Hello fellow running enthusiasts, I am Angie Petty, a 26 year old middle distance runner from Christchurch, New Zealand.
I started running for a club when I was 10 years old and got a coach when I was 13, so have been in this sport 16 years so far. I...
Why are so many good runners good at other sports?
By Mark Blomeley for The Runner's Tribe' Run School
When I meet with an elite runner, whether a sprinter or distance athlete, the first thing I’m intrigued about is whether running was always their main sport. The thing I essentially come...
Episode 12 RUN SCHOOL: Stability Training for running
RT’s Run School featuring Mark Blomeley. Mark is a strength and conditioning coach with over 10 years experience in the sports and fitness industry. Currently, in Brisbane, he is a specialist strength and conditioning coach for runners from international standard elites to...
The Workout Series
The Threshold Run - By Mark Tucker
Talking about and completing a ‘threshold run’ can bring a roll of the eyes to some runners who find it a chore. It’s far from glamorous, there are no breaks to look forward to (such as in an interval workout or...
Author: Alan Rada
If you are looking for new challenges for the second half of the current year, you cannot miss some of the most important marathons in different locations so you can choose the one you like the most.
We know that getting ready for a marathon is not always...
Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, How Bad Do You Want It? , and most recently 80/20 Triathlon.
Every endurance athlete is familiar with the idea that certain physiological tests can be used to predict endurance performance. For example, the classic...
Australia and the Men’s 800m - 4 part series
Part 1 - Australia's Standing in the 800m
Part 2 - Why have we underachieved?
Part 3 - How we can become better
Part 4 - Coe as a Junior
Part 1. Australia’s Standing in the Men’s 800m
Something is Rotten in...
Norway, celebrated for its Winter Olympics prowess, traditionally excels in mid-distance running and field events. Legendary athletes like Grete Waitz, Ingrid Kristiansen, and the Ingebrigtsen family have left an indelible mark in these disciplines. However, Karsten Warholm is rewriting the narrative, ushering in a new era of Norwegian sprinting.
Strategies for managing pain in distance running
Part 2 of 2 - Read part 1 (here)
Written by Daniel Quin – Runner’s Tribe
Managing injury pain is really only one part of pain management in distance running. The pain of fatigue, heat, dehydration, and muscle micro-tears is a bigger daily challenge. Because...
Sport continues to be one of the most followed and most adored aspects of the modern era and that is set to increase significantly in 2018, a year when we’re treated to a wealth of action from the Winter Olympics through to the World Cup in Russia.
Such high profile...
