (3) 9:40 29 (10) 10:00 43 (22)5,000m Sub: 16:00 6 (3) 16:30 15 (8) 17:00 43 (22)18:00 43 (28)belief that an athlete will never learn how to racea distance on the track without experience ofwhat is involved! Yet that is precisely what mostof our 10,000m runners do, on the assumptionpresumably that racing on the road is anadequate substitute. Anyone who saw the10,000m trial would have to agree, for as manyrunners dropped out as finished. This isdefinitely a topic that needs urgent discussion.Another problem I highlighted in last yearÕsreport was the relatively small number of our topjuniors who took part. Although this year wasbetter in this respect, there were still only fourjunior marks in the 5,000m and eight in the3,000m Of these, significantly, two of the5,000m marks were the top two U20 performancesof the year, while the best six rankedrunners in the 3,000m all competed inEndurance Initiative races, with ChrisThompson's 8:16.9 at Swindon the fastest in thecountry.The conclusion is surely obvious. So there isa message here for all coaches of promisingjuniors, because they cannot be expected tocompete at international level if they never racethe distances in meaningful competition.WOMENAs hoped, with the credibility of theInitiative races proven last year, our leadingwomen distance runners and their coachespresumably realised what they had missed andsupported the programme enthusiastically thisyear (see figure 2).The results were particularly encouraging, asthere were around twice as many marksthroughout the performance range at both3,000m and 5,000m. In contrast to the menvirtually all our top women, with the understandableexception of Paula Radcliffe,competed at least once, and most of them severaltimes. This of course is partly due to the fact thatthey are unable to get into any races on theEuropean circuit.Significantly five of the top ten ranked juniorsover 3,000m achieved their times in theEndurance Initiative races, with AmberGascoigne notably providing two of the fastestjunior times this year.As for the 5,000m, thesame remarks apply to thewomen as the men, buteven more so, as five ofthe only six juniorsranked did their performancesin EnduranceInitiative races, includingLouise Kelly, who ranfaster than her time at Wythenshawe subsequentlyin the World Championships. Theremust surely be something wrong with thecompetitive structure for this age group if thereare only six sub 18 minute performances!RAISING THE GAMEThe significant improvement in what I termthe engine room of the ranking lists this year is aclear indication of the growing credibility of theEndurance Initiative. Yet while this representspositive progress, the increased participation ofour leading women runners for instanceproduced comparable gains to the men last year,I still feel that not enough of our top runnersmade full use of the opportunities offered by theInitiative races, especially when compared to thesupport given by Ireland's leading runners!The fact that several of them were won byAfricans in isolation is an indictment of some ofour top runners, who for one reason or anotherchose not to take part in races that were every bitas good as many on the IAAF permit circuit.Even so, there is no doubt that all who havetaken part have testified that the EnduranceInitiative races have filled a void in the domesticcalendar. To ensure further progress strategiesmust be developed to make the races even morecompetitive. This could be done by using theraces as a passport to international competitionfor those successful, or by funding otherEuropean athletes to take part. This would seemparticularly appropriate for any 10,000m races.It would also be a more economic and practicalalternative to sending runners overseas all thetime.Even so, there is no doubt that all whohave taken part have testified that theEndurance Initiative races have filled avoid in the domestic calendar.LOOKING AHEADAs last year, a questionnaire is being circulatedto many of those who took part in order tosee how the athletes themselves would like tosee the Initiative progress.Although the results are not yet available, anysensible suggestions will be taken into accountin planning next yearÕs programme.Personal Recommendations¥ That the Regional Grand Prix be scrapped,with perhaps the exception of the races inScotland and Northern Ireland, and anyresources saved used to further improve theNational series.¥ That the National race series be repeated onsimilar lines to 1998, i.e. four 3,000m and5,000m races, plus perhaps another 4,000mevent as I think it has much to offer as a steppingstone to 5,000m, especially for juniors.¥ That broadly speaking a similar prizestructure be adopted as in 1998, with more, ifsmaller prizes, for each race, i.e. the first six astried this year.¥ That the Grand Prix element be reintroducedin order to maintain the quality of the fields at thefront right to the end of the season. This shouldalso be done to come in line with the800m/1,500m BMC NIKE Grand Prix, underwhich format it is proposed to organise theInitiative this year, though the overall prizesneed not I think be that large.¥ That consideration be given to equalising theprize money for men and women, but that moreprizes be retained for the men's races due to theextra number involved. e.g. six for men and fourfor women.(continued on page 43)BMC News : Spring 1999 35

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 36All-Time BMC Men’s RankingsThese statistics have been compiled from Athletics Weekly 1963 - 1991, and theBMC News from 1992 - 1998. Unfortunately results of the Stretford meetings wereoften incomplete when published in AW. Where it is known from the NUTS rankingsthat a fast race took place at Stretford but the result has either not been found inAW or is listed as "Invitation" but makes no mention of the BMC, those performanceshave been listed in italics with a 'q' as questionable. We would welcomeindependent confirmation as to whether these were in fact BMC races.Performances set whilst the athlete was a junior are also marked with a ‘J’.* denotes athlete was a non-member at the time of the performance.Men's 600m1:17.8 Andrew Hart 1 Watford 10 Jun 981:18.5 Steven Ovett 1 Crystal Palace 12 May 761:18.5 Andrew Knight 1 Highgate 7 Aug 961:18.6 Gary Brown II 1 Grangemouth 3 Aug 941:18.7 * Pete Lewis 2 Crystal Palace 12 May 761:19.0 Clive Gilby 1 Sutcliffe Park 5 Jul 971:19.0 Rupert Waters 2 Sutcliffe Park 5 Jul 977 performances to 1:19.0 by 7 athletesMen's 800m1:45.2 * Patrick Ndururi KEN 1 Battersea Park 15 Jun 971:46.6 1 Battersea Park 14 Jun 981:46.2 * Robert Kibet KEN 2 Battersea Park 15 Jun 971:46.4 * Paul McMullen USA 1 Stretford 1 Aug 951:48.1 1r2 Stretford 18 Jul 951:46.4 * Paul Walker 1 Stretford 22 Jul 971:46.67 * Bernard Kisilu KEN 1 Bristol 30 Aug 971:46.8 3 Battersea Park 15 Jun 971:46.7 James McIlroy IRE 2 Battersea Park 14 Jun 98(Northern Irish Record)1:47.41 1 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 981:46.8 Andrew Hart 4 Battersea Park 15 Jun 971:47.0 3 Battersea Park 14 Jun 981:47.13 1 Solihull 5 Sep 981:47.4 1 Tooting 20 Aug 971:48.0 1 Watford 5 Jun 961:48.2 1 Birmingham 20 Aug 