Dr. Matt Long is a Team Manager, Coach and Coach Educator. A former county level athlete, after representing Staffordshire on three occasions between 1998 and 2000, he became a recreational runner in his 30s and still does Parkrun for health and wellbeing.

Key Roles:

National:

Matt has served as either Great Britain or England Team Staff on 16 occasions either for juniors, seniors or masters. He worked as an England Team Coach at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Development Camp in July 2022. This was after having served as England Senior Team Coach with the Marathon Squad both at the Birmingham Training Camp and Manchester Trials, for those targeting selection.

Great Britain Team Manager. World Masters Championships in Athletics. Torun Poland. March-April 2023
England Team Coach @ Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Development Camp. Loughborough University. July 28-29 2022
England Senior Team Coach@ Commonwealth Games Marathon Trials. Manchester. 3rd April 2022
England Senior Team Coach @ Marathon Camp for athletes targeting Commonwealth Games selection. Birmingham. February 2022
England Athletics Funetics Deliverer for Legacy Project @ Commonwealth Games Stadium. August 2022
England Senior Team Coach @ Armagh International Road Races. February 2023.
England Senior Team Coach @ Leeds Abbey Dash 10k. October 2021.
England Junior Team Manager @ National School Games Finals. Loughborough University. September 2021.
England Junior Team Manager (selections) pre National School Games Finals. Loughborough University. September 2022.
England Team Manager and Coach @ Masters Representative 10k. London. September 2021.
England Team Manager and Coach @ Masters Representative Half Marathon. London. September 2021.
England Team Coach @ Masters Representative Half Marathon. Chester. May 2022
England Team Leader @ Wales v England International Masters Road Running Match. Tenby. 3rd July, 2022
England Team Coach @ Bristol 10k Masters Representative race. 25th September 2022.
England Team Coach @ Chester Marathon. Masters Representative race. 2nd October 2022.
England Team Coach @ England v Wales International 10k match. Chester. March 2023.
England Athletics Coach- Vitality Running World Cup. 2021.
England Athletics Coach. National Youth Talent Programme
England Athletics Lead on Youth Endurance Workshops.
England Athletics Coach Education Lead Tutor
British Athletics Safeguarding Tutor.
2013 Winner of British Milers' Club Horwill Award for outstanding Coach Education.

Matt plays a leading role in Midlands athletics.

Midland AAAs Road Running and Cross Country Mens Team Manager
Midland Masters AC Mens Team Manager

Team Management

In May 2021 Matt as awarded selection onto the England Athletics Team Staff Training Programme as a mentee team manager. Matt has served as a GB and/ or England Team Manager and/ or Team Coach for Junior, Senior and Masters teams on 16 occasions. Matt is Midland Counties AAAs Mens Team Manager for Road and Cross Country running. Additionally he is a Midlands Team manager for Masters.

Coaching:

Matt has coached over 50 athletes who have competed internationally for their country and in 2022 coached a world champion at mountain running. As a support/ assistant coach Matt has worked with athletes who have run in all the major senior championships- Commonwealth Games, European championships; World Championships and the Olympic Games. Between 2012-2016 he served as a British Milers' Club Academy Coach. He has served as England Team Staff on 13 occasions and was an England Senior Coach at the England Marathon Training Camp @ Birmingham University in February 2022. This camp helped cater for those athletes aiming for Commonwealth Games selection for Birmingham 2022. Matt was the England Senior Team Coach for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Marathon trials in Manchester and was an England Team Coach @ the England Athletics Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Development Camp.

Coach Education

Editor of England Athletics Youth Endurance Resource. 2022. Available @ https://www.englandathletics.org/young-athletes-and-schools/youth-endurance-resource/
Editorial Contributor to BMC News magazine
Editorial Contributor to Athletics Weekly magazine
Coach education writer for Running Monthly magazine
Coach education writer for Fast Running Magazine
Coach education writer for England Athletics tutor newsletter
Coach education writer for Midland Masters AC newsletter.
Coach education writer for Brian Mac Sports Coach website
Writer for British Athletics Supporters club magazine<
Coach Education Contributor to UKAUCoach and ULearn
Coach education writer for England Athletics - Athletics hub.
Coach education writer for the American track and field magazine RunBlogRun.

Matt is Editor of the England Athletics Youth Endurance Resource published in 2022 He served as Editor of BMC News between 2014-2018 - the official magazine of The British Milers Club - the country's premier athletics club for middle distance athletes. and has authored 345 coaching articles for a range of national magazines, websites and forums including UKA UCoach. He is an editorial contributor to Athletics Weekly magazine whose work has featured on the front cover of AW on 23 occasions. He has also written for Running Monthly magazine and Fast Running magazine..

Matt is a winner of the 2013 Frank Horwill Scholarship Award, administered by the British Milers' Club. The prestigious annual award is for ground breaking coach education research which honours the legacy of one of the all time great endurance coaches, Frank Horwill, MBE. Before his passing in 2012, the BMC founder and coach of over 50 Great Britain internationals said that the award was intended to, "encourage others to join the ranks of Astrand, Gerschler, Costill, Daniels and Noakes" - men who have made a massive contribution to coach education internationally.

For England Athletics Matt has served as a Coach Education Tutor since 2010 and was appointed Lead Tutor in 2017.

Feel free to contact Matt at mattlongcoach@gmail.com and he will gladly email you copies of any of the articles listed below.

