Newsletter Index

Here is a list of the contents of all of the Still Running (weakly) newsletters, so that you can, if you so wish, go directly to the subjects that interest you:


Issue 114:

1980 Olympics. Georgia Hunter Bell. Rest/recovery days

Issue 113:

Maeve Kyle. Clare Elms. Practise, progress, perform, prove

Issue 112:

Fauja Singh. Kipyegon, Chebet, Chepngetich. Speed session during parkrun

Issue 111:

Hughie Neilson. Novak Djokovic. Heat and top speed sessions

Issue 110:

Bill Dellinger - callousing. Inspiring quotes. How do you make yourself tougher?

Issue 109:

Diane Leather and mile context. Faith Kipyegon. Try and mile race

Issue 108:

Binary - Waitz's 10th NYC, Cram. Happy outcomes - Slusarski, Grainger, Eastham. Croydon triple jump, UAU 3km, keep the faith

Issue 107:

The curse of the Olympic 1500. John Kelly - head in a puddle. We don't run for it to be easy

Issue 106:

Lachie Stewart / Ron Clarke. Cheddar Gorge Omnium. Get off the river

Issue 105:

Bob Emmerson. 6-day World Records. Float and jog recoveries

Issue 104:

Steve Prefontaine. William Goodge. Prepare to be unprepared.

Issue 103:

Fait Elkins. Tarahumara. Readers' goals.

Issue 102:

Terry Fox. Steeplechase. Dave Bedford - reach, grasp.

Issue 101:

Thelma Hopkins. Mary Peters. Plyometrics.

Issue 100: 

In praise of large numbers. 1,000 marathons; 200 100-milers. What could you do 100 of?

Issue 99:

First London Marathon. Ever-Presents. Last three days.

Issue 98:

John Treacy, Rotten Row. Innes Fitzgerald – environment. Fartlek versus track.

Issue 97:

Roger Mills – cup of tea. George Mills – chicken and rice. Dave Mills – they walk among us.

Issue 96:

Gordon Pirie, Chris Brasher, John Disley. In the footsteps of Gordon Pirie. Train hard but balanced.

Issue 95:

Jim Ryun. Sam Ruthe – sub-4 at 15. Mile – races and at end of track session.

Issue 94: 

Volodymyr Kuts – even he could be tired. Sam Ruthe – 15-year-old, light training. Me – 60 to 50 to 40.

Issue 93:

Parents – Coes, McColgans, Boards, Walkers, Daley Thompson, Centrowitz, Iapichino. Gabz – 1:58. Thomas Staines.

Issue 92:

Walter George – beer, brine, 100-Up. Double Threshold. Things runners do – Thommo, Dave Bedford, David Hemery, Paavo Nurmi.

Issue 91:

Jerome Drayton. Steve Moneghetti. Mind the gap.

Issue 90:

“No one wants to read my story”. 1,000 copies. Future plans

Issue 89:

Long perspectives – Swansea, Tony Simmons. Dying young – Lillian Board, Steve Prefontaine, Ivo van Damme. What do old codgers do?

Issue 88:

Steve Ovett – Glen Grant. Bleep test. How do you push yourself?

Issue 87:

Don Ritchie long runs. Laura Muir – Steve Cram. Long runs

Issue 86:

Roger Bannister. Sifan Hassan. Big hairy audacious goals

Issue 85:

John Tarrant. Paula Radcliffe – Tokyo and Boston. The Hampshire Hoppit

Issue 84:

Ralph Mann, John Akii-Bua. Jake Wightman, Rosa Mota, me. Readers’ goals – Paul, Nicole, Gerry

Issue 83:

My 30-miler: 16, 5km TT, 4, Mile TT, 6. 2024 cancer. 2025 hopes – share yours.

Issue 82:

Mark Pickard. Highlights of 2024 – Keely Hodgkinson, Alex Yee. Gout Gout – could YOU train harder somewhere else?

Issue 81: 

Coe/Ovett Christmas Day. Keep fitness going with extra races. Have a target for 2025.

Issue 80:

Waitarua 22 – Peter Snell / John Walker. Euro XC – Phoebe Anderson / Maddie Deadman. 6 x 2mins fast / 2 mins float.

