Descartes Publishing is an athletics magazine

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based in

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. Descartes currently publishes five magazines, comprising ''

Athletics Weekly ''AW'' (formerly ''Athletics Weekly'') is a monthly track and field magazine published in the United Kingdom by Athletics Weekly Limited. The magazine covers news, results, fixtures, coaching and product advice for all aspects of track and field, ...

'', ''The Coach'', ''British Runner'', ''The Great Run Magazine'', and ''Play Better Golf''. The company was founded in 1999 by Matthew Fraser Moat, and began by purchasing the license to publish Athletics Weekly. The company purchased the title outright from Emap, the previous owners, in 2003. In 2010, ''Athletics Weekly'' was acquired by Richard Hughes from Descartes and moved to a new business called Athletics Weekly Limited.

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