Nick Earl - Race Report - Lake Biwa Marathon
Start (target 2:15:59 - World Champ Qualifier)
Standing behind the pacemakers on the start line next to the Big Moose (Julian Spence) with around 200 other saturating blokes on the Otsu running track thinking ‘I probably should’ve done a long run and...
Regular readers will know that this column loves the annual rankings lists.
If there’s one thing better than watching a year’s athletics unfold around the world, it’s reading about how respected observers of the sport rate the way things have gone. Whether it is done by popular vote or detailed...
2013 so far has been a year of trying new things. As some of you might know athletics NSW added a few new events to the winter premiership this year, one of which was the state mountain running championships. This event was held in Orange as part of the...
From the horror of Boston to the joy of the Newcastle Colour Run. The most raw of human emotions have been on display. And running has been at the centre of it all.
I woke up on April 16th to the voice of Kurt Fearnley on ABC radio. This was...
Hi everyone. Firstly I’d like to thank Runners Tribe and SiS for giving me the opportunity to write this blog and also to Brooks who have been sponsoring me for quite a few years now. For those that don’t know me I’m a distance runner from Inverell, NSW and...
Right now – 27 November, as this is written – it is exactly 64 years past the mid-point of the athletics’ program at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games.
Sixty-four is not an anniversary we usually celebrate, I’ll grant you, but consider two points of mitigation in that regard. Firstly, the four-year Olympic cycle does not lend itself to the five-year rhythm of most anniversary celebrations: the two waves only coincide once every 20 years, which is way too long between drinks.
My name is Marnie Ponton, I am a distance runner, who loves HokaOneOne shoes and have recently joined Team Telford Elite.
Although I’ve run all my life, I took a long hiatus from running in my late 20s to focus on career and starting a family. 3 years ago, I...
Day 16: I have been watching that damn satellite dish like a hawk all afternoon and I still have not seen it move yet. I may have to move further up the mountain so I can maintain a 24hr vigil.
Welcome to the world of cabin fever. Those of you...
I will start off talking about the lead up to the season in which I had a lot of interruptions all throughout the winter. It all started when I begun to come back from my break after the 2009 World Cross Country Championships. I was about 2 weeks back...
Welcome back! I’m sure we are all inspired by watching the Commonwealth Games especially with a Gold Medal performance by Michael Shelley and a Bronze Medal from my Team Tempo Team mate Jessica Trengove in the Marathon! And of course all the other great performance in Athletics!
As you know...