PUBLICATIONS

PART ONE: ‘HOW TO’ COACH

Generic coaching

1. Long, M. & Lorimer, R. (2012) Cyber coaching, Athletics Weekly, 22nd March, p. 38-40
2. Long, M. and Lorimer, R. (2012) Cyber coaching [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article079.htm
3. Long, M. (2012) BMC Coach Shadowing Initiative, BMC News, Vo.9 Issue , p. 12.
4. Long, M. and James, G. (2012) Developing Coaches. England Athletics Magazine, Winter 2012/13, p. 11-12.
5. Long, M. and French, J. (2013) Making a decision. Athletics Weekly, 18th April, p.58-89.
6. Long, M. and French, J. (2013) The 6 Ages of Athletics. Athletics Weekly, 25th July, p.60-61.
7. Long, M. and French, J. (2013) Coaches - Create independent athletes[WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article148.htm [Accessed 11/http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/10/2013]
8. Long, M. Where do you stand? (2013) BMC News Vol.10 Issue 2, Autumn, p.4-6.
9. Long, M. (2015) Worth a Shout? [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article194.htm
10. French, J. and Long, M. (2015) Developing Skills. England Athletics eBulletin for Educators – Summer 2015
11. Long, M. (2016) Joyce Hogg Interview. BMC News. Volume 13. Issue 1. p. 45.
12. Long, M. (2016) Man United presentation at England Athletics/BMC Symposium. UKA Coach Educators Newsletter. Summer. UKA UCoach.
13. Long, M. (2016) Five Pearls of Wisdom [WWW] Available from: https://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article212.htm
14. Long, M. (2017) ‘Where’s Your Support?’. Athletics Weekly. September 21st. p.40.
15. Long, M. (2020) A race which must be run. 18th June. www.fastrunning.com
16. Long, M. (2020) A race that must be run. 22nd June. https://www.runjumpthrow.com
17. Long, M. (2020) ‘The accidental hero’. Fast Running. July 15th
18. Long, M. and Reevell, D. (2021) Push v Pull Coaching. Feb 10th. Fast Running.
19. Long, M. and Reevell, D. (2021) Push v Pull Coaching. England Athletics tutor newsletter. March 2021.
20. Long, M. and French, J. (2022) ‘Planning Ahead’. Athletics Weekly. May, p.74-75

Long term athlete development

21. Grace, S., Harris, J., French, J. and Long, M. (2014) Handle with care. Athletics Weekly. 23rd January. p.32-33.
22. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2015) Training Smart. Athletics Weekly. 19th February. p. 44-45.
23. Long, M. and James, G. (2015) Two Goes Into One. Athletics Weekly. 5th March. p.54-55
24. Long, M, and French (2015) 'Athletic Ages'. Paper disseminated through the National Coach Development Programme. England Athletics.
25. Long, M. (2015) Through The Ages. Athletics Weekly. 16th April, p.38-39.
26. Long, M. and French, J. (2015) One for the Ages [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article193.htm
27. Long, M. and French, J. (2015) Nurturing Talent [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article197.htm
28. Long, M. and Berney, R. (2017) Jenny Meadows Workshop. Presentation to the National Coach (Youth Programme). 26th March. Alexander stadium.
29. Long, M. (2017) Coaches and athletes enjoy workshop led by Jenny Meadows. England Athletics website. Available at http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics-news/coaches-and-athletes-enjoy-workshop-led-by-jenny-meadows
30. Meadows, J. and Long, M. (2017) Drill Instructor. Athletics Weekly. April 27th, p.44-45.
31.Long, M. (2017) Jenny Meadows Long Term Athlete Development. UKA UCoach.
32. Lowes, D. and Long, M. (2017) Jenny Meadows at the BMC Academy. BMC News Spring 2017. p. 29-30
33. Long, M. (2020) ‘Keep Calm and Carry On Training’. Athletics Weekly. March 25th. P. 23-23.
34. Long, M. (2020) ‘Adapting to Coronavirus’. England Athletics Coach Education Circular. March.
35. Long, M. (2020) ‘Prepping for the summer’. Athletics Weekly. March 19th. p. 48-49.
36. Long, M. (2019) ‘Too much too young’. Athletics Weekly. June 20th.p. 50-51.
37. Long, M. (2020) Youth Endurance. England Athletics International Youth Conference Paper. 6th December.
38. Long, M. and Brooks, A. (2020) 'Event Specific or Event Progressive?'. Fast Running. December 2nd.
39. Long, M. and Moses, L. (2021) A Little Bit of Everything. Fast Running. January 13th.
40. Moses, L. and Long, M. (2021) Making It As a Senior. Fast Running. January 12th.
41. Long. M. and Moses, L. (2021) Taking care of the little things. Fast running. January 6th.
42.Long, M. and Brooks, A. (2020) Event Specific or Event Progressive? Fast Running. December 2nd.
43. Long, M. (2022) ‘All things come to he who waits’. Fast Running. September 22nd
44. Long, M. (2022) What’s in a name?’. Fast Running. August 16th
45.Long. M. (2022). Eilish McColgan. ‘Long Term Athlete Development’. England Athletics. Athletics Hub.

Sports Psychology

46. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2012) Mental Hurdles. Athletics Weekly, 7th June, p. 34-35.
47. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2012) Into the cauldron, Athletics Weekly, 2nd August, p. 74-75.
48. Long, M. (2012) Joker who has the aces, Athletics Weekly, 25th October, p.36-37
49. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2012) Goal & Process Motivation [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article133.htm
50. Lowes, D. and Long, M. (2012) Minding your business, Athletics Weekly, 21st June, p. 52-53.
51. Lowes D. and Long, M. (2013) Minding your mental fitness. (WWW) Available from http://www.brianmac.co.uk./articles/article125.htm
52. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2013) Application of Reversal Theory. Available from http://ucoach.com/resources/tutors/research-development/
53. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) How to make coaching interventions to optimise psychological states amongst athletes in a performance context. Staffordshire Athletics Network website.
54. Long, M. (2016) Review of 'Sports Psychiatry'. BMC News. Volume 13. Issue 1. p.46
55. Long, M. (2020) ‘The psychology and physiology of pain management in athletics’. Athletics Weekly. July 8th.