Issue 79:

1975 World Cross Country – Ian Stewart. 2024 European Cross Country on BBC. Winter running – quick tips.

Issue 78:

Chris Brasher, David Jenkins – simplicity – Derek Turnbull. Wally, Garmins. Complication v Professionalism

Issue 77:

Glenn Cunningham, Murray Halberg, Wilma Rudolph – “weakness”. Till – stutter. Recognise what we’ve overcome

Issue 76: 

Geoff Capes. Phily Bowden – double threshold days. Winter running – Steve Ovett range

Issue 75:

NYC – Bill Rodgers, Grete Waitz, Fred Lebow. NYC this year – cf. Waitz, Juma Ikangaa. Tricks – Waitz, Steve Davis

Issue 74: 

Peter Norman. Chris Hoy – cancer. Chris Hoy – training intensity

Issue 73: 

parkrun – Bushy, metal disks, laptop. parkrun – Darren Wood. parkrun – a fixed point in your exercise week

Issue 72:

Steve Jones. 2:09:56. Cross country

Issue 71:

Tommy Hampson’s book. Tara Dower “greatest ever”. Tempo runs

Issue 70:

Berlin Marathon – world records, my PB. Snickers to Marathon. Marathon – long runs, taper

Issue 69:

Geraint Thomas, Jonny Wilkinson, David Beckham, William Sichel. Iwan Thomas’s 76 steps. What could YOU do?

Issue 68:

Surrey Walking Club. Sandra Brown. Autumn PBs – speed, hills

Issue 67:

Herb Elliott. BMHAC handicap. Nerves, keeping the faith, trusting the process

Issue 66:

George Rhoden, Wint, McKenley, Laing. Dream Mile. Target – Charles Wylie

Issue 65: 

Komen’s 3000, Brendan Foster. Ingebrigtsen’s 3000 and his future. Speeding up – short recovery

Issue 64:

Zatopek treble. Hassan treble. Zatopek’s training

Issue 63:

Giving up – Herb Elliott, Daley Thompson. Giving up – Keely, Josh, Matt, Andy, Max. Carrying on – Steve Peters

Issue 62:

Wottle, Flintoff, Pinsent, Phelps, Spirig. Quad sculls, Alex Yee, Keely Hodgkinson. Derek Turnbull

Issue 61:

1968, 1972, 1980…2012. Kimberley Woods, Adam Peaty, Tom Pidcock. Don’t miss sessions

Issue 60:

1900 Paris Olympics. Diamond League, Path to Paris. Small changes

Issue 59:

Eric Liddell. Matt Hudson-Smith, Charlie Dobson, Phoebe Gill, Ben Pattison. Track races

Issue 58:

Joss Naylor. Cav’s 35th Tour stage win. Keeping the faith – Croydon Schools, UAU

Issue 57:

US Olympic Trials – Lee Evans, Randy Matson, Rod Milburn, Dan O’Brien. 2024 US Olympic Trials – Mu. Running in heat – Lombok

Issue 56:

Lasse Viren – still time to sharpen. Cheddar and Hangers Marathons – preparation and execution. Books, songs, poems, videos

Issue 55:

Finishing touches – Foster 20x200. Rome 1974 v 2024 – women success. Just One Thing

Issue 54:

Rome 1974 – Pascoe, Foster, Thompson, Jenkins. Some Rome 2024 winners’ inferior marks. Being competitive

Issue 53:

1972 5,000 and 10,000. Hagos Gebrhiwet 12:36. Recovery between summer races

Issue 52:

Alain Mimoun. Megan Keith. Keeping the faith

Issue 51:

Allan Rushmer. Phoebe Gill. Not being put off by lateness or pacing

Issue 50:

Ron Hill. Streaking today – Wally. Can you RED and have serious goals?

