Phooey!
Imagine being in Harry Summers’ shoes last Sunday.
First, he won the City to Surf. If he saw it as he flashed under the gantry the clock would have told him he just missed Steve Moneghetti’s race record – 40:05 it would have read. Mona’s record is 40:03.
Then, confusion. The...
RT Filmmaker Louie Hadfield covered the Queensland Academy of Sport Sprints and Jumps' process to professionally create the next episode of RT’s Workout Any Day series. Enjoy!
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Will 'Wyzz' Johns - A Profile of an Australian Rising Sprint Star
Produced by Tom Robertson - Runner's Tribe
Thank you to Peter Fitzgerald for having us down and Athletics Victoria for the footage.
Len Johnson is currently in Rio, Brazil covering the games as he see's them.
Please remember, these people are our guests | A Column By Len Johnson
Went for our first run today in the Olympic city. A beach run it was, from Ipanema to Copacabana and back.
A number of Olympic...
A Column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Crikey. No sooner do we write in defence of Matt Centrowitz’s tactics in the Rio Olympic men’s 1500 metres final than we get an Australian championships replete with races run on what we might now call the Centrowitz-Kipyegon model: slow as a...
Jakob Ingebrigtsen took most of the headlines on the second day of the Diamond League final. A win over a classy field in a sub-3:30 world lead will tend to do that.
Main photos by Natalie Hanna, Athletics ACT - Used with permission under a mutual goal to promote the sport we love in Australia and abroad.
AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR AARHUS
Senior men:
Jack Bruce
Stewart McSweyn
Jack Rayner
Brett Robinson
Harry Summers
Patrick Tiernan
Senior women:
Caitlin Adams
Emily Brichacek
Paige Campbell
Melissa Duncan
Leanne Pompeani
Marnie Ponton
U20 men: Sam Clifford, Chekole Getenet, Oli Raimond,...
In February, Rodger Kwemoi shocked a very strong field to win the Kenyan Cross country title, booking himself a slot to the African Cross Country Championships.
But for close observers of the sport, Kwemoi wasn’t a new name. He is a 10,000m specialist, he has a Commonwealth bronze medal at the distance. He is a former U20 world champion and in 2019 he finished fourth at the world championships.
The 24 year old finished second in 5000m at the Athletics Kenya’s first track and field meet and told Enda that although the race was very competitive and tough, he was pleased with the outcome. We had a chat with him about the race and more:
The below interview is thanks to Neil MacDonald, who caught up with Chris Wardlaw in January 2002. With Neil's permission, the interview has been restored so that today's generation can appreciate and learn from one of Australia's greatest ever coaches.
Neil MacDonald managed the Geelong Region Cross Country team from 2000-2007.
(Photos...
Sunday morning, Melbourne, 18 October, 2015 and the Australian women’s Olympic marathon picture seemed to crystallise as Jess Trengove ran 2:27:45 in the Melbourne marathon and Lisa Weightman won the half-marathon in an even 71 minutes.
Like a kid’s jigsaw, the picture did not stay in place long. Less than...