Training Diaries

56. Long, M. (2012) Unstoppable Ron, Athletics Weekly, 20th September, p. 38-39.
57. Long, M. (2018) Make A Date With Your Diary. Iffley Road Facebook page. January 21st

Sports Science

58. Long, M. (2012) Unlocking closed doors, Athletics Weekly, 4th October, p. 62-63
59. Long, M. (2013) Training is athlete specific. Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article142.htm
60. Long, M. (2013) Craving Oxygen. Athletics Weekly. 22nd August, p.61>
61. Long, M. and French, J. (2013) Frank Horwill Scholarship Winners 2013. BMC News. Vo.10 Issue 2. Autumn.
62. Lowes, D. and Long, M. (2014) Dr. Barry Fudge praises the BMC. BMC News. Volume 11. Issue 1, p. 35
63. Long, M. (2014) Running Economy and V02 kinetics. BMC News. Volume 11. Issue 1, p. 36
64. Long, M. (2022) ‘Always take the weather with you’. Fast Running. November 8th.

Biomechanics

65. Long, M; French, J. and Cook, B. (2014) Running true to form. Athletics Weekly. July 10th, p. 36-37.
66. French, J; Long, M, and Cook, B. (2014) The perfect stride. Athletics Weekly. July 17th, p.44-45.
67. Long, M; French; J. and Cook, B. (2014) Efficient running. Athletics Weekly. July 24th, p. 56-57.
68. Long, M (2014) Emma Jackson Workshop. 22nd November. The Staffordshire Athletics Network website.
69. Long, M.; French, J. and Cook, B. (2015) Biomechanics. The Staffordshire Athletics Network website.
70. Long, M. (2015) Can Coaches and Running Leaders Work With Their Athletes In Order To Effect Biomechanical Change? Paper presented to the Lincolnshire Athletics Network in support of England Athletics Area Coach Mentor Geoff James.
71. Long, M. French, J. and Cook, B. (2015) Biomechanical Interventions [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article192.htm
72. Fowler, T. and Long, M. (2017) Running Form. England Athletics e-bulletin for Educators. November.
73. Long. M. and Fowler, T. (2017) Finding Your Perfect Form. November 2nd. P.36-37.
74. Long, M. and Pegg, H. (2021) 'Get Over It. Hurdle Drills With Paula Williams. Midland Masters Newsletter 269. June 2021.

Biokinetics

75. Long, M, Reevell, D. and Brace, M. (2021) Beach of biokinetics. Fast running. 9th June. Available at https://www.fastrunning.com/running-athletics-news/beach-of-biokinetics/32562/amp
76.Reevell, D., Brace, M. and Long, M. (2021) The 'so what' of biokinetics. Fast Running. June 15th.
77. Brace, M., Long, M. and Reevell, D. (2021) The 'now what' of biokinetics. Fast Running. June 24th.

Nutrition

78. Long, M. (2012) Food For Thought, Athletics Weekly, 3rd May, p. 37
79. Long, M. (2013) Food For Thought. (WWW) Available from http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article126.htm
80. Long, M. (2013) You are what you eat. Athletics Weekly, 13th June, p.40-41.
81. Long, M. (2013) Fuelling the engine. Athletics Weekly, 20th June, p.38.
82. Long, M (2013) Getting back on track. Athletics Weekly, 4th July, 36-37
83. Dudgeon, E. and Long, M. (2018) ‘Treading A Thin Line’. January 4th. p.36-37.
84. Long, M. and Rudd, L. (2021) Stomach for the fight. March 2nd. Fast Running

Injuries

85. Long, M. (2015) Rehab offers lifeline. Athletics Weekly. 22nd January. p. 38-39.
86. Long, M. and Rudd, L. (2021) Hamstrung and Torn. Feb 4th. Fast Running.
87. Long, M. and Rudd, L. (2021) The path of recovery. Midland masters newsletter. February.

Illness

88. Long, M. (2022) Coming Back After Covid. Fast Running. February 17th.

PART TWO: ‘WHAT TO’ COACH

Warm Ups

89. Long, M. and French, J. (2013) Warming Performance, Athletics Weekly, 14th March, p.42.
90. Long, M. and French, J. (2013) High Intensity Warm Ups. UKAUCoach. UShare. Uploaded 24th September, 2013
91.Long, M. and French, J. (2014) High Intensity Warm Up in Middle Distance Running. Staffordshire Athletics network website.
92. Long, M. and French (2017) The Long and the short of it. Athletics Weekly, January 12th, p.40-41.
93. Long, M. and French, J. (2022) Ramp It Up. Fast Running. June 2nd.

