Olympic 800m silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson and her coach Trevor Painter are diligently preparing for the highly anticipated Tokyo Games, sharing insights into their training regimen. Despite the formidable challenges presented by the ongoing pandemic, they have exhibited remarkable adaptability, making use of various tracks including the Sport City facility in Manchester.
Ignore Circuit & Weight Training at Your Peril – Lessons from Peter & Seb Coe
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Sources:
British Milers Club. Volume 2, Issue 4, Autumn 1992.
Better Training for Distance Runners. By David E. Martin and Peter N. Coe.
“It was the long and careful attention...
The Training of Craig ‘Buster’ Mottram
“I didn’t think I would see an Australian do what he is doing. To have an Australian under 13 minutes for 5km is unbelievable.” -Steve Moneghetti
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– With thanks for help from Neil MacDonald from Geelong Cross Country
Steve Moneghetti once blamed Craig Mottram for...
“I wasn’t particularly quick over 400m, running only 48.9 for 400m but I could run 1:44 for 800m. It was strength that I had. People try and make things so complicated now – but it’s so basic – you just have to put on a pair of running shoes...
In a remarkable display of resilience amid the global pandemic, Australian middle-distance runner Stewart McSweyn has consistently delivered exceptional performances over the past year. Breaking Australian records in the 1500m and 3000m events, as well as setting an Australian all-comers' record for the mile, McSweyn has firmly established himself as a force to be reckoned with. Now, with his sights firmly set on the Tokyo Olympic Games, McSweyn aims to secure an Olympic medal in the highly competitive 5000m race.
Few names in middle distance running get people talking more than Alan Webb. The ridiculously talented American was the first high school athlete in American history to break the four-minute mile when he clocked 3:59.86 in January 2001. However, it was his run four months later, on May 27, 2001, that revitalised American distance running; when he smashed Jim Ryun’s high school mile record stopping the clock at 3:53.43 to shatter Ryun's 36-year-old national high school record of 3:55.3. Webb would go on as a senior to break the American mile record with his 3:46 in 2007.
Written by Sam McLean – Runner’s Tribe
"If the coach cannot do it, he cannot 'teach' it - only talk about it." Percy Cerutty
If the 'Australian Running Bible' was a novel, it would be a bestseller, with three co-authors. 'Rab' (Chris Wardlaw), 'Clo' (Pat Clohessy) and 'Dick' (Dick Telford). Forwarded...
Nikki Chapple is Australia’s 11th fastest female marathon runner of all-time.
Introduction by Len Johnson
The French composer Claude Debussy once described music as “the space between the notes.” If that is so, then Nikki Chapple’s marathon career could be her unfinished symphony.
Just three marathons, one a shocker, and the best...
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“My bottom end speed is usually pretty good, so like 200’s, 300’s, 400’s - they come around pretty quick - but that 800, 1000 kind of rep, that’s my weakness and what I tend to work on a lot.” -Matthew Centrowitz
‘Centro’ doesn’t really...
“Kenya’s Flying Policeman” - The Training of Kipchoge “Kip” Keino
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A lot of the below information about the training of Kip Keino was taken from the book ‘Running with the legends’, by Michael Sandrock, unless otherwise stated. We highly recommend this classic book to anyone...
