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By Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast Back in the early days of Australian television, there was a cartoon character named Tom Terrific. “I’m Tom Terrific, greatest hero ever,” the theme song went. Tom Walsh is the modern day Tom Terrific. A 22.45 metres Games’ record on...
Written by Grace Kalac – Runner’s Tribe – Reporting from the Gold Coast In a testing night of Aussie track at Carrara Stadium, para sprinter Evan O’Hanlon has won gold in the T38 100 metres, Celia Sullohern has finished a credible sixth in the women’s 10,000 metres, and Georgia Griffith,...
By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe - Reporting from the Gold Coast The wild weather which washed out the walking events at the Australian 50km championships in Melbourne at the start of December last year turned out to be a perfect storm for Jemima Montag. The then 19-year-old Montag was down...
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe “Strenuous exercise should not be taken until two and a half to three hours after eating” (C.W.H. Grant – The Australian Amateur – October 1951) How much? How long before? And what should we eat (and drink) before a race and before we train? These...
RT's lead columnist, Len Johnson is reporting from the Gold Coast during the games for Runner's Tribe and the IAAF.  So hard to walk away - A column by Len Johnson It’s getting harder and harder to walk away these days – either on a temporary basis or into permanent retirement. Sally...
Awesome original content from Run Culture – Posted with permission by Runner’s Tribe – www.runculture.org – Dane Verwey Ridders, thanks for agreeing to be on the ‘griller’ the third interview of the Run Culture Blog, a segment where we strip back and get a bit interesting with inspiring members of the running...
Original content from Run Culture - Posted with permission by Runner's Tribe - www.runculture.org - Dane Verwey So readers, here we are with strava’s infamous Josh Harris, how many rest days are we at in a row now? Thanks for interviewing me mate. I’m currently sitting at 240 days without running and that...
You're just back from winning the Nagoya City Half Marathon in Japan, clocking a new PB. How cool was that international experience and taking out the race win? So cool. I’d never been to Japan or raced internationally so two more goals got ticked off. Wait, 3 - I got...
A column by Jaryd Clifford – Runner’s Tribe On the start line amidst the shadows of descending dusk, Keely Small stood in the wings of history. Her head held aloft, arms slightly parted from her body, her eyes stared fiercely ahead, unblinking and determined. She was only fifteen. For this fleeting...
Jordan Gusman - DATE OF BIRTH - 30 JAN 1994 Personal Bests to date DISCIPLINE PERFORMANCE WIND PLACE DATE RECORDS 200 Metres 25.75 -1.5 Gold Coast (AUS) 19 JUN 2011 300 Metres 36.15 Gold Coast (AUS) 25 NOV 2011 400 Metres 48.89 Sydney (AUS) 14 OCT 2012 600 Metres 1:20.17 Gold Coast (AUS) 24 FEB 2012 800 Metres 1:48.65 Canberra (AUS) 16 APR 2016 1500 Metres 3:37.97 Huelva (ESP) 14 JUN 2017 One Mile 3:57.29 Sydney (AUS) 23 DEC 2017 3000 Metres 7:52.82 Sydney (AUS) 11 NOV 2017 5000 Metres 13:48.56 Canberra...