Track Chat

Thursday, 28 August 2008

Beijing: Where the Buck stops

›
Midst the euphoria following the excellent overall performance of the Great Britain team at the Beijing Olympics, we have to consider why it...
5 comments:
Monday, 11 August 2008

Engineering Greatness: Peter Coe

›
In 1980 I was queuing at Gatwick Airport to book in for the Aeroflot flight to Moscow for the Olympics. Behind me I suddenly heard a voice ...
1 comment:
Wednesday, 6 August 2008

In a Sea of Confuaion

›
One telling phrase sums up the attitude of those, at the very highest levels of international sport, who are trying to circumvent the law an...
Thursday, 24 July 2008

The Future of Coaching (2)

›
What, in the eyes of the rest of athletics, is the worthiness of a coach? Not much it seems if a couple of recent events are anything to ...
1 comment:
Thursday, 3 July 2008

The Future of Coaching (1)

›
The announcement that a UK centre of excellence for coaching is to be set up at Leeds Met Carnegie is welcome. As usual with such launch a...
2 comments:
Monday, 2 June 2008

Cool It

›
It is unfortunate for the new 100 metre record holder Usain Bolt and track and field generally that the latter has contrived to get itself ...
1 comment:
Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Just William

›
The Olympic Games, by its very nature, has always been a magnet for controversy. The Nazi Olympics of 1936; the shooting of protesting stu...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

tonyward
Former PRO and media spokesman for British Athletics (1986-96). Level 4 coach. Author of: Modern Distance Running (1964); Linford Christie (1989; Athletics: The Golden Decade (1991), shoretlisted for Sportsbook of the Year 1991 plus contributions to newspapers various athletics magazines. Founder of the British Athletics League; international TV and stadium commentator
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.