Jason Henderson

🌳 Cross Challenge 2004-05, according to a former U17 winner: seven fixtures including the final – Falkirk, Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Belfast, Cardiff, Nottingham.

This winter: three.

More on how it got here, plus some ideas ➡️ thehomestraight.substack.com/p/still-muddy-…

£45,000 in prize money in 1997. £6,300 now. My latest newsletter digs into the numbers behind British cross-country’s shrinking flagship series — plus a pointer to my bigger Athletics Weekly feature on the sport’s future 🏃‍♂️💨

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🗳️ Who has been your @athleticsweekly readers' athlete of the year?

World records, a sub-2 marathon and a summer to remember – the AW Athlete of the Year 2026 poll is now open.

Vote across international, British, under-20, para and masters 🏆

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Remote reporting can be efficient and surprisingly good. But I’d still swap it for a media centre, a bad coffee and a view of the finish line. How I covered New York from my desk.

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📺 Covering the New York Marathon from Cornwall cost me £30.99 for a month of TNT Sports. Flying there would have cost rather more.

How an athletics writer reports on a marathon from afar, and what you lose by not being there ➡️ thehomestraight.substack.com/p/on-the-whist…