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Mo Ahmed - Interview Chris Kelsall Jul 20, 2012

By Andrew Maloney

Mohammed Ahmed is a Canadian distance runner from Saint Catherine's, Ontario. He attends the NCAA Division 1 University of Wisconsin. He set a school record by running the 10,000m distance in 27:34.64 at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, California this spring. The time is better than the Olympic A standard of 27:45 and qualified him to represent Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.

Sub Four Minute Mile - Geoff Martinson Chris Kelsall Jul 20, 2012

Video coverage of an unofficial Sub-4 minute mile by Geoffrey Martinson. He was paced and ran self-timed. Although unofficial, he did indeed, according to several timing devices clearly run under 4 minutes. Martinson also owns an official 3:37 1500m and has run in the IAAF World Track and Field Championships.

This run was aided by a few University of Victoria Vikes at the Jack Wallace Memorial Track at Oak Bay High School.

Jessica Smith - Interview Chris Kelsall Jul 19, 2012

Jessica Smith of North Vancouver, British Columbia will be competing in the 2012 London Olympic Games in the 800m distance. She is a graduate of Vancouver's Simon Fraser University and one of only four Canadian women to ever break the two-minute barrier at the distance.

Emmanuel Mutai - Interview Chris Kelsall Jul 18, 2012

Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai, will be contesting the marathon at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Initially he was not selected to the team due to his performance at the 2012 Virgin London Marathon, where he was feeling under the weather. However, his resume was not to be ignored considering his win in London the previous year where he attained his current personal best time of 2:04:40.

Geoff Harris - Interview Chris Kelsall Jul 17, 2012

Geoff Harris of Halifax, Nova Scotia is going to the 2012 London Olympic Games to compete in the 800m distance. Harris qualified, according to Athletics Canada's Rising Star criteria, during the Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials that took place in Calgary, Alberta from June 27th to June 30th. He was required to finish top-three while having achieved at least the Canadian "B" standard of 1:46.30 (which he did twice) during the qualifying period of April 1st to June 30th 2012. Harris ran his personal best of 1:46.12 in Indianapolis June 16, 2012.

Jackson Bocksnick - The Q's Victoria Track Series Chris Kelsall Jul 14, 2012

Kyle Irvine - Interview Chris Kelsall Jul 13, 2012

Joshua Ralph - Interview - The Q's Victoria Track Series Chris Kelsall Jul 13, 2012

Cliff Childs - Interview - The Q's Victoria Track Series Chris Kelsall Jul 06, 2012

Melissa Bishop Chris Kelsall Jul 03, 2012

Melissa Bishop of Eganville, Ontario is going to the 2012 London Olympic Games. She qualified for the highly competitive 800m distance by bettering the A+ Canadian Standard of 1:59.90, while finishing top-three at the Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials final race on June 30th.

Canadian Athletes Selected - London Olympic Games Chris Kelsall Jul 01, 2012

From Athletics Canada

Athletics Canada nominates 40 to Olympic Games; 26 athletes to Paralympic Games

CALGARY -Athletics Canada announced today the athletes that have been put forth to the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) for nomination to the 2012 Paralympic Games team and 2012 Olympic Games team.

Lanni Marchant and Krista DuChene vs Athletics Canada Chris Kelsall Jun 25, 2012

Marchant and DuChene v AC(2)

AC rule 140

Lanni Marchant and Krista DuChene's appeal of the decision by Athletics Canada to not let them compete during the 2012 London Olympic Games in the marathon event was turned down. DuChene said, "I think it's safe to say, on behalf of Lanni and I, that we were disappointed but not entirely surprised. One final step we can take is dispute resolution through the SDRCC - Sport Dispute Resolution Centre for Canada."

The Decision Chris Kelsall Jun 25, 2012

IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER RULE 140 OF THE RULES AND BYLAWS OF

ATHLETICS CANADA (APPEALS POLICY)
BETWEEN: LANNI MARCHANT and KRISTA DUCHENE (Appellants) and ATHLETICS CANADA (Respondent)

DECISION MATTER UNDER APPEAL

1. The matter under appeal is the decision by Athletics Canada’s National Teams
Committee to deny a petition from marathoners Lanni Marchant and Krista DuChene to
be nominated to the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team.

