A record-setting month for Canadian athletics
What a month for athletics in Canada! Canadian records on the track? You’ve got them. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford and Mohammed Ahmed both set new 5,000m marks! Ahmed broke his own record and becomes the first Canadian under 13:00, at 12:58.16. The women’s record is now 14:51.59, which breaks a 16-year-old record! And in the 800, Nate […]
April 2018 Running News
The April 2018 edition of Running News focuses on Canada’s performance at the Commonwealth Games, as well as the Boston Marathon. It also covers other notable Canadian results. Canadian Success at the 2018 Commonwealth Games The team of 44 athletes that represented our country in Athletics in Gold Coast, Australia earlier this month scored excellent […]
March 2018 Running News
Welcome back! I snuck in just under the wire to keep this one in March. This edition of Running News is very championship focused, with three different track events plus the World Half Marathon Championships having taken place in the month. Championship Month IAAF World Indoor Championships The month started off with four days of […]
May & June Running News
This issue of Running News looks at the status of Canada’s 2017 world championships team, championship road racing results, and a summary of the Breaking2 project. 2017 World Championships Team Updates Marathon Team Announced This week Athletics Canada announced the five athletes who will represent Canada in London this summer for the World Marathon […]
January Running News
This issue of Running News covers race results, announcements and other stories from the end of 2016 and first month of 2017. End of 2016 #ACXC2016 The last major race of 2016 was the Canadian National Cross Country Championships, held in Kingston at the end of November. This was the first year that the senior women […]
Fall Running News
This issue of Running News covers events and items from October and the first half of November. For those of us who have been running since our schooldays, fall means cross-country season. For those who didn’t join the sport until later in life, it means marathon season. Whichever group you fall into, the past month […]
September Running News
October is a huge month in running, with major marathons and our largest running event. Let’s take this moment to look back on a busy September. This month’s issue of Running News discusses: 2016 Paralympics The conclusion of the outdoor track season Canadian 5K Road Championships Berlin marathon Rio 2016 – Paralympics Canadian Success Canada’s Paralympic track […]
August Running News: 2016 Rio Olympics Recap
And just like that, the Summer Olympics are over for another four years. There were so many great stories and performances throughout the ten days of athletics that it simply cannot all be covered here, so I will content myself with the highlights. Canadian Results Canadian track and field athletes had a fantastic Olympics, on […]
July Running News
This issue includes: statistics about the 2016 Canadian Olympic track and field team; a recap of the Canadian Trials from July 7-10; other recent results from Canadian athletes; and highlights from the US Olympic Trials. Olympic Team Announced Athletics Canada announced the Canadian Olympic team on July 11th, and it is being touted as the […]
June Running News
In this issue, we take a look at: Canadian Olympic trials preview; Top Canadian performances in June; U.S. Olympic trials summary to date; and The latest doping news, among other stories. Preview to Olympic trials As Olympic Trials approach (July 7-10 in Edmonton) and the qualification period draws to a close, Canadian athletes have been making […]
