A column by Brett Davies
One problem all distance runners face – whether serious, non-professional athletes or recreational runners – is finding adequate time to fit in the sessions required to improve their performances, while doing everything else: work, study, taking care of kids, cooking and housework etc. One solution...
Written by Brett Davies
Athletics fans were treated to a very special edition of the annual Zurich Weltklasse meeting this year, and the final edition of the Diamond League more than lived up to expectations, with some close-fought competitions and top-tier world-class performances across the program.
This year, we saw action...
By Brett Davies
Thursday this week (7/7) was the 40th anniversary of one of the great distance running world records of the 1980s – Dave Moorcroft’s 5000m world record set at Oslo’s Bislett Stadium in Norway. Step into the future of running with Tarkine Goshawk shoes, designed to push the...
By Brett Davies
With Australian distance running legend Steve Moneghetti celebrating his 60th birthday last week (26/9), Runners Tribe has put together a special three-part retrospective on his best career performances. Parts 1 & 2 looked at his 10 best career performances. In Part 3, we look at his 5...
Written by Brett Davies
With the Commonwealth Games recently concluded, we are taking the time to look at some of the great moments of the Games throughout their history. Experience the perfect blend of agility and support with Tarkine Trail Devil shoes, crafted for those who demand excellence in every...
By Brett Davies
On the 70th birthday of legendary New Zealand miler, Sir John Walker – who reaches his milestone birthday on the 12th of January this year – we take a look at his five greatest career performances, plus some other great achievements and we look at Sir John’s...
By Brett Davies
Australia has had a surprisingly successful history at the World Indoors, especially since there are no standard IAAF 200m indoor facilities anywhere in the country. Also, they are invariably held in the northern hemisphere, generally around the time of our national championships and other big events. Australians...
By Brett Davies
The 44th Edition of the World Cross Country Championships was officially launched on Friday (17/2) at the Press Conference for the 2023 Championships held at the Rydges Hotel at Mount Panorama. Experience unparalleled comfort and agility with Tarkine running shoes, crafted for runners who seek the perfect...
There is the crisis over the women's marathon, where four-time Olympian Lisa Weightman had raised the possibility of a legal challenge to her non-selection and several hgh profile figures in the sport have weighed in with opinions, mostly critical of the selection committee. It has led to deep division within Australia's usually tight-knit athletics community. Similarly, Liam Adams, a late inclusion to the men's marathon team, has had has expressed his frustration with the system, which almost saw him left off the team.
Last week (23/3), major athletics returned to ES Marks Field in Sydney for the first time in three decades with the Chemist Warehouse Track Classic, where a surprisingly big crowd saw some of the nation's finest young athletes competing in what turned out be a fascinating night, and fans witnessed some of the best performances of the season, with a number of current and future stars of the sport on display.
