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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?  As a youth runner I never got injured. But then, what young runner does? Kids are made of rubber. Act Two of my...
The two women standing side by side at Lakeside Stadium had held the national record for 800 metres for a total of 28 years and 155 days. Catriona Bisset had contributed just 11 days to that aggregate total, Charlene Rendina the other 28 years 144. It was Bisset’s 11 days...
Written by Jaryd Clifford - Runner's Tribe Six seconds in the marathon is nothing, but for Liam Adams, it was everything. For a fleeting moment after crossing the finish line of the Gold Coast Marathon, frustration erupted. “Fuck. That was weak as piss. You stuffed that up,” he yelled. Stumbling...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe When Sally Pearson crossed the line to take a silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, she let out a scream of equal parts elation and amazement. Moments later she gasped in a trackside interview: “Oh,...
Written by Anna Kelly – 3 x Australian Representative and Private Practice Physiotherapist – Article –Originally posted on https://physiorunner.wordpress.com/ and reposted on RT with permission from the author.  That’s a wrap! I’m now sitting on a plane heading from Rome to Dubai and then another 14-hour flight home to Melbourne after a...
It doesn’t take much to send me racing off down memory lane. This could be because the past is the only place where I’m still running PBs. The impetus this time came from a query as to whether I might have a copy of the 1978 City-to-Surf race results. I...
From the beginning, one thing was clear: Liam Adams was born to run marathons. I don’t say this to be a romantic, it is simply the truth. Not necessarily because they were made for each other, but more due to it being his only option, at least as far...
From professional film producer Louie Hadfield comes the first episode of RT's Workout Any Day Season 2 featuring coach Jackson Elliott and the Gold Coast Run Co. WATCH THIS RUNNER’S TRIBE MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT HERE: https://www.runnerstribe.com/videos/workout-any-day-season-2-episode-1-gold-coast-run-co-runners-tribe-members-only/
© 2019 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved. “The average I run per day is 11-12 miles for six days a week. But it’s not easy miles” – Bernard Lagat If there is an athlete that epitomizes longevity, then five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat is that man. Lagat has been an elite athlete...
https://www.runnerstribe.com/members-only-features/high-mileage-is-overrated-the-training-of-bernard-lagat/ If there is an athlete that epitomizes longevity, then five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat is that man. Lagat has been an elite athlete since the late 1990’s. The second fastest 1500m runner of all-time has a unique training style, focused more on quality than quantity, with a huge emphasis on...