951:48.5 1 Solihull 29 Jul 921:48.5 1 Wythenshawe 14 May 971:48.7 1 Stretford 25 Jun 961:48.8 1 Cheltenham 21 Jul 931:49.0 1 Loughborough 18 May 961:46.83 * Benson Koech KEN 1 Crawley 28 May 941:46.87 Kevin McKay 2 Bristol 30 Aug 971:47.2 5 Battersea Park 15 Jun 971:48.0 3 Stretford 1 Aug 951:48.2 1 Watford 25 Jun 971:48.5 2 Stretford 16 Jul 961:48.5 8 Battersea Park 14 Jun 981:48.7 2 Wythenshawe 14 May 971:48.86 2 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 981:48.9 2 Wythenshawe 17 May 931:47.2 Grant Cuddy 2 Stretford 22 Jul 971:48.2 2 Swindon 7 Aug 971:48.7 8 Battersea Park 15 Jun 97(10)1:47.3 * Gary Cook 1 Stretford 3 Jun 801:47.5 Anthony Whiteman 4 Battersea Park 14 Jun 981:47.7 6 Battersea Park 15 Jun 971:47.52 * Andrew Lill 2 Crawley 28 May 941:47.6 * Neil Horsfield 1 Cwmbran 16 Aug 891:47.6 * Craig Winrow 2 Stretford 1 Aug 951:48.3 1 Wythenshawe 15 May 961:47.69J Simon Lees 2 Solihull 5 Sep 981:48.88J 3 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 981:47.7 Sebastian Coe 1 Stretford 8 Aug 761:47.7 Robin Hooton 1 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 961:49.0 3 Watford 5 Jun 961:47.8 Lee Cadwallader 1 Stretford 22 Aug 951:48.5 2 Wythenshawe 15 May 961:49.0 1 Stretford 27 Jun 951:47.8 John Mayock 5 Battersea Park 14 Jun 98(20)1:47.81 * Joseph Mutua KEN 1 Cardiff 15 Jul 981:47.9 * David Warren 1 Crystal Palace 12 May 801:47.9 Rupert Waters 2 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 961:48.7 1 Battersea 14 Jul 961:49.0 4 Watford 5 Jun 961:47.9 Justin Swift-Smith 1 Swindon 7 Aug 971:48.4 7 Battersea Park 15 Jun 971:48.9 2 Watford 5 Jun 961:47.9 * Martin Keino KEN 6 Battersea Park 14 Jun 981:48.0 * Colin Campbell 1r2 Crystal Palace 12 Jun 721:48.0 * Francis Kemboi KEN 7 Battersea Park 14 Jun 981:48.2 James Mayo 3 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 961:48.7 1 Stretford 3 Sep 96Compiled by Matthew Fraser Moat1:48.3 * Gary Lough 1 Milton Keynes 24 Jul 961:48.7 7 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 961:48.3 Tom Lerwill 3 Swindon 7 Aug 971:48.3 Bradley Donkin 1 Watford 5 Aug 981:48.4 4 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 96(30)1:48.39 Matthew Shone 3 Solihull 5 Sep 981:48.6 2 Watford 5 Aug 981:48.4 Tony Johnston 1 Stretford 16 Jul 961:48.4 Bradley Donkin 4 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 961:48.43 Phillip Tulba 2 Cardiff 15 Jul 981:48.71 1 Swindon 24 Jun 981:48.43J Chris Moss 4 Solihull 5 Sep 981:48.5 * Jason Lobo 2 Stretford 22 Aug 951:48.8 3 Wythenshawe 15 May 961:48.5 Eddie King 5 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 961:48.51 3 Cardiff 15 Jul 981:48.9 4 Wythenshawe 15 May 961:48.7 Andrew Carter 1 Blackburn 9 May 701:48.7 Desmond English IRE 1 Wythenshawe 17 May 931:48.8 1 Watford 28 Aug 961:48.7 Anthony Morrell 3 Stretford 22 Aug 95(40)1:48.7 Andrew Knight 6 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 961:48.9 4 Swindon 7 Aug 971:48.8 James Espir 2 Crystal Palace 12 May 801:48.8J Adam Duke 2 Solihull 29 Jul 921:48.9 * Stephen Green 4 Stretford 22 Aug 951:48.95 * Michael Guegan 3 Crawley 28 May 941:49.0 * F MacSweeney IRE 1 Crystal Palace 22 May 761:49.0 Hamish McInnes 1 Stretford 17 May 831:49.0 * Martin Steele 1 Leeds 1 Jul 861:49.0 Matthew Yates 2 Watford 25 Jun 971:49.0 Mark Griffin 1r2 Battersea Park 14 Jun 98(50)1:49.0 * Lucky Hadebe RSA 3 Watford 5 Aug 9895 performances to 1:49.0 by 51 athletesMen's 1,000m2:19.4 Andrew Hart 1 Stretford 22 Jul 972:20.9 * Jason Lobo 1 Stretford 18 Aug 982:21.7 Kevin McKay 1 Stretford 30 Apr 962:21.8 2 Stretford 18 Aug 982:22.0 Richard Lynch 1 West London 3 Jun 922:22.0 Stephen Green 1 Stretford 18 Jul 952:22.0 2 Stretford 22 Jul 972:22.2 Walter Wilkinson 1 Cleckheaton 30 Jun 762:22.2 * Neil Horsfield 1 Cheltenham 2 Aug 892:22.4 Bradley Donkin 3 Stretford 18 Aug 982:22.6 * Craig Winrow 2 Stretford 30 Apr 962:22.7 * Matthew Hibberd 2 Stretford 18 Jul 95(10)2:22.7 * Matthew Dixon 4 Stretford 18 Aug 982:22.91 Grant Cuddy 1 Loughborough 18 May 9714 performances to 2:23.0 by 12 athletesMen's 1,200m2:57.0 Paul Williams 1 Crystal Palace 13 Dec 782:57.6 Timothy Hutchings 2 Crystal Palace 13 Dec 782:58.9 1 Aldershot 25 May 772:57.8 James Douglas 1 Crystal Palace 16 Apr 752:58.2 Glen Grant 2 Crystal Palace 16 Apr 755 performances to 3:00.0 by 4 athletesMen's 1,500m3:37.5 Anthony Whiteman 1 Swindon 7 Aug 973:39.0 * David Lewis 1 Stretford 9 Aug 833:42.7 2 Stretford 20 May 863:42.8 2 Stretford 30 Aug 863:39.0 * Laban Rotich KEN 1 Battersea Park 14 Jun 983:39.1 Neil Caddy 1 Swindon 14 Aug 963:40.9 5 Battersea Park 14 Jun 983:41.6 4 Wythenshawe 14 May 973:42.1 1 Southampton 3 Sep 953:42.2 1 Wythenshawe 17 May 953:42.3 1 Cardiff 7 Aug 963:42.66 1 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 983:39.1 Robert Hough 1 Wythenshawe 14 May 973:41.5 1r2 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 963:39.4 * Samir Benfares FRA 1 Watford 5 Aug 983:39.5 Matthew Yates 2 Watford 5 Aug 983:39.6 * Paul Bitok KEN 2 Battersea Park 14 Jun 983:39.7 Michael Openshaw 3 Battersea Park 14 Jun 983:39.8 Ian Gillespie 2 Swindon 7 Aug 973:41.1 4 Swindon 14 Aug 963:41.2 3 Wythenshawe 14 May 973:41.65 4 Solihull 21 Aug 943:42.4 2 Stretford 16 Jul 963:42.7 5 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 9636BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 37All-Time BMC Men’s Rankings(10)3:40.1 Ian Grime 2 Swindon 14 Aug 963:40.35 1 Solihull 21 Aug 943:40.3 Andrew Pearson 2 Wythenshawe 14 May 973:40.7 Rob Whalley 3 Swindon 14 Aug 963:40.78 * Niall Bruton IRE 1 Cardiff 15 Jul 983:40.8 * Elijah Maru KEN 4 Battersea Park 14 Jun 983:40.8 * Gary Lough 3 Watford 5 Aug 983:42.7 1 Wythenshawe 18 May 943:41.02 Steffan White 2 Solihull 21 Aug 943:41.2 Richard Ashe 1 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 963:42.5 1 Watford 10 Jul 963:42.8 4 Swindon 7 Aug 973:42.9 1 Watford 9 Aug 953:41.2 Thomas Mayo 4 Watford 5 Aug 983:41.28 * David Wilson 1 Belfast 4 Jun 94(20)3:41.3 Robert Scanlon 5 Swindon 14 Aug 963:41.5 * Ken Newton 2 Stretford 9 Aug 833:41.5 Grant Graham 6 Battersea Park 14 Jun 983:41.5 * John Koskei KEN 7 Battersea Park 14 Jun 983:41.6+ Nick Rose 1+ Motspur Park 25 Jul 733:41.63 Philip Mowbray 3 Solihull 21 Aug 943:41.73 * Matthew Hibberd 5 Solihull 21 Aug 943:42.5 1 Loughborough 7 Sep 943:41.9 Brad Glenton 5 Watford 5 Aug 983:42.0 Andrew Hart 1 Stretford 16 Jul 963:42.55 1 Swindon 24 Jun 983:42.7 3 Wythenshawe 17 May 953:42.0 Rod Finch 2 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 96(30)3:42.1 Martin Forder 3 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 963:42.1 * Stephen Green 5 Wythenshawe 14 May 973:42.4 2 Wythenshawe 17 May 953:42.2 * Timothy Redman 3 Stretford 9 Aug 833:42.2J Paul Wynn 4 Stretford 9 Aug 833:42.3 1 Stretford 24 Jun 863:42.3 * Geoffrey Turnbull 1 Stretford 20 May 863:42.3 Phillip Tulba 8 Battersea Park 14 Jun 983:42.4 * Neil Horsfield 1 Swindon 4 Sep 913:42.8 2 Stretford 10 Jun 863:42.4 Stuart Margiotta 4 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 963:42.5J * Colin Reitz 1 Crystal Palace 8 Aug 793:42.5 Adam Duke 6 Swindon 14 Aug 96(40)3:42.5 * Andrew Walker IRE 6 Watford 5 Aug 983:42.58 Steve Agar CAN 2 Swindon 