Running On The Web.
Good Q&A session with Siofra Cleirigh Buttner on ‘The Running Review’
James Sullivan has been talking to another of Ireland’s rising stars, middle distance junior athlete Siofra Cleirigh Buttner.Siofra Cleirigh Buttner is a middle distance athlete from Dublin, Ireland. She won a silver medal over 1500m at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival. At the 2012 World Junior Championships she reached the semi-finals of the 800m. She currently holds the Irish junior indoor record for the event with a clocking of 2:05.26, set in January 2013 at the new indoor track facility in Athlone.
Read more here: http://www.therunningreview.com/?p=918
Protein Intake And Performance For Runners by Matt Fitzgerald on competitor.com
Are you taking in enough protein? Too much? At the right times?
Find out here: http://running.competitor.com/2013/03/nutrition/protein-intake-and-performance-for-runners_22711
Doping: Helsinki 2005 re-tests reveal ‘adverse findings’
Athletics weekly reports that six ‘adverse findings’ have come back on re-tests of doping samples from the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, the International Association of Athletics Federations has confirmed.
Read more here: http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/doping-helsinki-2005-re-tests-reveal-adverse-findings/
Performance Shoe Review.
Looking to get some performance kicks for Spring road races, review your options on Runner’s World: http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/reviews/shoes/performance-shoes/15.html
Alberto Salazar says 2014 London Marathon will be Mo Farah's audition for Rio Games marathon in 2016
Simon Hart reports in the telegraph that Alberto Salazar, the American coach who guided Mo Farah to his double Olympic triumph last year, says next year’s Virgin London Marathon will hold the key to whether Farah will contest the marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics or stick to defending his 5,000 and 10,000 metres track titles.
Marathon Talk Podcast
Good interview with Dave Moorcroft former World 5,000m record holder on Marathon Talk
Part I: http://marathontalk.com/podcast/episode_164_dave_moorcroft_part_one.php
Part II: http://marathontalk.com/podcast/episode_165_dave_moorcroft_part_two.php
Thanks to Dominic for the above article.