Issue 49:

Roger Bannister. Steve Edwards. Making the most

Issue 48:

Olga Fikotova. Kenenisa Bekele. Pure speed

Issue 47:

Durden’s monster. London, Chris Finill. Week after a marathon

Issue 46:

Wally. 35:03 – keep the faith. Race day

Issue 45:

7th April 1976. Tom Evans. Marathon taper

Issue 44:

London 1981. World Cross Country, John Treacy. Foster, cutting the intervals

Issue 43:

Hughie Neilson. Jasmin Paris. Extraordinary runs

Issue 42:

Andy Baddeley and MIND. Andy Baddeley and Podium. Achilles tendon injuries

Issue 41: 

Paula Radcliffe. GB Olympic marathon selections. Peaking for a spring marathon

Issue 40:

Ian Stewart. Josh Kerr. Consistency

Issue 39:

European Cup 1973. Cheats – Chambers, Carter, Lederfien. Recoveries

Issue 38:

Henry Rono. Kerr v Ingebrigtsen. Simplicity, wind sprints

Issue 37:

Athletes dying young. Kelvin Kiptum – sub-2. Spring – speed, hills, tempo

Issue 36:

Bill Hartley. Tom Hartley. Inherited traits or hard work

Issue 35:

Dan O’Brien, Hasely Crawford, Kelly Holmes. Colin Thorne. Don’t sacrifice the gift

Issue 34:

“Wee” George Woods – white shot. Tom Evans – mugging. Long runs

Issue 33:

Tightening the toe-straps. Ngetich 28:46. Winter overdressing

Issue 32:

Rod. 400 hurdles – Warholm, Moses, Akii-Bua, Hemery. Anchors in your week

Issue 31:

Lynn Davies, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan. Olympic year. 2024 target

Issue 30:

(28/12/2023) Knee history. 2023 rehab. 2024 goals

Issue 29:

Christmas – Daley Thompson, Dave Ottley. Josh Kerr – putting on weight. Christmas Day at 52 Carolina

Issue 28:

Nick Rose, Craig Virgin. European Cross Country. Paula 2001, Benefits of XC

Issue 27:

Kenenisa Bekele – past. Bekele – WR at Valencia. Acceleration sessions

Issue 26:

Scottish – Halswelle, Ian Stewart. Muir, McColgan, Wightman, Kerr. Porridge

Issue 25:

Seb Coe – Xmas Day. Hannah Irwin – race + efforts. Lone female runners

Issue 24:

John Nuttall. Ben Pattison. Grete Waitz – tricks

Issue 23:

1988, Shaul Ladany. Carla Molinaro – LEJOG, World 50km gold. Toughness

Issue 22:

Mike Sully, Tony Simmons. SCCL – the stream. Eking out the endurance

Issue 21: 

Abingdon, Alex Teuten, Rod. In my networking group. Torches

Issue 20:

New York 1989. British female marathoners. Running in the dark

Issue 19:

David Hemery – 50 press-ups, 50 sit-ups, 800 metres. My Hemerys. Do something – Nelson Mandela

Issue 18:

Down time, Chelsea buns. George Mills. Plan 2024

Issue 17:

My autumn 1984. Berlin Marathon. Long runs – two types

Issue 16:

Steve Prefontaine. AHpr – “I shall use my time”. Do it for you

Issue 15:

Mo’s retirement. Mo in 2012 5,000. Videos

Issue 14:

Tom Courtney. Dream Mile. Heat

Issue 13:

Intervals: Zatopek. Josh Kerr. Interval speeds and structure

Issue 12:

16th Hursley RR10. KJT. Autumn target

Issue 11:

Eamonn Coghlan 1983. 85-year-old does 500 parkruns. Work the long runs

Issue 10:

Helsinki 1971. 1,000 races update. Rain

Issue 9:   

2020 High Jump. 1,000 races. Resilience

Issue 8:

Venyamin Soldatenko. Diamond League, Kipyegon mile. The right target

Issue 7:

Dave Bedford – 200 miles. Andy Wyeth and Wally Thorpe. Warming up

Issue 6:     

Mark Cavendish, Don Bradman. Zharnel Hughes. Diary, Oscar Wilde

Issue 5:

Della Pascoe. Mob Match. Evening races

Issue 4:

Ben Helfgott. The Hampshire Hoppit. Rest days

Issue 3:

Harvey Glance. Faith Kipyegon. Hills

Issue 2: 

Mark Cavendish, Geraint Thomas. Alex Yee, Dave Bedford. Increasing the value

Issue 1: 

Rick Hoyt. Night of the 10,000m PBs. Recovery