Endurance training

94. Long, M (2011) Multi-paced System. Athletics Weekly, October 6th 2011, p. 50-51.
95. Long, M. (2011) Frank Horwill’s 5 Tier-System. BMC News, Volume 8 Issue 2, p. 7-8
96. Long, M. (2012) Multi-tier System. Athletics Weekly, March 29th 2012, p. 36-37
97. Long, M. (2012) Frank Horwill's 5-Tier System [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article080.htm
98. Long, M. (2012) Multi-Tier System [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article081.htm
99. Long (2011) In the lead up to the Olympics, UKA Athletics tutor Matt Long talks to major personalities in athletics. Backtrack. Winter 11/2012, p.7.
100. Long, M. (2012) Its good to talk, Athletics Weekly, 15th November, p. 39
101. Long, M. (2012) Understanding energy systems. Staffordshire Athletics Network. Available from http://www.ssan.org.uk
102. Long, M. and James, G. (2012) Gosta Holmer. Athletics Weekly, 6th December, p.57.
103. Long, M. (2013) Staying the Course. Athletics Weekly. 4th April, p.36-37
104. Long, M. and French, J. (2013) Aerobic Power. Available at http://www. ucoach.com/resources/tutors/research-development/
105. James, G. and Long, M. (2013) Arthur Lydiard, Athletics Weekly, 7th March.
106. James, G. and Long, M. (2013) Percy Cerutty, Athletics Weekly, 11th April, p. 43
107.French, J. and Long, M. (2012) To The Max. Athletics Weekly, 8th November, p. 52-53.
108. French, J. and Long, M. (2013) Focus on Aerobic Power. UKA Coach Educator Quarterly. March
109. French, J and Long, M. (2012) Developing Aerobic Capacity [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article132.htm
110. Long, M. and James, G. (2013) Mr Nike: Bill Bowerman. Athletics Weekly, 30th May, p.49.
111. Long. M (2013) The only way is up! Athletics Weekly, 26th September, p.55
112. Long, M. (2013) Franz Stampfl. Athletics Weekly, 3rd October, p. 39<
113. Long, M. (2013) The Flying Postman. Athletics Weekly, 10th October, p.30
114. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2013) Strong to the end. Athletics Weekly, 7th November, p.62-63.
115. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2013) Surging to success. Athletics Weekly, 5th December, p.56.
116. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) Two's company. Athletics Weekly, 2nd January, p.39
117. Long, M. and James, G. (2014) Harry Wilson. Athletics Weekly. 23rd January, p. 40.
118. James, G. and Long, M. (2014) Sam Mussabini. Athletics Weekly. 20th February, p.39
119. Lowes, D. and Long, M. (2014) In good shape. Athletics Weekly. 10th April, p. 63
120. Long, M. (2014) Running Talk Test [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article160.htm
121. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) Enduring Times. Athletics Weekly. September 11th, p.34-35.
122. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) Attention to Detail. Athletics Weekly. September 18th, p.36-37.
123. Lowes, D., Long, M. and James, G. (2014) Playing With Speed. Athletics Weekly. November 20th, p.38-39.
124. James, G. and Long, M. (2015) Endurance Presentation. England Athletics Local Coach Development Scheme. Presentation to Lincolnshire Athletics Network. 14th March, 2015.
125. Long, M. (2015) Winning Formula. Athletics Weekly. May 28th , p.28-29.
126. Long, M. (2015) Taking a HIT. Athletics Weekly. July 2nd, p.39
127. Long, M. and French, J. (2015) HIT-ting the training. Athletics Weekly, July 9th, p. 46-47.
128. Long, M. and French, J. (2015) HIT-ting a High. Athletics Weekly. August 6th. p.40-41.
129. Long, M. (2016) Run Long, Run Far. Running Monthly. February 2016.
130. Long, M. (2016) Prepare for that Winter Workload. October 13th, p.36.
131. Long, M. (2016) BMC Coaching Seminar and its application for the Tutor. England Athletics eBulletin for Educators - Autumn 2016. Available via UKA UCoach
132. Long, M. (2016) Why do we taper before competitions. SDRR Facebook page.October 2016.
133. Long M. (2016) How Much Does Mileage Matter? Athletics Weekly. February 9th, p.30-31.
134. Long, M. (2018) Cram’s Training Camp’. Athletics Weekly. March 15th. p. 32-33
135. Long, M. (2020) ‘Transition timing’. Athletics Weekly. February 6th.p. 44-45.
136. Long, M. (2020) ‘Can you keep time?’. Athletics Weekly. February 6th. p. 42-43.
137. Long, M. (2019) ‘Lets ramp it up’ Athletics Weekly. May 30th p. 38-39.
138. Long, M. (2019) ‘Falling to victory’. Athletics Weekly. July 4th. p. 49-51.
139. Long, M. (2020) ‘Tempo Running’. BMC News. Spring. Volume 17. Issue 1. P.37-38.
140. Long, M. (2020) ‘Wendy Sly’s 3000m Training Tips’. Athletics Weekly. June 10th
141. Long, M. (2020) Lorraine Moller on the value of kinaesthetic feedback for runners’. Athletics Weekly. May 10th
142. Long, M. (2020) Out and Back Running Sessions. Athletics Weekly.April 30th
143. Long, M. and Moseley, P. (2020) Benefits of light aerobic exercise. Athletics Weekly. April 5th.
144. Long, M. (2020) Lewis Moses on the benefits of tempo running. Athletics Weekly. March 21st
145. Long, M. (2020) The fall and rise of Farah and Viren [WWW] Available from: https://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article556.htm
146.Long, M. (2020) ‘Mixing business with pleasure’. Fast Running. October 1st.
147.Long, M. and Lancaster, C. (2020) ‘The Training Menu’. Fast Running. September 3rd.
148.Long, M. (2020) Wendy Sly’s LA Olympic integration phase of training’. Lydiard Foundation. July 6th
149. Moses, L. and Long, M. (2020) 'Olympic silver shadow but pure Geordie Gold'. Fast Running. November 18th.
150. Long, M., James, G. and Karasz, Z. (2021) Where East Meets West. Fast Running. 20th January.
151. Long, M. and Buck, K. (2020) Catch Me If You Can. The career of Steve Binns. Fast Running. December 30th
152. Long, M. James, G. and Karaz, Z. (2021) The Training Philosophy of Mihaly Igloi. Fast Running. January 24th
153. Long, M. James, G. and Karaz, Z. (2021) Looking for Igloi in the Twenty First Century. Fast Running. January 27th.
154. Long, M. Brackstone, K. and Martin, C. (2021) What An Area Vest Can do For You. Marti Whitehouse. Midland Counties Road and Cross Country FB page. Jan 28th.
155. Long, M. Brackstone, K. and Martin, C. (2021) What An Area Vest Can do For You. Dan Kimber.. Midland Counties Road and Cross Country FB page. Jan 27th.
156. Long, M. Brackstone, K. and Martin, C. (2021) What An Area Vest Can do For You. Hannah Robinson. Midland Counties Road and Cross Country FB page. Jan 24th.
157. Long, M. Brackstone, K. and Martin, C. (2021) What An Area Vest Can do For You. Marti Whitehouse. Midland Counties Road and Cross Country FB page. Jan 28th.
158. Long, M. Brackstone, K. and Martin, C. (2021) What An Area Vest Can do For You. Jack Gray. Midland Counties Road and Cross Country FB page. Jan 24th.
159. Long, M. Brackstone, K. and Martin, C. (2021) What An Area Vest Can do For You. Lauren Charlton. Midland Counties Road and Cross Country FB page. Jan 23rd.
160. Long, M. Brackstone, K. and Martin, C. (2021) What An Area Vest Can do For You. Mark Powell. Midland Counties Road and Cross Country FB page. Jan 23rd.
161. Long, M. (2021) Mature cheddar. March 9th. Fast Running.
162. Long, M. (2021) Real LiRF stories. England Athletics Tutor newsletter. May 2021
163. Long, M. (2021) Running for your Country. Fast Running. November 18th.
164. Long, M. (2021) From Completer to Competitor. Fast Running. October 28th.
165. Long, M. (2022) Potteries Craftsmen. Fast Running. May 4th.
166. Long, M. (20220 Poles Apart. Fast Running. April 6th.

