t-and-f: Sprinter Jones set for 400m race

American sprinter Marion Jones returns to action in a 400m race against Australia's Olympic 400m hurdles champion Jana Pittman on Sunday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/059.stm It will be Jones' first race since failing to win a medal at the Athens Games last summer. Jones has

t-and-f: Chepkemei devises Radcliffe plan

Susan Chepkemei has admitted she will have to change her tactics if she wants to beat arch-rival Paula Radcliffe in Sunday's London Marathon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4445391.stm Chepkemei, 29, narrowly lost out to Radcliffe in a sprint finish for the New York Marathon last

t-and-f: Tergat focused on title not times

World record holder Paul Tergat insists he is chasing the Flora London Marathon title and not his own record when he contests the race on Sunday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4442527.stm By Sarah Holt The Kenyan set the world mark of two hours four minutes and 55 seconds in Berlin

t-and-f: Rupp hires law firm to clear way at Oregon

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2036708 Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. -- Runner Galen Rupp has hired a law firm to help clear the way for him to join the University of Oregon track team. Rupp, who went to Portland Central Catholic and holds national prep records in

t-and-f: Arkansas track signs seven athletes

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2036471 Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Seven athletes have signed with the Arkansas track and field team, including three indoor national champions and the 2004 Footlocker Cross Country Champion, the university announced

t-and-f: '2:07 is okay, but 2:06 would be nicer' - Baldinis European record mission

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=29127.html Wednesday 13 April 2005 London, UK - After the distractions of his post-Olympic Games celebrations, Stefano Baldini is back doing what he likes best ... running fast. Baldini's surprising victory in the Olympic Marathon in Athens proved so

t-and-f: Chepkemei determined to force pace on Radcliffe

http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/story.jsp?story=629462 By Mike Rowbottom 15 April 2005 Susan Chepkemei, whom many regard as the most likely runner to frustrate Paula Radcliffe's ambition of winning a third Flora London Marathon title on Sunday, believes she will benefit from the lessons

t-and-f: Tulu versus Simon battle set for Nagano Marathon - PREVIEW

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=29126.html Wednesday 13 April 2005 The seventh annual Nagano Olympic Memorial Marathon, one of the only two mass-elite combination marathons in Japan (the other being the Hokkaido Marathon in Sapporo each August), will take place on Sunday 17 April. The

t-and-f: Radcliffe's rival in the running

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;sessionid=LRUHCZHBDVWG1QFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/sport/2005/04/15/soknigh15.xmlsSheet=/sport/2005/04/15/ixsport.htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=19400 By Tom Knight (Filed: 15/04/2005) It has been a long time since Paula Radcliffe had a genuine rival

t-and-f: Without running there would be no school

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=29121.html Wednesday 13 April 2005 There would be no school in Kipsomba had it not been for Paul Koech's outstanding distance running career. The Kenyan athlete, who has been one of the best long distance track runners in the world and since 2003 has turned

t-and-f: Chepkemei ready to shed 'nearly' tag

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,10082,1460201,00.html Duncan Mackay Friday April 15, 2005 The Guardian Susan Chepkemei believes the experience of coming close to beating Paula Radcliffe in the New York City marathon last November will help her finally shake off her reputation as

t-and-f: Not just Radcliffe in London marathon

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=29133.html Thursday 14 April 2005 London - Susan Chepkemei's epic tussle with Paula Radcliffe in November's New York City Marathon has thrust her into the role of chief danger to the British No.1 when they renew acquaintances in Sunday's Flora London

t-and-f: Determined Radcliffe feeling a million dollars

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/04/13/soaths13.xml By Tom Knight (Filed: 13/04/2005) Paula Radcliffe's ability to earn vast sums of money from racing could reach comic proportions if she wins Sunday's London Marathon, where prize money and bonuses totalling $255,000

t-and-f: Paul Tergat: food that changed my life

I'm now a top marathon runner, but as a child I starved http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/comment/0,10083,1460267,00.html Paul Tergat Friday April 15, 2005 The Guardian Marathon running has taken me a long way from my roots in the small town of Baringo in Kenya's Rift Valley. I grew up

t-and-f: 'Slow' London record worth $1m to Radcliffe

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,10082,1458387,00.html Duncan Mackay Wednesday April 13, 2005 The Guardian Paula Radcliffe can become the first female athlete in history to earn $1m (£530,000) for a single day's work if she wins the Flora London Marathon on Sunday - and she will

t-and-f: Clock is ticking down for Radcliffe

Highest-paid athlete in Sunday's London Marathon may be best advised to take the money and run http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/comment/0,10083,1456789,00.html John Rawling Monday April 11, 2005 The Guardian The organisers of the London Marathon are always a little coy about what they pay

t-and-f: Baldini ready to milk Marathon

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,10082,1458921,00.html Duncan Mackay Thursday April 14, 2005 The Guardian If Stefano Baldini wins the Flora London Marathon on Sunday his father will celebrate the same way he did when his son won the Olympic marathon in Athens last summer. He will