Prior to the World Cross Country Championship in Bathurst, RT will unveil a comprehensive, 10-part series, composed by Len Johnson, that delves into the historical narrative of Australia’s participation in World XC.
Part 8 of 10 – Written by Len Johnson
You don’t have to dive deep into Australian world cross-country...
Eliud Kipchoge has created history, becoming the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-XgKRJUEgQ
https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/history-is-made-as-eliud-kipchoge-becomes-first-human-to-break-the-two-hour-marathon-barrier/
Written by Jaryd Clifford - Runner's Tribe
Adam Didyk & Team Tempo: Putting South Australia back on the running map
It was a brilliant stroke of genius during a despondent period that propelled Adam Didyk down the path of coaching. At a dinner table in 2007, uncertainty filled the conversation. He...
Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include On Pace, The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It?
The concept of a limiting rate of oxygen consumption during exercise, or VO2max, has existed since 1923. For almost a century, we’ve known that oxygen...
Payton Jordan Invitational Review - Stanford University
When we completed our preview of the Payton Jordan Invitational we focused in on three athletes, but we certainly didn't think that all three would produce such stunning results. Linden Hall, Lora Storey and Sam McEntee all exceeded even our initial expectations, with...
Note: Times have been update by RT to reflect the current world records.
By: Chris Gorski, Senior Editor
(Inside Science) -- The current world records for the marathon 2:02:57, set by Dennis Kimetto of Kenya on September 28, 2014 and 2:15:25 for women, set in 2003 by Paula Radcliffe, from the U.K.
These...
Milly Clark produced a marathon debut that could just go down as the best ever by an Australian.
Clark clocked in at 2:29.07 finishing 3rd in the Amsterdam Marathon yesterday. Thus achieving the qualifier for Rio in outstanding fashion.
We’re looking forward to Milly’s next RT Journal, but for now it’s time...
Written by Michael Beisty
“There are times when I run that the run is magic” (Herb Elliott 1981) (1)
“I plan to run right into the next life” (Harold Weiss 1978, a non-competitive Chicago runner) (2)
“The runner does not know how or why he runs. He only knows that he must...
“What’s wrong with this picture?,” asks Van Morrison in the song of the same title. “There’s something I’m not seeing here.”
Repeating the question, Morrison observes that what’s wrong (is) “something that’s not exactly clear.”
As the vision streamed in from Gateshead last Monday morning, it was all too clear what...
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MATT FITZGERALD – Runner’s Tribe
Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It?
I’ve always considered myself an injury-prone runner. I used to half-jokingly say...