Marathon and Half Marathon Running

167. Long, M. (2012) Count your blessings, Athletics Weekly, 21st April, p. 58-59
168. Long, M. (2012) Count your blessings [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article078.htm
169. Long, M. (2012) Make mine a half!, Athletics Weekly, 13th September, p. 48-49.
170. Long, M. (2012) A long and winding road, Athletics Weekly, 13th December, p. 42-43.
171. Long, M. (2013) Alright on the day. Athletics Weekly, 18th April, p.62-63
172. Long, M. (2013) Irish Mudlark. Athletics Weekly, 12th September, p. 36-37.
173. Long, M. (2014) A very long road. Athletics Weekly, 20th March, p.46-47.
174. Long, M. and Lowes. D. (2014) London mapped out. Athletics Weekly. 11th April, p.60-61.
175. Long, M (2014) Staying the Course [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article159.htm
176. Long, M. and Lowes, D.(2014) 'Learning from Liz'. Athletics Weekly, 24th September, p. 36-37.
177. Lowes, D and Long, M. (2014) 'Making sure you are ready'. Athletics Weekly, 24th September, p.38-39
178. Long, M. (2015) Marathon race day tips. Athletics Weekly, 16th April, p. 54-55.
179. Long, M. (2016) Mind Games. Midland Mens Endurance Facebook Page. March 24th.
180. Long, M. (2016) Are You Ready? Athletics Weekly. April 14th, p. 52.
181. Long, M. (2021) Kissi and Tell Fast Running Magazine. May 5th
182. Long, M. (2021) Phil-osophy. Fast Running Magazine. May 12th.
183. Long, M. (2022) Making Canova Progress. Fast Running. January 26th
184. Long, M. (2022) Building Special Blocks. Fast Running. January 29th.
185. Long, M. (2022) Variety in the Spice of Life. Fast Running. February 2nd.
186. Long, M. (2022) Be Specific With Paces. Fast Running. February 8th
187. Long, M. (2022) England Athletics’ Marathon Programme prepares athletes for Commonwealth Games trial. 21st Feb. England Athletics website.
188. Long, M. (2022) ‘In the Long Run. Part 2.’. Midland Masters AC Newsletter. September, p.9-14.