Canadian Women's 800m Olympic Bid - Down to One Race in Calgary Chris Kelsall Jun 21, 2012

The Canadian Women's 800m team will likely include the maximum three athletes that are permitted for each country, per event, at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The decision will come down to one fateful race that will happen at the Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials in Calgary, Alberta, June 27th to June 30th.

Until this year, it had been assumed that just one and maybe a second athlete would run the required Canadian Olympic Standards in the women's 800m event. Currently there are four athletes that have run better than the Canadian B-standard of 2:01.30 and two that have run faster than the A-standard of 1:59.90. The Canadian standards match the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) standards.

Christophe Lemaitre - Interview Chris Kelsall Jun 15, 2012

Twenty-two-year-old Christophe Lemaitre, is a French sprinter who specializes in both the 100m and 200m distances. He is a national record holder at both, having run 9.92 and 19.80, respectively. The former carries with it a slightly (at the moment) under-heralded mystique, as he is the very first white person to run under 10 seconds for the 100m distance. Perhaps with time, like Roger Bannister's first sub-four-minute mile, the importance of this benchmark will grow. He said, "In my eyes, sprinting has never been a matter of skin colour. It is a superfluous matter."

Donovan Bailey Invitational - National Track League Chris Kelsall Jun 14, 2012

The Donovan Bailey Invitational is meet number three of the six meets that make up the National Track League. This event will prove to be exciting as it is the final NTL meet before the various national Olympic Trials take place.

The American Trials will take place in Eugene, Oregon from June 21st through to July 1st. The Canadian Trials take place in Calgary, Alberta from June 27th to June 30th.

Flotrack is providing live coverage of all six National Track League meets.

Peter Corrigan - Interview Chris Kelsall Jun 11, 2012

Twenty-three year-old Peter Corrigan from Calgary, Alberta will be racing this spring and summer to improve his 1500m times and perhaps as a stretch goal run the “B” standard qualifying time for the 2012 London Olympic Games. He has just over two weeks to make that happen as well as finish top-three at the Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials. The trials are are taking place in his hometown of Calgary from June 27th to June 30th.

Dave Scott-Thomas - Olympic Bound Chris Kelsall Jun 09, 2012

Dave Scott-Thomas is the head coach of the University of Guelph Gryphons cross-country and track and field teams, which are both ranked number one in Canada. He is also coach of several Olympians including Eric Gillis and Reid Coolsaet in the marathon, Hilary Stellingwerff and Taylor Milne, 1500m, providing they reach top three at the Canadian Track and Field Trials in Calgary June 27 to June 30th. He coaches several other competitive athletes in the Guelph area.

Classy Cameron Levins - NCAA Division 1, 10,000m Champion Chris Kelsall Jun 07, 2012

Opinion

Cameron Levins of Black Creek, British Columbia (on Vancouver Island) is one of the classiest athletes in the NCAA. He also became the first student to win a national championship for his school, Southern Utah University. Levins trains at what is currently considered an unusually high volume of mileage. It works. His lower mileage competitors trailed him - all of them. "To win at any level in any field and then be consistently humble about the successes and victories is what true humility and sportsmanship is about. This is what makes a great athlete's legacy endure throughout time", says his Coach Eric Houle.

Harry Jerome Track Classic - Matthew Centrowitz - Taylor Milne Chris Kelsall Jun 07, 2012

By Douglas Bruce Clement

Matthew Centrowitz is coming to the Harry Jerome Track Classic on his way to London. In 2011 he was the NCAA and USA champion in the 1500m and the bronze medal winner at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu. He has run 3:34.46 over this distance but he needs to achieve the Olympic standard before the US Olympic Trials. He is not alone in this quest. Several athletes from the US and Canada are in the same situation and all are looking for that magic moment when the tempo of the metric mile is fast, very fast indeed.

Krista DuChene Chris Kelsall Jun 06, 2012

Krista DuChene of Brantford, Ontario is one of Canada's top-performing marathon runners. She ran the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon on April 15th, in a personal best time of 2h32.06. This result is much faster than the International Association of Athletics Federation's Olympic qualifying standards of 2:43 as the "B" standard and 2:37 as the "A" standard. However, it does not meet Athletics Canada's requirement of 2:29:55 or better.

DuChene finished seconds behind teammate Lanni Marchant of London, Ontario who ran 2h:31.50. Both were significant personal best performances.