24 Jun 983:42.6+ * John Cadman 2+ Motspur Park 25 Jul 733:42.6 * Adrian Passey 1 Stretford 10 Jun 863:42.6 * Andrew Green II 2 Stretford 24 Jun 863:42.6 Paul Taylor 3 Stretford 24 Jun 863:42.7+ Phillip Banning 3+ Motspur Park 25 Jul 733:42.7 Matthew Barker 2 Swindon 4 Sep 913:42.7 Matthew de Freitas 1 Swindon 9 Sep 923:42.8 * Lloyd Tredell 5 Stretford 9 Aug 83(50)3:42.8 Alan Mottershead 1 Stretford 30 Aug 863:42.8 * Steve Cram 2 Wythenshawe 18 May 943:42.8 Cormac Finnerty IRE 7 Swindon 14 Aug 963:42.8 Matt Skelton 6 Wythenshawe 14 May 973:43.0 6 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 963:42.8J Gareth Turnbull IRE 3 Swindon 7 Aug 973:42.9 * Neil Rimmer 3 Stretford 30 Aug 863:43.0 David Moorcroft 1 Loughborough 5 Jun 753:43.0 Gary Brown II 4 Wythenshawe 17 May 953:43.0 Stuart Poore 8 Swindon 14 Aug 9685 performances to 3:43.0 by 59 athletesMen's Mile3:56.35 Anthony Whiteman 1 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 963:56.6 Timothy Hutchings 1 Aldershot 19 Jul 823:58.6 1 Derby 6 Sep 833:59.1 1 Bristol 14 Sep 883:57.0 * Dick Quax NZ 1 Southgate 18 Jul 733:57.4 * Tony Polhill NZ 2 Southgate 18 Jul 733:57.6 Ian Gillespie 1 Exeter 16 Jun 983:58.4 1 Exeter 29 Jul 973:59.3 1 Salisbury 4 Sep 933:58.0 John Kirkbride 1 Motspur Park 23 Jul 693:58.11 * Edwin Maranga KEN 1 Solihull 5 Sep 983:58.3 1 Bath 12 Aug 983:58.4 Alan Simpson 1 Hartlepool 17 Jun 673:58.4 Nick Rose 1 Motspur Park 25 Jul 734:00.0 1 West London 16 Jul 753:58.5 James Douglas 2 Motspur Park 23 Jul 69(10)3:58.5 Neil Caddy 2 Exeter 16 Jun 983:58.59 2 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 963:59.3 1 Cheltenham 4 Aug 963:59.6 1 Cheltenham 6 Aug 953:58.6 John Boulter 1 Motspur Park 24 Jul 683:59.2 3 Motspur Park 23 Jul 693:58.8q David Moorcroft 1 Stretford 30 Aug 753:58.9q * Frank Clement 2 Stretford 30 Aug 753:58.9 * Steve Emsom 1 Stretford 31 Jul 793:59.1 Ian Hamer 1 Cheltenham 8 Sep 893:59.9 1 Swindon 16 Jul 883:59.2 Walter Wilkinson 1 Stretford 28 May 683:59.4 1 Middlesborough 11 Sep 673:59.6 1 Hartlepool 7 Jun 693:59.2q James McGuinness 3 Stretford 30 Aug 753:59.3 * Pat Scammell AUS 2 Cheltenham 8 Sep 893:59.4 * Roy Young 1 Motspur Park 14 Jul 71(20)3:59.4J Steven Ovett 1 Haringey 17 Jul 74(European Junior Record)4:00.0J 2 Motspur Park 25 Jul 73(European Junior Record)3:59.4q Anthony Settle 4 Stretford 30 Aug 753:59.4 John Gladwin 1 Carlisle 4 May 873:59.48 James McIlroy IRE 2 Solihull 5 Sep 983:59.5 John Whetton 2 Motspur Park 24 Jul 683:59.5 * David Kisang 2 Bath 12 Aug 983:59.6 * David Lewis 1 Stretford 27 Jul 823:59.7q * David McMeekin 5 Stretford 30 Aug 753:59.7q * Ron McDonald 6 Stretford 30 Aug 753:59.7 Matthew de Freitas 2 Salisbury 4 Sep 93(30)3:59.7 Philip Tulba 1 Tooting 19 Aug 983:59.8 Ray Roseman 4 Motspur Park 23 Jul 693:59.8 * Steve James 1 Nottingham 9 Jun 843:59.9 * Joe Dunbar 1 Ealing 18 Sep 913:59.91 * Darius Burrows 3 Solihull 5 Sep 983:59.98 Richard Ashe 3 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 964:00.0 * Neil Horsfield 2 Bristol 14 Sep 884:00.0 Rod Finch 1 Exeter 22 Aug 934:00.0 * Gary Lough 2 Cheltenham 4 Aug 9653 performances to 4:00.0 by 39 athletesMen's 2,000m5:11.0 Walter Wilkinson 1 Crystal Palace 16 Aug 725:11.8 * Ian Wheeler 1 Hayes 15 May 665:15.0 * Christopher Ward 2 Hayes 15 May 665:15.0 * Charlie Spedding 2 Crystal Palace 16 Aug 724 performances to 5:15.0 by 4 athletesMen's 3,000m7:51.4 Rob Whalley 1 Swindon 7 Aug 977:52.6 1 Stretford 16 Jul 967:57.1 1 Wythenshawe 14 May 977:52.9 Robert Hough 2 Stretford 16 Jul 967:53.2 Spencer Barden 2 Swindon 7 Aug 977:58.4 4 Stretford 16 Jul 967:53.40J * Mizan Mehare ETH 1 Cardiff 15 Jul 987:54.10 * Barry Smith 1 Cwmbran 17 May 817:54.5 * Christian Stephenson 3 Swindon 7 Aug 977:55.0 Cormac Finnerty IRE 4 Swindon 7 Aug 977:55.4 Ian Grime 3 Stretford 16 Jul 967:57.9 1 Loughborough 21 May 977:55.6 * Geoffrey Turnbull 1 Stretford 15 May 847:55.9 Matthew O'Dowd 5 Swindon 7 Aug 97(10)7:56.12 * Kris Bowditch 2 Cardiff 15 Jul 987:57.7 2 Wythenshawe 14 May 977:56.24 Bobby Farren 1 Solihull 21 Aug 947:58.6 * Chris Robison 1 Swindon 10 Jul 867:58.7 * Darius Burrows 5 Stretford 16 Jul 967:59.9 7 Swindon 7 Aug 977:58.9 * Chris Buckley 2 Swindon 10 Jul 867:58.92 Michael Openshaw 1 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 987:59.22 James Espir 2 Cwmbran 17 May 817:59.3 * Geoff Wightman 3 Swindon 10 Jul 867:59.5 * Paul Magner 4 Swindon 10 Jul 867:59.5 Philip Mowbray 3 Wythenshawe 14 May 977:59.97 2 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 98(20)7:59.5 * Seamus Power IRE 6 Swindon 7 Aug 977:59.56 * David Clarke 3 Cwmbran 17 May 817:59.59 * John Wild 3 Cardiff 15 Jul 987:59.6 Matthew Clarkson 1 Stretford 14 Jul 9831 performances to 8:00.0 by 24 athletesMen's 2 Miles8:34.5 Ian Gillespie 1 Millfield 5 May 978:44.6 Alan Blinston 1 Stretford 19 May 702 performances to 8:45.0 by 2 athletesMen's 4,000m11:03.2 Rob Whalley 1 Millfield 4 May 981 performance to 11:05.0 by 1 athleteBMC News : Spring 1999 37

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 38All-Time Men’s RankingsMen's 5,000m13:28.6J * Mizan Mehare ETH 1 Watford 5 Aug 9813:33.3 * Hendrick Raamala RSA 1 Battersea Park 14 Jun 9813:35.3 * Dermot Donnelly 2 Battersea Park 14 Jun 98(Northern Irish Record)13:47.0 2 Crawley 28 May 9413:40.5 * Seamus Power IRE 1 Watford 3 0 Jul 9713:41.08 Rob Whalley 1 Bristol 30 Aug 9713:54.2 2 Stretford 22 Jul 9713:42.00 * Kris Bowditch 2 Bristol 30 Aug 9713:44.5 2 Loughborough 18 May 9713:47.7 1 Stretford 22 Jul 9713:51.8 3 Watford 5 Aug 9813:42.02 * Ben Maiyo KEN 1 Solihull 5 Sep 9813:42.2 Andrew Pearson 1 Loughborough 18 May 9713:44.83 Matthew O'Dowd 3 Bristol 30 Aug 9713:45.6 Cormac Finnerty IRE 2 Watford 30 Jul 97(10)13:46.4 * John Sherban 1 Crawley 28 May 9413:48.5 Julian Moorhouse 2 Watford 5 Aug 9813:48.9 * James Campbell IRE 3 Crawley 28 May 9413:57.1 5 Battersea Park 14 Jun 9813:49.5 Glyn Tromans 3 Loughborough 18 May 9713:51.5 Spencer Barden 4 Loughborough 18 May 9713:54.39 2 Loughborough 17 May 9813:52.4 Matt Clarkson 4 Watford 5 Aug 9813:52.7 Nicholas Comerford 3 Battersea Park 14 Jun 9813:52.8 * Ian Hudspith 5 Loughborough 18 May 9713:52.94 Rod Finch 1 Loughborough 17 May 9813:59.6 8 Loughborough 18 May 9713:54.4 Robert Denmark 4 Battersea Park 14 Jun 98(20)13:55.7 * Chris Robison 1 Grangemouth 3 Aug 9413:56.6 Ian Gillespie 1 Millfield 6 May 9613:56.6 * Matthew Barnes 6 Loughborough 18 May 9713:57.8 * Dominic Bannister 7 Loughborough 18 May 9713:58.0 * Carl Udall 1 Loughborough 11 Jun 9713:59.8 Paul Taylor 3 Stretford 22 Jul 9734 performances to 14:00.0 by 26 athletesMen's 10,000m29:32.8 * David Taylor 1 Watford 30 Apr 9729:32.8 * John Downes 2 Watford 30 Apr 9729:34.4 * Simon Cotton 3 Watford 30 Apr 9729:49.2 John Lisiewicz AUS 1 Oxford 17 Sep 944 performance to 30:00.0 by 4 athletesMen's 4 x 400m Relay3:16.0 Borough Road College 1 Crystal Palace 12 Oct 77(UK Junior Club Record)1 performance to 3:20.0Men's 4 x 800m Relay7:23.1 BMC National Squad 1 Watford 17 Jul 96(UK Club Record)7:26.2 BMC Junior Squad 1 Oxford 2 Sep 95(World Junior Record)7:26.2 Sale Harriers 2 Oxford 2 Sep 957:32.0 BMC Wales 3 Oxford 2 Sep 95(Welsh Record)7:37.1 BMC North 4 