Middle distance running

189. Long, M. (2022) In The Long Run. Midland Masters Newsletter. March. no.27
190. Long, M. and James, G. (2012) Train your two-lap Tools, Athletics Weekly, 10th May, p. 56-57
191. Long, M. and James, G. (2012) Train your two-lap Tools [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article095.htm
192. Long, M. and James, G. (2012) The Giants of 800m [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article096.htm
193. Long, M. (2013) What, When and Why. Athletics Weekly, 28th March, p. 42-43.
194. Long, M. and French, J. (2013) High intensity Exercise in a middle distance context, BMC News, Vol.10, Issue 3, p.26-27
195. James, G and Long, M. (2012) The Giants of 800m, Athletics Weekly, 17th May, p. 30-31
196. Long, M. (2013) Focus on the Process. Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article141.htm
197. Long, M. and James, G. (2013) Peter Coe, Athletics Weekly, November 28, 41.
198.. Long, M. (2014) Markhim Lonsdale. Athletics Weekly, May 29th, p.34-35.
199. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) A different era. Athletics Weekly, May 1st, p.56-57
200. Long, M. (2014) The Hannah England and Bud Baldaro interview. BMC News. Volume 11. Issue 1, p. 23-24
201. Long. M. and Lowes, D. (2014) The Final Countdown. Athletics Weekly, June 12th, p. 36-37.
202.Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) Lessons to Learn. Athletics Weekly. August 21st, p.64-65.
203. Lowes, D. and Long, M. (2014) Alberto Salazar Coaching Philosophy. BMC News, Vol. 11, Issue 2, p.30-31
204. James, G., Long, M. and O'Brien (2014) Dave Sunderland and Speed Endurance. BMC News, Vol.11, Issue 2, p.32-33.
205. Long, M. (2015) Wendy Sly Interview. BMC News, Vol 12, Issue 1, p.9-11
206. Long, M. (2015) Steve Cram. Oslo-1985. BMC News, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p.12-13.
207. Long, M. and O'Brien, S. (2015) Jo and Gavin Pavey Interview, BMC News, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p.17-18.
208. Long, M. (2015) Positioned for success. Athletics Weekly, 14th May, p.36-37.
209. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2015) Cramming it in. Athletics Weekly, July 23rd, p.50-51.
210. Long, M. (2015) Our 7000th member. BMC News. Volume 12. Issue 2. p. 7.
211. Long, M. (2015) The David Moorcroft Interview. BMC News. Volume 12. Issue 2. p.12-14.
212. Cocksedge, D. Long, M. and James, G. (2015) Herb Elliott and Percy Cerutty. BMC News. Volume 12. Issue 2. p.17-18.
213. Long, M. (2016) BMC News Past. BMC News. Volume 13. Issue 1. p. 10.
214. Long, M. (2016) BMC News Coach of the Year. Aaron Thomas. BMC News. Volume 13. Issue 1. p. 12-13.
215. Long, M. and French, J. (2016) Horwill Scholarship Findings On The Potentiation Effect Of High Intensity Warm Ups. BMC News. Volume 1. Issue 1. p. 17-20.
216. Hay, N., Long, M. and Geen, S. (2016) BMC Indoor Review. BMC News. Volume 13. Issue 1. p.21.
217. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2016) Athlete Interviews. Jake Wightman. BMC News. Volume 13. Issue 1. p. 32-33.
218. Long, M. (2016) Lisa Dobriskey and Ricky Soos. BMC News. Volume 13. Issue 1. p.38-40.
219. Long, M. (2016) Modelling Two Lap Training. South West Endurance Network Facebook page. March 25th.
220. Long, M. (2017) Charlie Grice Intterview. BMC News Spring 2017. p.17-18.
221. Long M. (2017) Laura Muir British indoor record feature. BMC News Spring 2017. p. 19-20.
222. Long, M. (2017) A day in the life of a BMC Volunteer. Mike Harris. BMC News Spring 2017. p. 21.
223. Green, S., Haye, N. and Long, M. (2017) Indoor Season Review. p.28
224. Long, M. (2017) James Mays Interview. BMC News Spring 2017. p.34-35.
225. Long, M. (2017) Loughborough Coaching Corner. BMC Event Programme. Loughborough Granfd Pix. 8th July, 2017.
226. Long, M. (2017) Two-Lap Runners Of The Future. Athletics Weekly. September 7th, p.36-37
227. Long, M. (2017) The Summer of 87. He was there when it mattered. Peter Elliott interview. BMC News Winter 2017. Volume 14. Issue 2. P.5-6.
228. Long, M. (2017) Itallian Miling. Carlo Grippo interview. BMC News Winter 2017. Volume 14. Issue 2. p.28
229. Long, M. (2017) Long term athlete development. Jenny Meadows. BMC News Winter 2017. Volume 14. Issue 2. P.34-35
230. Taylor, N. and Long, M. (2017) Coaching and Athlete Cormers. BMC News Winter 2017. Volume 14. Issue 2. p.45.
231. Long, M. (2018) Liz McColgan-Nuttall interview. BMC News Spring 2018. Volume 15. Issue 1. p.5-6.
232. Long, M. (2018) Bud Baldaro interview. BMC News Spring 2018. Volume 15. Issue 1. p.12-13.
233. Long, M. (2018) Lord Sebastian Coe interview. BMC News Spring 2018. Volume 15. Issue 1. p.17-19.
234. Long, M. (2018) BMC Indoor season review. BMC News Spring 2018. Volume 15. Issue 1. p.20
235. Long, M. (2018) BMC Athletes at the World Indoor Championships. BMC News Spring 2018. Volume 15. Issue 1. P.21.
236..Dudgeon, E. and Long, M. (2018) BMC Mentoring Scheme. BMC News Spring 2018. Volume 15. Issue 1. p.28-29
237. Dudgeon, E. and Long, M. (2018) Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome. BMC News Spring 2018. Volume 15. Issue 1. p. 39-40.
238. Evans, P., Hollinshead, C. and Long, M. (2018) Focus on 10k training. BMC News Spring 2018. Volume 15. Issue 1. P.43-44.
239. Long, M. (2018) David Moorcroft. BMC News Autumn 2018. Volume 15 Issue 2, p.20-21
240. Long, M. (2019) ‘Split speed’. Athletics Weekly. August 8th. p.36-37.
241. Long, M. (2019) ‘The summer of dreams’. Athletics Weekly. August 22nd p.40-41.
242. Long, M. (2019) ‘How they train. Ethan Hussey’. Athletics Weekly. October 24th. p.34-36.
243. Long, M. (2019) ‘The Front Runner’. BMC News. Volume 16. Issue 1. Spring. p. 15-17.
244. Long, M. (2019) ‘41 days that shook the world’. BMC News. Volume 16 Issue 2. p. 32-35
245. Long, M. (2019) ‘People management and good fun’. Volume 16. Issue 1. Spring. 18-21
246. Long, M. and James, G. (2020) ‘Peter Snell Training’. BMC News. Spring. Volume 17. Issue 1. P.42-43.
247. Long, M. and Brennan, T. (2020) How Bannister trained for and ran his sub-four minute mile. Athletics Weekly. May 6th
248. Long, M. (2020) Coe-sting through the gearbox. June 21st. www.fastrunning.com
249. Long, M. (2020) ‘Remembering Steve Ovett’s Moscow 800m win’. Athletics Weekly. July 26th
250. Long, M. (2020) ‘Remembering Seb Coe’s Moscow 1980 1500m win’. Athletics Weekly. August 1st.
251. Long, M. (2020) ‘The training of Steve Ovett’. Fast Running. July 28th
252. Long, M. (2020) 'Just Getting On With It'. BMC News. Winter. Volume 17. Issue 2. p.27-28.
253. Green, S. and Long (2020) 'BMC Virtual Time Trials 2020'. BMC News. Winter. Volume 17. Issue 2. p. 46-47
254. Long, M. and Moses, L. (2020) 'Learning from the Greats'. Athletics Weekly. Diamond Anniversary Issue. December, p.76-79
255. Long, M. and Moses, L. (2020) 'The Holy Trinity. Part 1'. Midland Masters AC FB page.
256. Moses, L. and Long, M. (2020) 'The Holy Trinity. Part 2'. Midland Masters FB page.
257. Long, M. and Moses, L. (2020) 'The Holy Trinity. Part 3'. Midland Masters FB page.
258. Long. M. (2020) Jenny Meadows on the future of pace making'. Fast Running. December 23rd
259. Long, M. (2021) Luke Gunn. BMC News. Spring. Volume 11. Issue 1. 33-34.
260. Karacz, Z. Long, M. and James, G. (2021) The Hungarian Revolution. Spring. Volume 11. Issue 1. 43-45.
261. Long, M. (2021) Dynamo Dustin Destined for Tokyo. Fast Running July 1st.
262. Long, M. (2021) Ingebrigtsen Intervals. Fast Running. December 30th
263. Long, (2022) King James. BMC News. Winter 2021. p.20-21
263. Long, M. (2022) Phil-Anthropy. BMC News. Winter 2021. p. 22.
265. Long, M. and Hemmings, H. (2022) ‘Hail Mary’. Fast Running. August 25th.
266. Long, M. (2022) ‘That’s My Boy. The coaching of Jake Wightman. Par 1/3’. RunBlogRun. December 28th

