Here they come! Women, and it’s almost always women I’m afraid, women of all ages, shapes and sizes teetering towards me, walkman in one hand and water bottle in the other. Clutching them as if they would die of thirst … Read more

Joking apart (see previous piece), three recent respondents have raised a serious question in the wake of Haile Gebrselassie’s latest feat in Dubai three weeks ago, when he ran the eighth fastest time in history, despite a headwind and rainstorm … Read more