Oxford 2 Sep 957:37.5 BMC England 1 Oxford 17 Sep 947:37.7 BMC Junior Squad 2 Oxford 17 Sep 947:39.6 BMC South West 5 Oxford 2 Sep 957:41.3 Ron Allison's Squad 2 Watford 17 Jul 967:44.7 BMC Wales 3 Oxford 17 Sep 94(Welsh Record)10 performances to 7:45.0Additional Age Group7:46.9 BMC Wales Juniors 6 Oxford 2 Sep 95(Welsh Junior Record)7:51.5 BMC National U17s 1r2 Watford 17 Jul 96(UK National U17 Record)8:01.2 Winchester Coll. U20 2r2 Watford 17 Jul 968:07.1 Vets AC 3r2 Watford 17 Jul 96(National Veterans Record)8:20.8 BMC Veterans Squad 5r2 Watford 17 Jul 96Men's 4 x 1,500m Relay15:23.6 British Milers' Club 1 Crystal Palace 12 Aug 73(UK All-Comers Record)? West Germany 2 Crystal Palace 12 Aug 7315:32.6 BMC National Squad 1 Stretford 30 Apr 9615:37.2 BMC National Squad 1 Watford 30 Apr 9715:37.4 SCAAA 3 Crystal Palace 12 Aug 7315:52.0 BMC Junior Squad 1r2 Watford 30 Apr 97(British and Commonwealth Junior Record)15:59.2 Ron Allison's Squad 2 Watford 30 Apr 977 performances to 16:00.0Additional Age Group16:03.2 BMC Junior Squad 2 Stretford 30 Apr 96(British Junior Record)16:09.7 Solihull & SH U20 2r2 Watford 30 Apr 9716:32.3 BMC Junior Squad 'B' 4r2 Watford 30 Apr 9716:34.1 Milton Keynes U20 5r2 Watford 30 Apr 9716:38.1 BMC U18 Squad 6r2 Watford 30 Apr 9716:41.1 BMC Veteran Squad 3 Watford 30 Apr 97(World Veteran Record)17:21.0 BMC Veteran Squad 3 Stretford 30 Apr 96(World Veteran Record)17:30.4 RAF Veteran Squad 4 Watford 30 Apr 97(British Vets Club Record)Men's 4 x 1 Mile Relay16:21.1 BMC National Squad 1 Oxford 10 Jul 93(UK All-Comers Record)16:27.8 BMC International 2 Oxford 10 Jul 9316:28.9 BMC National Squad 1 Oxford 2 Sep 9516:37.1 BMC National Squad 1 Oxford 17 Sep 9416:40.0 BMC International 2 Oxford 2 Sep 9516:44.2 BMC 'A' 1 Billingham 12 Jul 6516:49.3 BMC South West 3 Oxford 10 Jul 9316:51.8 BMC 'B' 2 Billingham 12 Jul 6516:53.7 BMC North 4 Oxford 10 Jul 9316:56.8 BMC Junior Squad 5 Oxford 10 Jul 93(World Junior Record)10 performances to 17:00.0Additional Age Group17:13.9 BMC Junior Squad 1 Watford 11 Jun 9718:08.5 BMC Veteran Squad 2 Watford 11 Jun 97(World Veteran Record)18:11.9 BMC Veteran Squad 5 Oxford 2 Sep 95(World Veteran Record)I.A.A.F. Code of Ethicsfor CoachesContinued from page 17coaching. The coach should also recognise thattheir role includes an athleteÕs education for lifethough Athletics, and not simply an athleteÕseducation of Athletics.To transmit a positive image, the coach mustcontinuously maintain the highest standards ofpersonal conduct, reflected in both the manner ofappearance and behaviour. This conduct mustconform to the standards of their NationalFederation and the I.A.A.F.. In particular,coaches should never smoke while coaching, norconsume alcoholic beverages so soon beforecoaching that it affects their competence or thatthe smell of alcohol is on their breath.Respect for the Esprit de CorpsCoaches should enter into full cooperation withall individuals and agencies that could play a rolein the development of the athletes they coach.Coaches should strive to deal with theseindividuals in the way they would wish to be dealtwith themselves, with courtesy due to a colleagueand the respect due to a fellow man or woman.Observations, recommendations and criticismshould be directed to the appropriate person orpersons using professionally accepted proceduresoutside the view or hearing of the public domain.Coaches should also share the knowledge andpractical experience they gain and be available asa resource, contributing to the promotion anddevelopment of Athletics. This includes workingopenly with other coaches, using the expertise ofsports scientists and sports physicians, through todisplaying an active support of their NationalFederation and the I.A.A.F.SummaryFair play behaviours can be learned from thecoach who provides a positive role model andapplies consistent, clear reinforcement for whatare desirable and undesirable actions. The role ofthe coach is, therefore, crucial and must berespected, as an ambassador, educator andguardian of the ethical values of fair play withinAthletics.On page 26 you will find a poster summary ofthe I.A.A.F. Code of Ethics for Coaches whichemphasises the key points of conduct. Take thetime to photocopy this poster and keep it in avisible place to serve as an active reminder ofyour responsibilities.38BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 39All-Time BMC Women’s RankingsWomen’s 600m1:29.4 Linda Staines 1 Battersea Park 19 Apr 971:31.1 * Gowry Retchakan 1 Highgate 7 Aug 961:31.2 Rachel Jordan 2 Battersea Park 19 Apr 971:31.3 2 Highgate 7 Aug 961:31.6 Cathy Dawson 3 Highgate 7 Aug 961:31.8+ Michelle Faherty 1+ Wythenshawe 30 Jul 966 performances to 1:32.0 by 5 athletesWomen’s 800m2:00.7 * Shireen Bailey 1 Ipswich 19 Jun 852:01.7 2 Stretford 24 Jul 832:02.0 1 Aldershot 19 Jul 822:01.3 * Ann Purvis 1 Stretford 24 Jul 832:03.2 2 Ipswich 19 Jun 852:01.5 * Janet Bell 1 Stretford 23 Jun 852:03.0 1 Carlisle 4 May 872:05.0 3 Blackpool 2 May 882:01.93 Diane Modahl 1 Solihull 5 Sep 982:03.4 1 Swindon 7 Aug 972:03.7 1 Wythenshawe 18 May 942:03.9 1 Wythenshawe 17 May 932:02.0 * Jane Finch 3 Stretford 24 Jul 832:02.6 1 Loughborough 1 Jun 782:04.4 1 Loughborough 31 May 792:02.6 * Jackline Maranga KEN 1 Battersea Park 14 Jun 982:03.0 Kirsty Wade 2 Aldershot 19 Jul 822:03.2 1 Aldershot 25 Jul 832:03.0 * Christina Cahill 4 Stretford 24 Jul 832:03.1 Dianne Henaghan 1mx Jarrow 23 Jul 972:03.3mx Ann Griffiths 1mx Stretford 1 Aug 952:04.3 2 Blackpool 2 May 882:04.9mx 1mx Stretford 18 Jul 95(10)2:03.6 Debra Russell 3 Ipswich 19 Jun 852:03.67 Angela Davies 1 Solihull 21 Aug 942:04.6 1 Watford 5 Aug 982:03.7 Claire Raven 2 Swindon 7 Aug 972:03.8 * Lorraine Baker 4 Ipswich 19 Jun 852:03.8 Beverley Hartigan 1 Blackpool 2 May 882:03.9 * Janet Marlow 1 Stretford 19 Jun 792:03.9 * Paula Newnham 1 West London 3 May 782:04.0 Teena Colebrook 5 Stretford 24 Jul 832:04.1mx Sonya Bowyer 1mx Stretford 6 Aug 962:04.75 1 Crawley 28 May 942:04.1mx * Victoria Lawrence 1mx Stretford 12 Aug 972:04.1mx 1mx Stretford 26 Aug 972:04.8mx 2mx Stretford 1 Aug 952:04.8mx 2mx Stretford 20 Aug 962:04.9mx 1mx Stretford 4 Jun 962:05.0mx 1mx Stretford 22 Jul 97(20)2:04.2 * Amanda Crowe IRE 3 Swindon 7 Aug 972:04.23 * Carmen Wustenhagen GER 1 Crawley 27 May 952:04.3 Angela Creamer 2 Stretford 19 Jun 792:04.3mx Lynn Gibson 1mx Watford 5 Jun 962:04.61 1 Swindon 24 Jun 982:04.8 1 Swindon 5 Aug 922:04.9 2 Watford 5 Aug 982:04.3R Michelle Faherty 1re4 Watford 17 Jul 962:04.4mx 1mx Stretford 20 Aug 962:04.3 * Gladys Wamuyu KEN 2 Battersea Park 14 Jun 982:04.4 Thelwyn Bateman 1 Crystal Palace 24 Jul 712:04.4 Suzanne Morley 3 Aldershot 19 Jul 822:05.0 7 Stretford 24 Jul 832:04.6J * Janet Lawrence 1 Stretford 26 Jul 772:04.6 * M Corcoran AUS 6 Stretford 24 Jul 83(30)2:04.6mx Cathy Dawson 1mx Ealing 13 Jul 942:04.7mx Lynne Robinson 1mx Solihull 6 Jul 942:04.75 Rachel Newcombe 1 Cardiff 15 Jul 982:04.8 * Penny Yule 2 West London 3 May 782:04.81 Victoria Sterne 2 Cardiff 15 Jul 982:04.9mx Susan Parker 2mx Stretford 4 Jun 962:05.0 * Sinead Delahunty IRE 1 Stretford 26 Aug 9762 performances to 2:05.0 by 37 athletesWomen’s 1,000m2:44.9 Jo