As per her recent Instagram post (which apparently we can't link here)

26.5% of US elite athletes make under $15k a year and about half get no pay from their sport (2024 congressional 'Passing the Torch' report). How do track athletes actually keep going between college and a shoe deal? Family, side jobs, GoFundMe? And would fans backing an athlete directly, with full transparency on where every dollar goes, ever work in track?

Not necessarily the most versatile overall given that would mostly be the greatest decathletes but athletes good in events that don't normally have much overlap. The example that comes to mind for me was Peter Blank mostly a Javelin thrower who also had a 2.25m high jump which so far as I know is the best anyone has been in both a throwing and a non throwing event. He was also did at least one decathlon scoring 7651.

Does anyone have any experience with the Hart Sports "International" 800gm javelin? It doesn't have a distance or flex rating as it's one of the cheapest you can buy (in Australia), so I'm keen to know what distances people have thrown it, what might be it's ideal range, and about what the maximum range is.

I've been using one for about a year (it's the only javelin I've used since at school 5 years ago), and I'm planning to upgrade soon. Since javelins are so expensive and I may never upgrade again, I want one that is stiff enough so that I can make some big distance gains, but not so stiff that it will never land tip down, or wreck my elbow.

In my experience, the Hart javelin seems suited for 35-40m throws, and the best I've managed is 54.2m. When I'm throwing at full intensity, it tends to wobble a lot and nose dive steeply. During one session, about 10 consecutive throws landed between 51 and 54 metres, even though they all felt quite different in quality when I threw them.

I feel like I'm losing a bit of distance due to the javelin being intended for shorter throws, but the problem is, I have no idea how much. I don't have a coach as I just do it in a paddock at home in the country, and I haven't found anything specific online. Has anyone had similar experiences, and have an estimate of how much distance, if any, I'm losing with my current javelin?

Hi all, I built a simple iOS app for practicing block starts and random starts.

It's available on iOS.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sprint-training/id6760293859

If you guys could try it and give me some feedback, that would be great.

This is the 34 year old’s 2nd Major Marathon victory after NYC 2022. He finished 34 seconds behind Kiptum’s course record and tied Kipchoge’s mark of 2:01:09 from Berlin 2022.

She improved her personal best by over a minute

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Pacemakers Oscar Chelimo, Daniel Ebenyo, and Gideon Rono to reach half-marathon @ 60:15

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Pacemakers Boniface Kemboi, Evans Mayaka, and Abdela Godana to reach half-marathon @ 66:00

What are your goals this week? Could be for a meet or for your training.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh était extrêment talentueuse faisant des records d'1m92 à 15 ans. Et malgré la guerre en Ukraine, cette femme battra le record du monde du saut en hauteur, maintenant venez sur ma chaîne pour découvrir son histoire complète

Josh Kerr has been nominated as World athlete of the year. The link below is a fan vote.

His self belief was something else. World Mile record, Commonwealth Games mile and then the Ultimate Champion at 1500.

How did your meet / training go this week?

What gets someone qualified in to a given event? Will someone like Boonson get opportunities next year?

How do I contact Mr or Mrs Diamond League to make that happen?

Hi track/athletics enthusiasts! I posted a few weeks back on a site I made to hopefully help making watching/streaming your favorite races/meets easier. Since then, I’ve expanded race inclusions and added some new features. I have upcoming races from all different types of formats all on www.trackwatchguide.com. The point of the site is to make super obvious when the races/meets are, and where to go to watch them, and whether you need a subscription or not. I also made a download meet function so you can keep them all handy in your phone or print them out for the upcoming season.

Hope you like it: www.trackwatchguide.com

Who would you vote for? For me personally I go Masai Russell and Alison Dos Santos.

La gloire est le plus grand châtiment du talent d'autrui, cette citation de prononcée par Sébastien Roch de Chamfort, ne signifie rien à premier abort, mais en découvrant l'histoire du gars de cette vidéo, vous comprendrez.

I’m a big fan of athletics and I wanted a game focused entirely on track & field, so I decided to make one.

It’s called Pixel Athletics.

You create an athlete, train and compete through a career that includes:

100m, 200m, 400m
800m, 1500m and distance events
Hurdles
Long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault
Shot put, discus, javelin and hammer
Cross country
Marathon

There are also clubs, rankings, national competitions and international championships.

The browser version is free:

https://caseros.itch.io/pixelathletics

I’d especially like feedback from people who actually follow or compete in track & field. If you notice something about the events that feels wrong, I want to know.

Will it be the now-100%-less-British Charlie Hicks? Or Vinny Mauri, the shoe-store employee and treadmill champion?

Or will Clayton Young, newly-signed with Team Brooks, take his training partner's record?

Credit goes to Citius Mag for the first graphic (the graphic with the Citius Mag “CM” logo on it).