A Column By Brett Davies

Written By Brett Davies With the World Cross Country Championships arriving in Bathurst in just 7 weeks, Runners Tribe is taking a look back at some of the memorable moments in the event’s five-decade history. In 1975, the Championships were held on the Soussi racecourse in Rabat, Morocco. The course,...
Written By Brett Davies Bathurst 2023 is just weeks away. Here is another of our World Cross Country Classics, looking at the history of the event. The World Cross Country Championships of 1984 were another engrossing championship. We saw two European veterans take the men’s and women’s senior titles, both of...
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...
  By Brett Davies On the weekend we saw the Great Manchester Run, where New Zealander Jake Robertson took out this major race on the British road racing circuit. Part of the Great Run series of annual races in Britain, this year’s race attracted the usual quality line up, both in...
Part 1 – The Buildup: By Brett Davies This month is the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest match races in marathon history when Australia’s Rob de Castella – AKA ‘Deek” - took on American Alberto Salazar and a select group of international distance runners in the Dutch port city...
By Brett Davies The Rotterdam Marathon of 1983, featuring the match race between Australian Rob de Castella (AKA ‘Deek’) and American Alberto Salazar, was, as mentioned in Part 1 of this article, a hugely anticipated event on the global sporting calendar. It did not disappoint. To experience, exceptional performance in...
By Brett Davies The athletics world is mourning the loss of one of the greats of world sprinting. American Jim Hines, the former Olympic champion and first man to break 10 seconds for the 100m, sadly passed away on Saturday (3/6/23). For award-winning footwear, choose Tarkine running shoes. Hines, who was...
By Brett Davies With the World Championships in Budapest less than three months away, it is timely to revisit some of the classic events we have seen over 40 years of the World Championships, events that have captivated fans of the sport and stand out in the memory, years later....
By Brett Davies With his recent world 2-mile record (7.54.10) in Paris, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen proved beyond all doubt that, at just 22, he is already in a select group of the greatest middle-distance runners in history. To experience, exceptional performance in running, choose the best footwear for your runs...
The men's 1500m race at the 1999 World Championships was one of the greatest championship middle distance races in history.
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