White 1 West London 5 Mar 802:45.22 Michelle Faherty 1 Loughborough 18 May 972:47.3 Margaret Coomber 1 Crystal Palace 10 Jul 742:49.6 Margaret Beacham 2 Crystal Palace 10 Jul 744 performances by 4 athletes to 2:50.0Women’s 1,200m3:23.4 * Christine Ward 1 West London 3 Aug 773:26.2 Sharon Harvey 2 West London 3 Aug 772 performances by 2 athletes to 3:30.0Women’s 1,500m4:10.7mx Sonya Bowyer 1mx Stretford 16 Jul 964:17.4 3 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 964:12.6mx Joanne Pavey 1mx Barry 27 Aug 974:15.2 1 Loughborough 3 Jun 974:18.7 1 Wythenshawe 14 May 974:12.8mx Angela Davies 1mx Watford 9 Aug 954:15.1 3 Wythenshawe 18 May 944:17.1 2 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 964:18.5 1 Swindon 7 Aug 974:13.6 Lynne Robinson 1 Cheltenham 20 Jul 944:13.8 * Carole Bradford 1 Ipswich 19 Jun 854:18.7 4 Stretford 15 May 844:14.1 Julie-Ann Laughton 1 Stretford 25 Jun 854:19.3q 1 Stretford 18 Aug 814:14.3 Angela Tooby 2 Ipswich 19 Jun 854:14.6 Beverley Hartigan 1 Wythenshawe 18 May 944:20.0J 1 Stretford 5 Aug 864:14.62 * Alison Wyeth 1 Crawley 28 May 944:14.80 Sonia McGeorge 2 Crawley 28 May 94(10)4:14.84x Lynn Gibson 1x Solihull 5 Sep 984:14.9 2 Wythenshawe 18 May 944:15.8 1 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 964:16.4 2 Wythenshawe 15 May 964:17.7mx 1mx Watford 10 Sep 974:18.17 2 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 984:19.5mx 1mx Watford 30 Jul 974:15.0 Helen Pattinson 1 Stretford 1 Sep 984:17.05x 2x Solihull 5 Sep 984:17.51 1 Swindon 24 Jun 984:17.85 1 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 984:15.2q * Janet Marlow 1 Stretford 14 Jul 794:15.3 * Nnenna Lynch USA 1 Wythenshawe 15 May 964:19.3mx 1mx Ealing 23 Aug 954:15.4 Wendy Wright 2 Stretford 25 Jun 854:15.7 Nicola Morris 1 West London 7 Sep 884:15.8 Michelle Faherty 2 Loughborough 3 Jun 974:16.90 4 Crawley 28 May 944:16.3 Susan Tooby 1 Stretford 15 May 844:18.6 3 Ipswich 19 Jun 854:16.4J * Julie Holland 2 Stretford 15 May 844:16.50 Debbie Gunning 3 Crawley 28 May 944:17.3 4 Wythenshawe 18 May 944:17.4 4 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 96(20)4:16.9 * Hayley Parry 3 Wythenshawe 15 May 964:17.9 5 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 964:17.0q Kathryn Carter 1 Stretford 19 Jul 874:17.6 1 Stretford 9 Aug 834:18.0q 1 Stretford 4 Aug 814:17.0 Louise McGrillen IRE 3 Stretford 15 May 844:17.4q * Diane Modahl 1 Stretford 19 Apr 864:18.7q 1 Stretford 11 Apr 874:17.4mx Susan Parker 2mx Stretford 16 Jul 964:17.6 Kerry Smithson 2 Stretford 1 Sep 984:18.3 1 Watford 5 Aug 984:18.2q Julie Asgill 1 Stretford 20 Jun 814:18.3+ * Mia Gommers HOL 1+ Leicester 14 Jun 694:18.5 * Maxine Newman 5 Wythenshawe 18 May 944:18.6 Amanda Parkinson 3 Loughborough 3 Jun 974:19.0 4 Wythenshawe 15 May 964:19.7mx 1mx Stretford 21 Jun 944:19.96x 4x Solihull 5 Sep 984:18.61 Caroline Slimin 1 Solihull 21 Aug 94(30)4:18.7 Wendy Sly 1 West London 2 Aug 784:19.0 Janet Holt 5 Stretford 15 May 844:19.0 Joanne Colleran 1 Stretford 18 Aug 984:19.4 3 Stretford 1 Sep 984:19.59x 3x Solihull 5 Sep 984:19.2 * Alison Wright NZL 1 West London 1 Aug 794:19.2 Jillian Jones 2 Swindon 7 Aug 974:19.3 * Wendy Lodge 4 Ipswich 19 Jun 854:19.6 Laura Adam 1 West London 6 Sep 894:19.8 * Jeina Mitchell 6 Wythenshawe 30 Jul 964:19.9 * Selina Kosgei KEN 2 Watford 5 Aug 9871 performances to 4:20.0 by 39 athletesWomen’s Mile4:30.77 Joanne Pavey 1 Bristol 30 Aug 974:41.20 6 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 964:36.8 * Mia Gommers HOL 1 Leicester 14 Jun 69(World Record)4:37.4 Rita Ridley 1 Edinburgh 3 Jul 714:39.5 1 Cardiff 11 Sep 714:42.5 1 Crystal Palace 16 Aug 724:37.7 Kim Lock 1 Hendon 11 Aug 82(Welsh Record)4:38.0 * Marcella Robertson 1 Scotland 14 Jul 854:38.1 * R Odem 1 Stretford 6 Aug 854:38.3 Christine Price 2 Scotland 14 Jul 854:38.9 * Andrea Wallace 1 Coventry 5 May 904:38.93 Lynn Gibson 1 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 964:39.0 Jacqueline Beasley 2 Stretford 6 Aug 85(10)BMC News : Spring 1999 39

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 40All-Time BMC Women’s Rankings4:39.44 Michelle Faherty 2 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 964:44.6R 1re3 Oxford 10 Jul 934:39.90 Sonya Bowyer 3 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 964:40.74 * M Aboulahcen BEL 4 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 964:40.93 Liz Francis-Thomas 5 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 964:41.2 * Alison Jenkins 3 Stretford 6 Aug 854:41.4 Karen Hargrave 1 Swindon 16 Jul 884:41.65 Helen Pattinson 2 Bristol 30 Aug 974:41.8 * Carole Bradford 2 Hendon 11 Aug 824:42.1 Melissa Watson 2 Swindon 16 Jul 884:44.1 1 Bristol 10 Sep 864:42.43 Beatrice Roh GER 7 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 96(20)4:42.5 * Jo Dering 1 Bristol 13 Sep 894:42.6 Lynne Harvey 3 Hendon 11 Aug 824:43.2 * Andrea Everett 3 Scotland 14 Jul 854:44.5 Susan Tooby 2 Bristol 10 Sep 864:44.79 Sarah Salmon 8 Barnet Copthall 31 Aug 9631 performances to 4:45.0 by 25 athletesWomen’s 2,000m6:12.4mx Dianne Henaghan 1mx Jarrow 20 Apr 986:22.2 Paula Yeoman 1 Crystal Palace 20 Oct 712 performances to 6:25.0 by 2 athletesWomen’s 3,000m8:58.2x Joanne Pavey 1x Millfield 4 May 989:16.3x 1x Millfield 5 May 979:06.2mx * Sinead Delahunty IRE 1mx Stretford 1 Aug 959:08.6 * Sarah Young 1 Stretford 18 Aug 989:10.7x 2x Millfield 4 May 989:25.1mx 2mx Stretford 1 Jul 979:08.8mx Sarah Bentley 1mx Stretford 17 Jun 979:10.9mx 1mx Stretford 27 Jun 959:21.0mx 1mx Stretford 30 Apr 969:22.2 1 Oxford (Hor) 22 Jun 979:23.1mx 1mx Stretford 1 Jul 979:23.1 1 Swindon 7 Aug 979:23.4mx 1mx Stretford 25 Jun 969:25.93x 1 Solihull 21 Aug 949:26.5 4 Stretford 18 Aug 989:11.2mx * Rhona Makepeace 1mx Watford 31 Jul 969:14.7 Sharon Harvey 1 West London 1 Sep 829:29.0 2 West London 3 Sep 809:15.25 Liz Talbot 1 Swindon 24 Jun 989:16.1 * Lucy Wright 2 Stretford 18 Aug 989:28.2x 5x Millfield 4 May 989:16.6x Debbie Gunning 3x Millfield 4 May 989:17.39 2 Swindon 24 Jun 989:16.9mx * Andrea Whitcombe 1mx Watford 9 Aug 95(10)9:17.19 Beverley Hartigan 1 Loughborough 11 Jun 959:18.1mx * Louise Watson 2mx Watford 9 Aug 959:25.90 2 Loughborough 11 Jun 959:29.5mx 2mx Watford 5 Jun 969:18.5mx * Nnenna Lynch USA 1mx Millfield 8 May 959:19.0mx * Alison Wyeth 1mx Watford 5 Jun 969:19.1 Melissa Watson 1 Swindon 14 Sep 869:19.2x * Lucy Elliott 2x Millfield 5 May 979:19.3mx Amanda Parkinson 1mx Stretford 29 Apr 979:19.8mx * Edwige Pitel FRA 1mx Watford 10 Jul 969:21.2 Vicki McPherson 3 Stretford 18 Aug 989:21.54 * Tara Krzywicki 1 Loughborough 17 May 98(20)9:21.9 * Deansie Phillips 1 West London 3 Sep 809:22.3 * Alison Barnes 1 Cheltenham 21 Jul 939:22.8mx Caroline Pimblett 2mx Stretford 29 Apr 979:22.87 Helen Pattinson 2 Loughborough 17 May 989:23.38 Shiela Farweather 3 Loughborough 17 May 989:24.60 Lynn Gibson 4 Loughborough 17 May 989:25.5 * Lesley Morton NZ 1 Yate 18 Jul 909:25.95J Amber Gascoigne 5 Loughborough 17 May 989:28.9xJ 6x Millfield 4 May 989:26.4J Jo White 1 West London 7 Dec 779:26.4 Sarah Ing 2 Swindon 14 Sep 86(30)9:26.6 Lynne Harvey 1 West London 6 Sep 789:27.2 * Angela Mason 1 West London 7 Jun 789:29.8 1 West London 