At SPIKES, our mission is to bring the world of athletics to life, and help put it back where it belongs: on top of the world. We think things need a bit of a shake up, and that’s what we’ve set out to do in our FREE magazine and here at www.spikesmag.com.

Across our magazine and website we’re bringing you a new and fresh take on athletics. We’re all about hailing the heroes and confronting the villains. Athletics has a world of stories waiting to be told, and SPIKES is here to tell them, in its own inimitable voice.

We want to inspire a whole new breed of athletics fans and record breakers. There's a huge amount of good happening in our sport and we want to shout it from the rooftops. Because we think athletes are all about doing the impossible, and that's an inspiration to us all.

But don't get us wrong, we're not going to pretend that athletics isn't also facing some big challenges. So we don't plan to shy away from debate and discussion about the future. In fact, that's what drives us and we want to be brave and innovative, and sometimes a little edgy, in offering our views.

We’d love to hear yours, too, so we’ve left plenty of places for you to comment across the site. We hope you’ll be a regular visitor.