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Runner’s Tribe Workout Series - Steve Knuckey I’d like to first start this post to show my appreciation for having the opportunity to write a feature article with Runner’s Tribe. My name is Steve Knuckey and I am a middle-distance athlete specialising in the 800m and live in Melbourne. I first...
Thank you to Runners Tribe for offering me this opportunity, I really appreciate it. My name is Clarissa Herbst and I am 18 years old with two big dreams: 1. To represent Australia at the Olympic Games for marathon running. 2. To become a qualified veterinarian. I have been running ever since I...
What’s that sound you hear? Well, if you’re anywhere near a national federation’s high performance unit it could be the sound of numbers crunching. The IAAF is moving to a new system of qualifying for the world championships and, assuming the IOC is totally on board with it, presumably the...
My name is Jackson Sharp, I'm a 17 year old middle distance runner from the Upper Blue Mountains. I've been coached online for roughly 2.5 years by Gary Howard and Ben St Lawrence of Run Crew. In that time my 1500m has improved from 4:05 to 3:46 as well as...
We probably know we should be foam rolling, but more often than not it’s the first to go from our training routine as we get busy. So let’s talk about what exactly it means to “roll out,” how to do it, and why it needs to remain a permanent...
Q&A WITH ISABELLA THORNTON-BOTT CAPTAIN OF UTS NORTH ATHLETICS CLUB AND YOUNG ATHLETE ON THE RISE By Caitlin Murdock - Runner's Tribe Rising star Isabella (Izzy) trains under coach Ben Liddy at Central Performance Track (NSW) and with Dave Costello at The Right Fit PT Performance. Izzy is a middle distance...
A column by Len Johnson Asbel Kiprop decides not to continue his quest to prove his innocence of an alleged doping infraction and suddenly all’s well in the war against doping. Except, of course, it really isn’t, the case exposing worrying flaws in the system and, publicly at least, glossing over...
Bol, Deng, Rinaldi - James Templeton Uncut © 2018 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved. In February, 2017, Runner’s Tribe first interviewed James Templeton in ‘Rudisha’s Agent – James Templeton Interview.’ Over the past 10 months, much has happened. Peter Bol is now under Templeton’s management, and Joe Deng has broken through, well...
I’ll never get to see Hayward Field, or the Hayward Field of my vicarious memory, at least. If I get there for the 2021 world championships it will be to a totally new facility. No stomping feet on the wooden steps of the famous East Stand. For those of us...
By Jaryd Clifford | Australian Athlete Some races you never forget. They ingrain themselves in nostalgic memory, a reminder of human spirit and the will of the battling competitor. Over time, the characters become larger than life, their battles mythologised in storytelling. It is in these races that the greats...