IAKS members can now access presentations of the 22nd IAKS Congress which was held from 26-28 October, 2011 in Cologne, Germany.

CHICAGO - Registration for the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon closed in record time today as the maximum 45,000 participants signed up in six days for the 35th anniversary event. Demand to run the iconic race has increased significantly in recent years, closing 25 days faster than the previous record established last year. A decade ago, the 2003 event closed in 35 weeks.

QUANTICO, Va. - (Feb. 2, 2012) - Beginning at noon Eastern on Thursday, Feb. 23, all active duty and Reserve military members can receive a 15% savings for the 37th Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) that will be held on Oct. 28. Service members can register online during an exclusive two-week period through March 6, before the MCM opens to public registration on March 7.

BOTHELL, Wash. - Leading running brand Brooks Sports, Inc. (www.brooksrunning.com) today announced an important mile marker in global brand growth: It will open its first Asian subsidiary, Brooks Sports K. K., in the world’s second largest running market, Japan. Partnering with Custom Produce INC. (CPI), Brooks will bring its industry-award-winning emphasis on customer service and its unique Run Happy approach to the Japanese market in 2012.

Athletics Australia has today announced plans to change the criteria for the Athlete of the Year Awards.

DENVER - (January 30, 2012) - Epic stadium run-through - seven miles of water on the urban marathon course - and a new 10 mile race. The Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon, Half Marathon & Marathon Relay is Denver's springtime marathon and has lots of new features for 2012. Get ready for the ultimate urban tour of Denver, Aurora and Lakewood on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

2000 Team USA Olympic Games assistant coach and long-time University of Colorado and West Point track and field and cross country coach Jerry Quiller died Thursday after a five-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was 69.

The Meadows Marathon is back in just over a month and the organisers, all of whom are student volunteers, are challenging businesses and workplaces across the land to get a squad together to run - if you think you could handle it!

The indoor season well and truly got under way during January with the start of the European Athletics Indoor Permit Meetings - the Aviva International in Glasgow on 28 January - and a host of outstanding performances at other events across Europe.

INDIANAPOLIS - University of Arkansas freshman Gunnar Nixon has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after setting a world junior record in the indoor heptathlon over the weekend at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., and reached an NCAA automatic-qualifying mark.