After a long and what I thought was a pretty successful season for me, I looked back over what I thought I had done well and where I needed to improve. I had raced well and improved a lot, but I was still lacking when it came to the...
In the past 5 years, I had never considered the mental side of sport. For me, I had only considered that if you taper, you’ll be fresh and if you’re fresh, you’ll run well. This seemed to work for my 3 years as an undergraduate at university, where I...
Hey guys! First let me thank runners tribe for letting me do my first blog post for them. Here is a wrap up of my year so far….
Leading off my success of winning the 2012 Zatopec 10 1500m, 2013 was set to be a big year for me. After...
The 2011 athletics season has finished and it's been an interesting one to say the least. In a season that promised so much at the beginning it was unfortunate that it all unravelled not long after.
After completing a solid training block with the Melbourne Track Club boys in Mt....
Twelve months ago (this week!) I moved to the amazing city of Melbourne! Beside from the fact that I have always loved Melbourne as a city, the reason to relocate was to satisfy my urge to challenge myself athletically. Before relocating to Melbourne I felt I had reached a...
Alright, so you didn’t run the race you wanted, didn’t get the time you’ve trained for and didn’t finish in the top 3 positions and now you’re quiet disappointed. Whatever the reason is, don’t give up just yet! Every sport has its downfalls and every race you run won’t...
Thinking back to my previous blog “break on through”, the season was somewhat of a break through. Maybe not onto the world stage but I did make a slight impact on the Domestic season, although bombing out at nationals I managed to sneak my way up to 4th on...
G,Day It's been a while since I last checked in with RT, But recently there have been a few changes which suggest my breakthrough may be on the way.
When you are not going as well as you had hoped for an athlete will occasionally spend some time reflecting, may...
I am Tom Fawthorpe. A 24yr old middle distance runner from Victoria. The events I compete in are 800m and 1500m. I have been running since I was 13 for Ringwood Athletics club and am coached by John Walker.
Firstly I would like to thank Ross at Runnerstribe for giving...
Its been a year of tough lessons, great experiences and a whole lot of firsts, and I don’t mean first place finishes, since I last blogged for RT. I raced my first national cross this time last year, I made the pilgrimage to falls creek for the first time...
