As I write this, I’m on a plane to Los Angeles about to begin the next chapter of my life at college in the US. It’s a strange point in my running journey as I’m about to experience big changes in coaching and training, but I’m grateful for the...
It’s been a while since my last blog so I apologise, it’s been a rather hectic month. It started with a national title over 1500m in Olympic Parks last ever meet, which was jeff riseleyspecial because I’ve grown up with that place with Melbourne being my hometown. It also...
Since Jack Curran and Jack Davies have already blogged about their world xc trials experiences, I thought I would give some input from my perspective.
Just to start off I think I should introduce myself a bit. I’m 16 years old, live in Sydney and train with Sean Williams. I...
Hi, my name is Emma Kraft and I am from Alice Springs NT, and I am a squad member of Adelaide based Team Tempo which is coached under Adam Didyk. Living in Alice Springs as you can imagine there are limited opportunities to compete at a high level due...
Every athlete dreams of making that elusive step and becoming a full-time athlete, for most it won’t become a reality. Independence, training and racing across Europe with two great mates from Adelaide; Jack Harvey (400mH) and Mick Heron (800m).
7 races, 6 competitions, 4 countries – 5 weeks. We were...
David Culbert is known as being one of Australia’s most prominent track and field commentators. A retired long jumper with two Commonwealth silver medals to his name (1990 and 1994), and owner of media company Jump Media, we caught up with David to get his thoughts on everything from...
When looking back at my journey into competitive running, it’s safe to say it isn’t the usual pathway taken by most athletes still competing in senior ranks. As a junior the only involvement I had with track and field was being dragged along to a Little Athletics “bring your...
'You'll never be able to run harder' - Robert Lister 4 Key Sessions - Coached by Michael Dooley
As before most races, the day preceding Herb Elliott winning the 1500m at the 1960 Olympics his eccentric 65 year old coach Percy Cerutty ran himself to exhaustion. Prior to collapsing he managed...
Decisions & Definitions: The Runner & The Working Man
“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time. It is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” Sydney J. Harris
I run. I have done so for as long as I can remember, and with...
Life’s challenges are not suppose to paralyse you, they’re suppose to help discover who you are.”
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The 7th IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille, France 6th-10th July 2011 was a marvellous experience! I went with a great group of talented athletes and managers; we bonded so well as a team....