Cross country running

267. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) Country Matters. Athletics Weekly. September 25th, p.58-59.
268. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) Country thoughts. Athletics Weekly. October 30th, p.38-39.
269. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) Cross Purposes. Athletics Weekly. December 11th, p.56-57.
270. Long, M. (2016) A recent interview with European Under 23 cross country champion, Jonny Davies and his coach Rob McKim has challenged LiRF co-tutor Matt Long, to think about recent aspects of his delivery. UKA UCoach. (Jan 16).
271. Long, M. (2016). Jonny Davies and Rob McKim interview on how and why to run cross country, Midland Cross Country Championships Programme (Jan 16).
272. Long, M. (2016) Go Wild in the Country [WWW] Available from: https://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article213.htm
273. Long, M. (2017) England Athletics Tutor, Matt Long, says it’s time to get psyched up for today’s race: Midland Counties Championships XC Programme. January 2017.
274. Long, M. and Weir, V. (2018) ‘The power of cross country’. Athletics Weekly. January 25th. p.38-39
275. Long, M., Baldaro, B. and Weir, V. (2018) ‘Cross country racing’. Midland Counties XC event programme. January
276. Long, M. (2019) ‘Adam Hickey and Phoebe Law’ Athletics Weekly. December 5th. p. 42-44.
277. Long, M. (2019) ‘Isabelle Boffey’. BMC News. Volume 16 Issue 2. Winter. P.30-31.
278. Long, M. (2019) ‘41 days that shook the world’. BMC News. Volume 16 Issue 2. p. 32-35
279. Long, M. (2019) ‘People management and good fun’. Volume 16. Issue 1. Spring. 18-21.
280. Long, M. (2022) Living the Dream. Fast Running. January 20th
281. Long, M. (2021) Red Dragon. Fast Running. December 17th.
282.Long, M. (2021) Dublin Up. Fast Running. December 16th.
283. Long, M. (2021) Dublin Bound. Fast Running. December 8th
284. Long, M. (2021) Prepare form Winter. Athletics Weekly. P.77-79

Hill Running

285. Long, M. (2012) Down a slippery slope, Athletics Weekly, 27th September, p. 38-39
286. Long, M. (2013) The Art of Running Downhill [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article147.htm
287. Hussain, B. and Long, M. (2013) Its all downhill, Athletics Weekly, 17th October, p.42-44.
288. Hussain, B. and Long, M. (2013) Declining speed, Athletics Weekly, 31st October, p.39.
289. Long, M. (2015) Run for the hills. Athletics Weekly. 1st October. p. 44-45.

Altitude Training

290. Long, M. (2015) Camping for success. Athletics Weekly, 30th April, p.40-41.
291. Long, M. (2017) Five Altitude Lessons Learned. Athletics Weekly. May 25th. p.28
292. Long, M. (2022) 10 principles for training at altitude. Fast Running. March 23rd.

Steeplechase

293. Long, M. (2012) Chasing Barriers, Athletics Weekly, 31st May, p. 34
294. Long, M. (2012) Face the Chase [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article097.htm
295. Long, M. (2012) Face the chasers! Athletics Weekly, 22nd November, p.36-37
296. James, G. and Long, M. (2015) Steeplechase. England Athletics Workshop. Lincoln. 18th April.
297. Long, M. (2017) Overcoming barriers in the chase. British Milers Club Event Programme. Solihull Grand Prix.
298. Long, M. (2021) Sear-ing Sucess. Fast Running. July 15th.

