On Saturday Robbie Britton and a couple of hundred others started running around the Dutch city of Steenbergen. They didn’t stop for 24 hours. Team GB’s Britton, 26, ran five full marathons and two-thirds of another: finishing 19th at his first World Championships. SPIKES just had to find out more about the marvellous madness of ultra-running…
As Olympic discus finalist Lawrence Okoye edges closer to becoming an NFL player, SPIKES pays homage to the athletes he’s following into American football, and a few other multi-talented sport swappers.
In a week of crazy relay action with the Drake Relays and Penn Relays, SPIKES celebrates the marvellous madness of baton masters. Here are ten great relay races.
Rising star Katarina Johnson-Thompson has a lorra lorra love for Sweden’s first-pumping heptathlon hero Carolina Klüft. KJT tells SPIKES why Klüft was so good.
European indoor 800m medallist Mukhtar Mohammed talks to SPIKES about moving from Somalia to Sheffield as a child, his football dream, Olympic heartbreak and the nightmare of having a coach who knows your every move…
James Dasaolu is finally realising his potential. The new European indoor 60m silver medallist and Croydon boy chats to SPIKES about beating injury and going sub-10.
Shara Proctor shows off her secret flair for comedy, reveals her celebrity crush and recalls dressing up as a mouse.
Ahead of her battle with Darya Klishina for European Indoor gold tomorrow, we speak to Britain’s longest jumper Shara Proctor about being an island sports hero, swapping sunny Florida for snowy England, and her plan to be the world’s best.
Former 800m world record holder Seb Coe has described the race as “the toughest event physiologically, and the toughest event on the track to get right”.
We asked GB skipper and defending European Indoor 800m champion Jenny Meadows, and her husband and coach Trevor Painter, is Coe right?
It’s the first race and the first discipline of the two-day heptathlon, so preparing properly is crucial. Friend of SPIKES KJT has this three step pre-race guide for warming up for the 100m hurdles.
As a Valentine’s Day special, Lisa Dobriskey and husband Ricky Soos take our Mr and Mrs challenge. So just how much does 2009 world 1500m silver medallist Lisa really know about her husband and coach Ricky?
When Jodie Williams isn’t hunting a PB, the record-breaking teenage sprinter is searching for the perfect photograph. Here, she talks to SPIKES about her creative side…
Jodie Williams: “I think a lot of sports people have that creative side, away from sport.”
