Bill Adcocks Interview - 13th March 2010 In the Uk many people have heard of Ron Hill, not just because he ran so brilliantly in 1969-70 but with his legendary longevity as a runner and, for his well...
Wendy Sly Interview - 13th March 2010 Wendy Sly was born at Hampton, Middlesex in 1959. She married Chris Sly, a good middle distance runner, in October 1982. She was a Loughborough University student...
Peter Clark A Forgotten Hero Peter Clark, in the last few years, has been seen helping out and officiating for his club Thames Valley Harriers, at North London cross country fixtures. On the 23rd of...
Dic Evans A Runner for Wales for 45 years interviewed in 2009 DIC EVANS may not be well known outside of Welsh athletics but there must be extremely few, if any, in the United Kingdom who could claim...
Douglas Alistair Gorden Pirie (Born Leeds 10th February 1931 Died 7th December 1991) 'Galloping Gordon' was not just one of South London Harriers' greatest athletes since the club was established in...
Peter Browne: British Milers Club and Racing Against Ovett and Coe PETER BROWNE first came to prominence as a junior 400m runner with a best of 48.00 (47.1on a relay). He was AAA's 800 Champion in...
Peter Browne: Born 3rd of February 1949 (Peter Browne was Born 3rd of February 1949 in England and his parents originally came from Wexford) PETER BROWNE has been a remarkable middle distance runner...
Six of Belgrave's Winning 12 Stage Team Belgrave Harriers have been a successful club for the last ten years and out of the winning National 12 stage team were six who came second to Aldershot Farnham...
Newham & Essex Beagles 6 Stage Winners and Course Record Breakers 2009 NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGLES, who were third in the Southern Six Stage at Aldershot were never out of the hunt in the Senior Men's...
John Salisbury It was last Summer I was at the '10 in 100' Semi Final at Copthall Stadium, Hendon, that I started talking to a very pleasant man about athletics. After a short while I asked him his...
Dave Moorcroft Through the Years Dave Moorcroft is someone I would put top of the list, as far as kind and accommodating interviewees I have ever met, since I started out recording interviews in 1962...
Bob Smith the Successful Newham & Essex Beagles Manager August 2009 BOB SMITH & TONY SHIRET have been instrumental in Managing the Newham & Essex Beagles team that won the National cross country...
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Interviewed in London Summer 2009 DEBBIE FERGUSON-McKENZIE of the Bahamas, so far in her career has an Olympic 4x100 relay Gold medal from 2000, a bronze medal in the 100m in...
Martyn Rooney at Croydon July 2009 MARTYN ROONEY ( Born 3rd of April 1987. A devoted Croydon Harrier from the start. Studied at Loughborough University) Rooney is one of the United Kingdom's most...
Felix Sanchez in London 2009 FELIX SANCHEZ, the Olympic 400 hurdles Champion in Athens in 2004 and World Champion in 2000 and 2003, had a spell of 43 race wins between 2001 and 2004 but suffered...
Kerron Clement interviwed on 24th of July 2009 KERRON CLEMENT is a massively talented athlete, having run 47.2 for 400 hurdles in 2005 and, wiping Michael Johnson's 44.65 Indoor 400m World record off...
Simeon Williamson in London (July 25th, 2009) Williamson initially was keen on football as a youngster but living in the Kings Cross-Camden Town area, he decided to go up to up to the local Parliament...
Dayron Robles interviewed in London 2009 DAYRON ROBLES, the Olympic 110 hurdles Champion and World Record Holder of 2008 talks to Alastair Aitken, on the 23rd of July, just before the Grand Prix at...
Irie Hill at the British Master Championships 2009 IRIE HILL, who set a new W40 Pole Vault record with 3.65 on March 22nd in Melbourne and, was bronze medallist in the Commonwealth Games of 2002 in...
Andy Baddeley I met Andy Baddeley by chance at the beginning of July 2009. He reminded me a bit of Dave Moorcroft, not just because he covered the same distances in racing but also, that he appeared...
Roy Fowler - The Red Fox Henry Roy Fowler ' Known as The Red Fox' as a runner, was born 26th of March 1934 at Longside in the Potteries and died at 6.30 on the morning of the 27th of June 2009. An...
John Snowden by Alastair Aitken It is not often you recognise someone from pictures in old scrapbooks, from 45 years ago but, that happened to me at Ewell Court on the 23rd of May. The name was JOHN...
John Hall - Race Walker JOHN HALL by Alastair Aitken UPDATE - 10th May 2009 John Hall won the Middlsex 3k Walk Championships at Hendon outright yesterday at the age of 60! JOHN HALL is remarkable in...
Mara Yamauchi - Outstanding British Performer in the London Marathon 2009 MARA YAMAUCHI WAS THE OUTSTANDING BRITISH PERFORMER IN THE LONDON MARATHON 2009. She talked to Alastair Aitken for RUNNING IN...
Nick Goolab - The Revelation of the UK Cross Country Season 2008/2009 by Alastair Aitken NICK GOOLAB OF BELGRAVE HARRIERS WAS THE REVELATION OF THE UK WINTER CROSS COUNTRY SEASON writes Alastair...