Martin Goulet Chris Kelsall Jun 04, 2012

Martin Goulet, Chief High Performance Officer of Athletics Canada recently took the time to answer a few questions regarding Canadian Olympic standards. He comments specifically on the Lanni Marchant and Krista DuChene appeal in regards to them potentially running for Canada (or not). Goulet also talks about the excellent performances of the three male marathon runners who have qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games, Reid Coolsaet, Eric Gillis and Dylan Wykes.

Dylan Armstrong - Olympic Games Quest Chris Kelsall May 21, 2012

From: Douglas Bruce Clement

Dylan Armstrong came so close to the gold in Shanghai May 19th, in the second stop in the Samsung Diamond League series. He threw the shot put 20.93m just .05m behind Reese Hoffa’s winning toss. This is a stark reminder of how difficult it will be to get on the podium in London. There are eight or more shot putters who on any given day can throw 21m or more. It is going to be an outstanding battle not only in the seven series shot put competition that make up the Samsung Diamond League series, but at the sudden death, one shot Olympic final on August 3rd. Armstrong's remaining SDL meets are in Eugene, Oslo, Paris, London, Stockholm and Zurich. Armstrong is the defending overall champion in the 2011 SDL and the number one ranked shot putter in the world.

Haile Gebreselassie Chris Kelsall Apr 10, 2012

Although there is speculation about Haile Gebrselassie's actual age – he maintains that he was born in 1973 - and on occasion people who know him personally, have let slip that he is older, like countryman Hirpasa Lemi, who said he and Gebr are the same age, born in 1967. That would make him 45. Regardless of the fact that his marathon performances have recently slipped from their world-dominating standard of just a few years ago, The Emperor, is not done with his running career just yet.

Mortuary Nights Chris Kelsall Apr 09, 2012

The following story was written entirely by Colin G. Livingstone. Livingstone is an illustrator who resides somewhere in the UK. He grew up in Kenya and New Zealand, just a few blocks away from the home of the great running coach Arthur Lydiard. Livingstone went on to run for Lydiard’s running club and later competed at national level in New Zealand

Canadians at the Sun Angel Classic Chris Kelsall Apr 09, 2012

Christopher Moulton

University of Guelph

The road to the London Olympics began in earnest for Speed River Saturday in Tempe, Arizona. A group of seven athletes came down from a high altitude training camp in nearby Flagstaff for an early season test at the Arizona State Sun Angel Classic.

Lydiard's Running Wizard - Launched Chris Kelsall Mar 29, 2012

Last January, in an interview with Nobby Hashizume to announce an interactive online training program, I asked, “do you want to run or coach your very best”? At that time Nobby Hashizume and Lorraine Moller, co-founders of the Lydiard Foundation had just put the wraps (after working for hundreds of hours) on their training program dubbed “Master Run Coach”. It is the only program like it in the world. It is geared to provide athletes and coaches of all abilities training programs to fit any situation, to the tune of providing nearly 1500 different variations....

High mileage and low injury rate – preparing the modern runner for Lydiard Chris Kelsall Mar 25, 2012

By Rene Borq

Injury rates in runners for the past 60 years make depressing reading for any runner and I doubt there are many coaches out there who have not been frustrated at having their athletes cut down prior to reaching peak form by this or the other type of tendinitis, strain, sprain, stress syndrome and so forth. Indeed, my Latin has improved immeasurably since I took up running and only more so after I began coaching. “Osteitis pubis”, “Achilles tendinosis”, “posterior tibial tendinitis” are just some of my personal favourites…

Dr. Trent Stellingwerff - On Nutrition and Hydration Chris Kelsall Mar 16, 2012

Dr. Trent Stellingwerff is a former track and field athlete who competed in the NCAA for Cornell University where he was selected as a co-captain. He also competed in the CIS for the University of Guelph, where he twice earned All-Canadian status.

Ryan Gregson Chris Kelsall Mar 12, 2012

Ryan Gregson of Wollongong, NSW is an Australian middle distance runner who currently holds the Australian and Oceania records for the men's 1500 metres.

February 16th, Inside Athletics of Australia ran an article from the Illawarra Mercury suggesting that Gregson was running out of time to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. A few days later on Friday, March 2nd, Gregson won the 1500m at the Melbourne Track Classic, besting 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist, Asbel Kiprop of Kenya, by over four seconds. It was a comeback of sorts, after a spate of injuries kept him down during the 2011 season.