Muktar Edris cantered to victory in the famous Giro Internazionale Citta di Trento 10km race in Italy, the Ethiopian winning in 28:52 to bring to an end the five-year winning streak of Kenya s Edwin Soi on Saturday (11).

It may be a bit premature to say that Muktar Edris is the next great Ethiopian distance runner, but the 20-year-old is already faster over 5000m than Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie were at that age.

The series of 11 individual meetings in seven different countries which make up this winter s IAAF Cross Country Permit Event Series 2014/15 will kick off with the XI Cross de Atapuerca, near the Spanish city of Burgos, on Sunday 16 November.

Abel Kirui will use the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday (19), as a springboard towards attempting to win a third world title next year in Beijing.

Joyce Chepkirui returns to the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday (12) with the aim of putting herself on the top of the pile for the 10km distance on the roads this year.

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon organisers are talking about course records or better yet, a men s world record and, to fulfil those lofty ambitions, the IAAF Gold Label Road Race has signed up seven men with personal bests of 2:05 or better a...