Indoor running

299. Long, M. (2013) The Board Game. Athletics Weekly, 10th January, p. 36-37
300.Long, M. (2013) Mastering the boards (WWW) Available from http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article155.htm
301. Long, M. (2014) Board running. Athletics Weekly. 6th February, p.32-33.
302. Long, M. and French, J. (2014) Going round the bend. 6th March, p.48-49.
303. Long, M. (2020) ‘Andy Butchart and Hayley Mills on the art of indoor racing’. Athletics Weekly. February 27th. p.48-49.

Sprinting.

304. Long, M. (2014) Mastering Speed. Athletics Weekly. 16th October, p.38-39.
305. Long, M. (2020) How They Train- Jessie Knight. Athletics Weekly. April 12th.
306. Long, M. (2020) How They Train- Andrew Morgan Harrison. Athletics Weekly. April 9th
307. Long, M. (2021) Quick Out of the Blocks. Lawrie Dunn. Midland Masters newsletter. February.

Paralympics and Wheelchair racing

308. Lowes, D. and Long, M. (2012) Chariots on Fire!, Athletics Weekly, 23rd August, p.38-39.
309. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2014) Wheelchair Racing (WWW) Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article156.htm
310. Long, M. (2014) Mel Nicholls. Athletics Weekly, 2nd October, p.36-37.
311. Hollinshead, C, Long, M. and Fleetwood, P. (2020) ‘Embracing diversity: Interview with Paralympic Gold Medallist Mark Farnell’

Long Jump.

312. Long, M. and French, J. (2012) Leap of Faith [WWW] Available from: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/article101.htm
313. French, J. and Long, M. (2012) Leaping the benefits. Athletics Weekly, 5th July, p.35.
314. French, J. Long, M. and Lowes, D. (2012) Janay de Loach. Athletics Weekly, 17th January, p.34-35

Throwing

315. French, J. and Long, M. (2013) Up and away. Athletics Weekly, 16th May, p.42.
316. French, J. and Long, M. (2013) Projectile Motion. UKA Coach EdUKAtor Quarterly, July
317. French, J, Hopkins, T, Long, M. and Neal, A. (2013) Its as easy as ABC. Athletics Weekly, 5th September, p.40-41.
318. Long, M. (2021) Dan Upton. 1975-2020. A celebration. Midland Masters newsletter. February.

Medicine

319. Long, M. (2017) Where's Your Support? Athletics Weekly. September 21st. p. 40.

Ultra-distance

320. Long, M. (2019) A ghostly presence overlooks Hereford. Athletics Weekly. 21st March, p. 25

Lockdown training

321. Long, M. (2020) ‘Coping with Lockdown During Covid 19’. BMC News. Spring. Volume 17. Issue 1. P.8-9
322. Long, M. (2020) Managing potential problems for runners during the Coronvirus crisis. Athletics Weekly. April 20th.
323. Long, M. (2020) Training during the coronavirus crisis. Athletics Weekly. April 17th

Masters athletics

324. Long, M. (2020) James Thie training lessons. Midland Master Athlete no. 265. May.
325. Long, M. (2020) Graham Moffatt Interview. Midand Masters Athlete no. 264. March
326.Long, M. (2020) ‘Mastering the ageing process in athletics’. Athletics Weekly. September 10th.
327.Long, M, (2020) ‘Rudd-ered for success’. Fast Running. September 10th.
328.Long, M. (2020) ‘Lessons from Captain Marvel’. Midland Masters Newsletter. August 2020. p.3-4.
329. Long, M. (2020) 'Too Many Miles on the Clock?. Midland Masters Newsletter. December 2020. p. 9-11.
330. Long, M. (2020) 'A Paynter who is an Artist in his Field'. Midland Masters Newsletter. December 2020. p.11-12.
331. Long, M. (2020) 'James Robinson Raises the Bar'. Midland Masters Newsletter. December 2020. p. 13-14.
332. Long, M. (2020) 'Too Many Miles on the Clock?' Fast Running. December 16th.
333. Long, M. (2021) Hill Climber. Fast Running Magazine. April 22nd.
334. Long, M. (2021) Hill Sessions. Fast running Magazine. April 28th
335. Long, M. (2022) Tweaking the training. Fast Running. January 12th.
336. Long, M. (2022) Widening the Load. Fast Running. January 5th
337. Long, M. (2021) Seasonal Greetings. Fast Running. December 29th.
338. Long, M. (2021) Mastering those diminishing returns. Fast Running. December 22nd.
339. Long, M. (2021) Mastering Recovery. Fast Running. October 13th.
340. Long, M. (2021) Menu Masters. Fast Running. September 16th.

Race Walking

341. Long, M. (2021) 'Taking A Brisk Walk'. Midland Masters Newsletter 269. June.

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

342. Long, M. (2022) Whats In a Name. Fast Running. August 16th
343. Long, M. (2022) Commonwealth Games. Team England Preview. Fast Running. July 27th.
344. Long, M. (2022) Team England Middle Distance Preview. Fast Running. July 31st.
345. Long, M. and Moseley, P. ‘Commonwealth Games Legacy’. Midland Masters AC Newsletter. September, 14-16.

ATHLETES COACHED:

Sara Wilson-Gallaher. Loughborough University.
Hannah Eke. Loughborough University.
Amanda Davies. Cheadle
Ramzi Sidani. Ivanhoe Runners.
Zela Morrall. Cornwall.
Tom Harriman. Unattached.