6 Mar 799:27.8x Michelle Wannell 4x Millfield 4 May 989:29.0 Kerry Smithson 5 Stretford 18 Aug 989:29.1 * Rebecca Spies USA 2 Oxford (Hor) 22 Jun 979:29.47mx * Hayley Nash 1mx Cardiff 15 Jul 989:29.6 * Penny Yule 2 West London 7 Dec 779:29.95 * Jill Hunter 3 Loughborough 11 Jun 9556 performances to 9:30.0 by 38 athletesWomen’s 5,000m15:47.9 * Andrea Wallace 1 Crystal Palace 25 Apr 9015:48.1x * Tara Krzywicki 1 Watford 5 Aug 9816:00.1 1 Battersea Park 14 Jun 9816:00.84 6 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9816:12.2 1 Birmingham 23 Aug 9815:50.59 Angela Davies 1 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9815:51.7 * Lynne MacDougall 1 Glasgow 18 Jun 9715:52.4 * Lesley Morton NZ 1 Cheltenham 21 Jul 9315:52.61 * Liz Talbot 2 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9815:53.43 * Andrea Whitcombe 3 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9815:53.81 * Sarah Young 4 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9816:28.5 2mx Loughborough 11 Jun 9715:55.83 * Lucy Elliott 1 Loughborough 18 May 9715:56.8 Vicki McPherson 1mx Loughborough 11 Jun 9716:06.2 1mx Loughborough 1 Jun 9616:07.7 1 Southampton 11 Jul 9816:09.23 2 Loughborough 18 May 97(10)15:57.24 Heather Heasman 5 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9816:20.58 4 Loughborough 18 May 9715:58.7 * Suzanne Rigg 1 Stretford 14 Aug 9416:03.30 * Lucy Wright 7 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9816:20.5 2 Birmingham 23 Aug 9816:05.6 Laura Adam 2 Crystal Palace 25 Apr 9016:07.34 Shiela Fairweather 8 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9816:10.08 Debbie Gunning 9 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9816:12.1 Jayne Spark 2 Stretford 14 Aug 9416:13.43 * Jo Thompson 1 Crawley 28 May 9416:14.55 Sarah Bentley 3 Loughborough 18 May 9716:19.72 Amy Waterlow 10 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 98(20)16:25.2 * Lucy Martin 3 Crystal Palace 25 Apr 9016:25.22 Angela Joiner 5 Loughborough 18 May 9716:25.4 Ceri Pritchard 1 Tooting 10 Sep 8916:25.7 * Angie Hulley 1 Stretford 29 May 9416:28.0 * Nnenna Lynch USA 1mx Stretford 16 May 9516:29.57 Penny Thackray 11 Wythenshawe 3 Jun 9834 performances to 16:30.0 by 26 athletesWomen’s 10,000m33:33.7 * Theresa Duffy IRE 1 Loughborough 3 Jun 9733:49.1 * Jo Thompson 2 Loughborough 3 Jun 9735:45.5 3 Coventry 5 May 9034:25.1 * Carol Galea MAL 1mx Watford 30 Apr 97(Maltese Record)34:44.9 Heather Heasman 3 Loughborough 3 Jun 9735:00.4 * Mary Donoghue IRE 1 Coventry 5 May 9035:22.8 Ceri Pritchard 2 Coventry 5 May 9036:00.0 * Tracy Swindell 4 Loughborough 3 Jun 978 performances to 36:00.0 by 7 athletesWomen’s 4 x 800m Relay8:39.6 BMC Junior Squad 1 Watford 17 Jul 96(British and European Junior Record)8:41.1 BMC National Squad 2 Watford 17 Jul 962 performances to 8:50.0Women’s 3 x 1,500m Relay13:38.0 Southern BMC 1 Crystal Palace 20 Aug 69(World Best)13:44.2 Northern BMC 2 Crystal Palace 20 Aug 6913:47.0 Scottish BMC 1 Harlow 4 Jul 7013:47.6 English BMC 2 Harlow 4 Jul 704 performances to 14:00.0Women’s 4 x 1,500m Relay17:41.0 BMC National Squad 1 Watford 30 Apr 97(British, Commonwealth and All-Comers Record)18:12.1 BMC National Squad 1 Stretford 30 Apr 96(British and All-Comers Record)18:38.0 BMC Junior Squad 2 Watford 30 Apr 97(British and European Junior Record)3 performances to 19:00.0Additional Age Group19:06.7 BMC Junior Squad 2 Stretford 30 Apr 96(British Junior Record)19:12.9 BMC U17 Squad 3 Watford 30 Apr 97(British U17 Record)19:35.1 Bristol AC U20 4 Watford 30 Apr 97(British U20 Club Record)20:13.0 BMC Veterans Squad 5 Watford 30 Apr 97(World Veterans Record)Women’s 4 x 1 Mile Relay19:17.3 BMC National Squad 1 Oxford 10 Jul 93(World Record)20:07.5 BMC Midlands 2 Oxford 10 Jul 9320:08.3 BMC North 3 Oxford 10 Jul 9320:16.2 BMC Junior Squad 1 Watford 11 Jun 97(World Junior Record)20:22.9 BMC South West 4 Oxford 10 Jul 935 performances to 20:30.0Additional Age Group21:13.3 BMC Veteran Squad 6 Oxford 10 Jul 93(World Veterans Record)40BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 41British Milers’ Club - 1999 FixturesThe British Milers’ Club is sponsored by NIKE - all races will be paced and are for members onlyBMC NIKE GRAND PRIXOverall Grand Prix Directors - Steve Mosley 01222 306733 and Tim Brennan 01628 4157489th June GP1 Wythenshawe M800, W800 Norman Poole 0161 980 8358M1500, W150023rd June GP2 Watford M800, W800 Tim Brennan (Men) 01628 415748M1500, W1500 Pat Fitzgerald (Women) 01895 23421114th July GP3 Solihull M800, W800 Maurice Millington 0121 353 8273M1500, W15004th Aug GP4 Cardiff M800, W800 Steve Mosley 01222 306733M1500, W150021st Aug GPF Glasgow M800, W800 Keith Redpath (Men) 01501 823 816M Mile, W Mile John Montgomery (Women) 01560 483 225(BMC championships)M5000, W5000 Mike Johnston 0141 634 9966Please register 8 days before each meeting : Athletes’ best 4 out of the 5 meetings count towards the BMC NIKE Grand PrixBMC Web Site: http://www.british-athletics.co.uk/bmc/London Marathon Endurance InitiativeMike Down 0117 973 3407Please register 8 days before each meeting9th June Wythenshawe GP M3000, W500023rd June Watford GP M5000, W500014th July Solihull GP M3000, W30004th Aug Cardiff GP M3000, W3000BMC “Mile of Miles”Mike Down 0117 973 3407May Cambridge M Mile, W Mile15th Aug Carn Brea M Mile, W Mile28th Aug South West M Mile, W Mile29th Aug South West M Mile, W Mile30th Aug South West M Mile, W Mile26th Sept Erith M Mile, W MileBMC Gold Standard MeetingsNorth of EnglandMike Harris 0161 775 0719These meetings will always include 3k racesThey will also include short steeplechases27th Apr Stretford M800, W80018th May Stretford M800, W8001st June Stretford M800, W80022nd June Stretford M1500, W15006th July Stretford M800, W80020th July Stretford M800, W8003rd Aug Stretford M1500, W150017th Aug Stretford M800, W80031st Aug Stretford M1500, W1500MidlandsGeorge Gandy 01509 23017628th Apr Loughborough TBA13th May Loughborough TBA20th May Loughborough TBA27th May Loughborough TBA2nd June Loughborough TBASouth of EnglandTim Brennan 01628 415748Pat Fitzgerald 01895 234211These meetings will always include 3k races12th May Watford M800, W80026th May Watford M1500, W1500M5000, W500028th July Watford M800, W80011th Aug Watford M800, W800M1500, W15008th Sept Watford M1500, W1500Chris Carter 01273 50344618th Aug Brighton M800, W800BMC Young Athletes RacesMike Down 0117 973 34073rd May Millfield JM & JW800JM & JW1500Ray Thompson 01737 55445018th Aug Tooting JM & JW MileBMC Regional RacesBMC Northern IrelandMalcolm McCausland 01504 34921222nd April Londonderry M800, W8006th May Londonderry M1500, W150020th May Londonderry M3000, W30003rd June Londonderry M800, W80017th June Londonderry M1500, W150015th July Londonderry M3000, W3000BMC ScotlandMike Johnston 0141 634 996621st Aug Glasgow M5000, W5000BMC EastPhilip O’Dell 01234 8520381st June Colchester M Mile, W MileBMC North EastPhil Hayes 01207 57016124th May Jarrow M800, W80014th June Jarrow M1500, W15005th July Jarrow M800, W800BMC MidlandsSteve Edmonds 0121 561 439928th Apr Alexander Stad. M1500, W150019th May Coventry M800, W80016th June Redditch M1500, W150021st July Solihull