I think it’s appropriate that each sporting calendar is called a season, because truth be told, sport can be so seasonal at times. For me this ‘season’ I can truly say I experienced some of the highest highs and lowest lows sport can offer, and I’m all the better for it. Nothing I did this year went according to plan, but.....
The below training diary was published in Australian Athlete Issue 1, June 2018. Below is that diary. For more like it visit Australian Athlete.
By Stewart McSweyn
Below is an outline of my week of training leading into the Commonwealth Games. It outlines my training during this tapering period, with comments...
By Clio Ozanne-Jaques
When I think about representing Australia at the World U20 Track and Field Championships, I always think about the very beginning of my athletic career and all the people who have helped me get to where I am today. I started this unconditional passion when I won...
By Julian Spence
The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships were hosted by the city of Doha, Qatar. In 2014, when the announcement of the host city was made, I paid very little notice. My five-year-old marathon PR of 2:27 was as underwhelming as my training diary.
By Justin Rinaldi
At the start of the 2018 perpetration period, Joseph Deng, Peter Bol and I talked about the goals for the year ahead and what we wanted to achieve. In order they were: 1. Finish first and second at the Commonwealth Games Selection trials. 2. Win a medal...
STATE BY STATE DECATHLON - MALE
By Matt Lynch
The winner of the decathlon and heptathlon have long been heralded as “the world’s greatest athlete”, beginning when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. Australia has had...
Brendan Davies is the best-known ultra-runner in the southern hemisphere.
His amazing story, as never told before in this depth, it is outlined in an 8-page feature interview in Australian Athlete bookazine. Order your copy now (printing early December) and receive a free pair of Steigen socks – the best...
