It will be a golden moment on Friday evening as Wanganui celebrates triple Olympic gold medallist Peter Snell's historic world mile record at Cooks Gardens in 1962.

It's definitely that time where we all reflect back on the year gone by, and make some prognostications, some plans and goals for the year ahead. So here's my two cents!

Boasting a brand new course and city centre finish, the 2012 Chester Half Marathon is celebrating 30 years of success.

SAN FRANCISCO - The Zazzle Bay to Breakers announced the opening of general registration for the 101st running of the World's most famous footrace.

Kathrine Switzer (born January 5, 1947) is the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry. She entered and completed the race in 1967, five years before women were officially allowed to compete in it.

Monaco - We are delighted to open the celebration of the IAAF Centenary by opening a dedicated section of the IAAF website.

The ‘official’ obituaries of Frank Horwill, who died on Sunday, January 1, at the age of 84 will doubtless hint at his unoffical role in British athletics over the last 50 years as Troublemaker-in-Chief. There is a tradition for the obituarist to observe the ‘nil nisi bonum’ (nothing but good) of the recently deceased, but since Frank would have scoffed at that, so do we.

The running year began in Berlin at noon on January 1, 2012 with the traditional New Year’s Day Run at the Brandenburg Gate. This non-competitive event has now become an institution that is an integral part of the sporting life of Berlin. It also demonstrates the unique Berlin situation, where what used to be an East Berlin race has now become a race for everyone together after the fall of the Wall on November 9, 1989.

The Lenin Stadium in Moscow may not be high on many people's list of unforgettable places, but for Sebastian Coe, as he said earlier this week, "This spot probably defines everything else I've done for the whole of my life". That interview with Coe was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 early morning programme, Today, for which he was guest editor last Monday, Boxing Day (on the British holiday calendar).

I am the producer/director of the documentary film "Spirit of the Marathon" (www.marathonmovie.com) and I am currently developing the film's sequel - "Spirit of the Marathon II" - which will feature runners participating in the Maratona di Roma on March 18, 2012.