M800, W800BMC SouthRay Thompson 01737 5544502nd June Tooting M1500, W150016th June Tooting M800, W8007th July Tooting M1500, W150018th Aug Tooting M Mile, W MileJohn Sullivan 0171 790 196123rd May Finsbury Park M800, W80016th June Woodford Green M800, W80021st July Woodford Green M800, W80022nd Aug Finsbury Park M800, W800Dave Arnold 01732 35553911th May Tonbridge M1500, W15006th July Tonbridge M800, W800Tim Brennan 01628 41574826th Sept Sutton M800, W800BMC South WestMike Down 0117 973 34073rd May Millfield M3000, W3000Chris Coleman 01736 7406165th May Carn Brea M800,W80012th June Carn Brea M1500, W150012th July Carn Brea M800, W8001st Aug Carn Brea M1500, W1500The dates and venues of the races must be regarded as provisional, so you are advised to register with the race organiser at least eight days beforehand.BMC Membership is limited to those athletes who have achieved the required qualifying times, and to qualified Coaches and Associate Members.BMC qualifying times for senior men are M800 1:56.0, M1500 3:56.0, M3000, 8:30.0, M5000, 14:45.0BMC qualifying times for senior women are W800 2:20.0, W1500 4:45.0, W3000 10:15.0, W5000 18:00.0.BMC qualifying times for U17 athletes and Veterans are M800 2:10.0, M1500 4:30.0, W800 2:25.0, W1500 5:00.0.All applications to join the BMC should be sent to the Membership Secretary, Andy Anderson, 49 Paulsgrove Road, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO2 7HP, enclosing an A4 SAE.Annual subscriptions are £15, and there is a £10 joining fee which includes a free BMC vest (athletes) or T-shirt (coaches / associate members).BMC News : Spring 1999 41

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 42The BMC ConstitutionThe inaugural and successful British Milers’ Club AGM and Congress was held in Stafford on Saturday27th October 1998. One of the important items on the AGM Agenda was a proposal for a new constitution,prepared by Frank Horwill and Peter Thompson under the auspices of the committee, to reflect the currentand projected needs of the Club administration. The principal changes include the re-defining of Membershipcategories, the recognition of Regional Committees and the formation of National Sub-Committees to carryout much of the day to day running of the Club’s activities.1. Name and ObjectsThe name of the organisation shall be the BritishMilersÕ Club, hereinafter referred to as the Club,or BMC. The Club shall abide by the Rules andRegulations of the National Governing Body forAthletics. The objects of the organisation shallbe :-• to raise the standard of British men’s andwomen’s middle distance running to worldsupremacy.• to increase the knowledge of coaches andothers interested in these events.• to increase participation in and gain widerrecognition of the middle distance events.2. Membershipa Full Membership shall be open to athleteseligible to represent Great Britain and NorthernIreland who achieve the ClubÕs qualifyingstandards, and to qualified coaches.b Associate Membership shall be granted toothers, including athletes excluded in 2a),deemed to have qualities to promote the objectivesof the Club. The National Committee shalluse its discretion in granting Associate Membersthe privileges of Membership.c The qualifying standards for Membershipshall be decided by the National Committee andapproved by the members at the Annual GeneralMeeting.d Life Membership may be awarded foroutstanding performances or services to theClub. Members to be elected to LifeMembership shall be nominated by the NationalCommittee and approved by the members at theAnnual General Meeting.e All desirous of becoming members shallcomplete an application form approved by theNational Committee. The MembershipSecretary shall have the authority to admit toMembership those who submit a satisfactoryapplication form and make payment of therequired joining fee and first annualsubscription.3. Subscriptionsa The annual subscription rate and joining feeshall be set at the Annual General Meeting.b Any alteration to the subscription rate shall beapproved by a simple majority of members at aGeneral Meeting.c Any member more than 6 (six) months inarrears shall be, at the discretion of the NationalCommittee, deemed to have forfeitedmembership and its benefits, and may not bereinstated until all arrears have been paid up.4. National Committeea The ClubÕs business shall be managed by aNational Committee, hereinafter referred to asthe Committee.b The Committee shall be elected at the AnnualGeneral Meeting and shall consist of:-Chairman, Vice-Chairman, National Secretary,Treasurer, Membership Secretary, RegionalSecretaries and up to 8 (eight) members.c The Committee shall have the power to cooptup to 3 (three) additional members or toreplace any of its members.d Committee meetings shall be as and when theCommittee thinks necessary but there shall benot less than 3 (three) such meetings in any oneyear.e A quorum for the meeting of the Committeeshall consist of 5 (five) members.f If a quorum is not present within 15 (fifteen)minutes of the specified commencement time,the meeting shall be adjourned.g Any proposal which is called to vote shallhave the votes cast and the declared resultrecorded in the minutes.h The Chairman shall be entitled to a castingvote in the event of a deadlock.i The Vice-Chairman shall be entitled to act asChairman in the ChairmanÕs absence. If neitherare present at a meeting, the members shall electan acting Chairman from those memberspresent.j Regional secretaries may appoint a deputyfrom their Regional Committee to act in theirabsence. Such deputies shall be entitled to vote.k Minutes of all Committee meetings shall becirculated, then approved and signed by theChairman at the following Committee meetingand entered into a Minutes Book.5. National Executive Committeea The National Committee may delegate to aNational Executive Committee, comprising theChairman, Treasurer, National Secretary andone other elected officer or Committee memberfor the day-to-day running of the Club.b The National Executive Committee shallreport fully to the next meeting of theCommittee all actions it has taken.6. National Sub-Committeesa The National Committee may also delegateto National Sub-Committees, hereinafterreferred to as the Sub-Committees, for the dayto-dayrunning of the Club in relation to:-¥ Organisation of Races¥ Publications¥ Education and Training¥ Finance and Administration¥ Publicity, Sponsorship and Fund Raisingb The Chairman and members of each Sub-Committee shall be subject to the prior approvalof the Committee.c Each Sub-Committee shall have at least oneindividual who is a member of the Committee.d Sub-Committee meetings shall be as andwhen the Sub-Committee thinks necessary butthere shall be not less than 2 (two) suchmeetings in any one year.e A representative of each Sub-Committeeshall report fully to the next meeting of theCommittee all actions they have taken.7. Regional SecretariesThese positions shall be elected at the AnnualGeneral Meeting.a Regional Secretaries may form RegionalCommittees for the day-to-day running of theClubÕs business within that Region.b Regional Committee meetings shall be as andwhen the Regional Committee thinks necessary.c Regional Secretaries shall report fully to thenext meeting of the Committee all actions theyhave taken.d All activities within a region shall be coordinatedthrough the National Committee and,where possible, not conflict with national activities.8. President and Vice-PresidentsThese positions shall be elected at the AGMfrom the current membership. Individuals soelected may attend committee meetings andvote only at the ChairmanÕs discretion They willnot be liable to pay the annual subscription.9. General Meetingsa The Club shall in each year hold a GeneralMeeting as its Annual General Meeting(AGM), in addition to any other GeneralMeetings in the year.42BMC News : Spring 1999

