With the Commonwealth Games completed and the track season coming to an end, it is now time to look forward and embrace the winter cross-country and road-racing season with open arms.
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A column by Len Johnson reporting from the Gold Coast
Championship marathons seem to attract more than their fair share of brutal weather.
Put on any championship, pick any day for the marathons and it’s a better than even-money bet that the day will dawn warm and sunny. Indeed, that it...
Don’t bring a knife to a gun-fight
By Len Johnson reporting from the Gold Coast
In the movie The Untouchables, the Sean Connery character offers the memorable line to one of his victims: “Never bring a knife to a gun-fight.”
It took a while for Kenya to cotton on to this logic,...
Happiness and heartbreak on Day Six at Carrara Stadium
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
It was a tumultuous day of athletics on day six of the Commonwealth Games, which left the track and field team with an abundance of mixed emotions.
The men’s 4x100m...
Gregson, Mathews, Williamsz - Aussie trinity of 1500m runners make it to the big dance
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
For the first time since 2006, three Australians will don the green and gold in the men’s 1500m final at the Commonwealth Games.
This...
Dreams fulfilled on field
A column by Len Johnson - Reporting from the Gold Coast
It might be stretching things too far to call Carrara Stadium a field of dreams – the so-far-hapless Gold Coast Suns might object, for a start.
But it has been on the field that Australian dreams have...
Family ties – Parent-child coaching partnerships thrive on the Gold Coast
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
When an athlete wins a medal at a major championships, they often take the time to thank both their coach and their parents for their ongoing support...
By Len Johnson reporting from the Gold Coast
Standing on the runway for her last throw of the Commonwealth Games javelin competition at Carrara Stadium on Wednesday night, Kathryn Mitchell dissolved into tears.
These were tears of joy, however, not those born of the frustration at having to wait so long...
When the stories mean more than the medals - LaCaze and Mitchell overcome adversity to run before a home crowd
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast
There was no way a foot injury and a gangrenous appendix was going to stand in the way...
By Len Johnson reporting from the Gold Coast
You will find Nick Hough and Alex Hulley side by side in the Australian Commonwealth Games Media Guide, but hands up anyone who expected to find them, if not exactly next to each other, one after the other on the medals’ podium.
Stranger...