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 43The BMC Constitutionb The AGM shall be held not later than 31stOctober in any year, in any appropriate place asapproved by the Committee.c All General Meetings other than the AGMshall be called Extraordinary General Meetings.d Members shall be given at least 28 (twentyeight) days notice of the AGM via the athleticpress, and at least 14 (fourteen) days notice ofExtraordinary General Meetings.e All matters for inclusion in the AGM shall bereceived by the National Secretary at least 21(twenty one) days before the meeting.f An Extraordinary General Meeting shall becalled by the National Secretary within 21(twenty one) days of the receipt by him of arequisition signed by at least 50 (fifty) members,stating the business to be brought forwardbefore such a meeting.g A quorum for a General Meeting shall consistof 10 (ten) members.10. Proceedings at the Annual GeneralMeetingThe business at the meeting shall be:a To receive and consider the Annual Report ofthe Treasurer (to include the Income andExpenditure Account and the Balance Sheet)and the Annual Reports of the NationalSecretary, the Chairs of the National Sub-Committees and the Regional Secretaries.b The election of the Officers, the President,Vice-President and Committee members for theensuing year.c To transact any other business.All resolutions put to the vote must beapproved by a majority of members entitled tovote. The Chairman shall decide the manner ofvoting.11. Proceedings at Extraordinary GeneralMeetingsThe business of the meeting shall be conductedas directed by the Chairman.12. Alterations to the ConstitutionThe Constitution shall be altered only at aGeneral Meeting by a two-thirds majority ofmembers present and voting; proxy votes shallnot be allowed. A quorum for such a GeneralMeeting shall not be less than 20 (twenty)members. Any alteration made shall take effectimmediately.13. PublicationsThe term ÔpublicationÕ shall refer to any and allmaterial published in any medium which isavailable within the public or private domainand purports to represent the BMC. Such publicationsshall specifically include the ClubMembership Application Form, the ClubMagazine, the Club Internet Web site, and PressReleases. All publications must receive priorapproval from the Committee, the Chairman orNational Secretary.a The Committee shall publish a clubmagazine, with the title of BMC News, at leasttwice a year, comprising a ÔSpringÕ issue and anÔAutumnÕ issue.b The Committee shall oversee the operation ofthe BMC Web site on the Internet. At eachCommittee meeting a report shall be presentedon the activity of this site, with proposedchanges and updates.14. Advertising, Sponsorship and FundRaisingAll advertising, sponsorship and fund raisingactivities shall be co-ordinated by theCommittee.a No member, or their agents, shall make representationin the name of the BMC without theprior approval of the Committee.b Any unauthorised activities in this area shallmake the member, or members, liable toexpulsion from the Club.c A person so expelled shall have the right ofappeal to the Committee and may have anThe British Athletics Endurance Initiative 1998(continued from page 35)¥ That a definite policy be adopted ontravelling expenses and athletes made accordinglyaware.¥ That further debate is needed concerning10,000m races. Although the athletesquestioned have indicated a preference for onerace early in the season and one late, thesupport given so far does not warrant the effortinvolved in putting the races on. The experimentof combining the Initiative with the CAUChampionships has only been a partial success.For any event to be well supported, there mustbe a "quality" pacemaker e.g. a Kenyan and,perhaps, the incentive provided by competitorsfrom other European countries. This should bethe model for any 10,000m race we stage.¥ That consideration be given to putting on anyraces outside the BMC NIKE Grand Prix atweekends, and preferably on Saturday eveningswhen the weather conditions are likely to bebetter (i.e. wind) due to the problem manyworking athletes have in travelling midweek.This is essential for any 10,000m race staged.independent representative present at anyhearing.15. Accountsa The Treasurer shall keep an account showingdetails of all sums of money received and sent.This account shall be available at each meetingof the Committee.b All outgoing cheques shall be signed by theTreasurer, the Chairman, or other Officer asauthorised by the Committee.c All accounts containing Club funds shall beunder the direct control of the Treasurer, whoshall have the sole right to establish newaccounts, as deemed necessary for the financialwell being of the organisation.16. AuditA statement of audited accounts shall bepresented annually.17. Interpretation of the RulesThe interpretation of the rules shall be theprerogative of the Committee.18. DissolutionIn the event of the ClubÕs dissolution its netassets shall be realised and donated to a charitynominated by a majority of the members at anExtraordinary General Meeting.¥ That consideration be given again to stagingat least one race in conjunction with the UKwomenÕs League to bolster both the size andstandard of the field. We already have anundertaking from the League officials that theywould give it serious consideration for nextyear. This could even be a direct replacementfor the Regional events, e.g. staging races witheach of the four Divisions, and is worth consideringtoo for the men.¥ That sponsorship permitting the Initiativerace programme be upgraded to include moreEuropean/African guest runners as a moreeconomic and practical alternative to sendingour leading runners overseas all the time.¥ That as the Initiative is now totally under theauspices of PAS, athletes funded through PASbe urged to compete in the Initiative as a priorityrather than always seeking races overseas.¥ That there should be some definite competitivereward for success in the Initiative races,such as international opportunities.¥ That more juniors be formally encouraged toparticipate in races through PAS and/or theJunior Commission.BMC News : Spring 1999 43

BMC April 1999 6/6/99 9:07 pm Page 44A sunday morning training run andthings are getting hot. You pushthe pace. You are suffering like hell.But you wear NIKE’s DRI-F.I.T. Teeto make sure the other guys really sweat.

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