A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe Most years a runners’ panel is part of Falls Creek Running Week. It was again this year, featuring rising middle-distance star Georgia Griffith, Olympic and world championship distance representative Dave McNeill and London 2017 marathoner Brad Milosevic. Chris Wardlaw was the MC. Inevitably,...
The Workout Series The Threshold Run - By Mark Tucker Talking about and completing a ‘threshold run’ can bring a roll of the eyes to some runners who find it a chore. It’s far from glamorous, there are no breaks to look forward to (such as in an interval workout or...
Pearson – Fast Becoming Greatest of All Time The 2017 season was highlighted by Sally Pearson’s amazing gold medal winning performance at the London World Championships. It again highlighted the fact that Pearson raises her performance levels at major championships, and now has her ranked alongside the likes of Jared Tallent and Cathy...
A Column By Daniel Quin – Runner’s Tribe Nearly every training group has an athlete that is seemingly “on” for the sessions and workouts but then fail to live up to that form in races. Conversely, some runners race better than their training form would suggest they should. What is...
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...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe And the people passing by, stare in wild wonder . . .* My 2017 night of staring in wild wonder was 8 August: the venue, London Olympic Stadium. The race is the men’s 800 metres final. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse is in the field. He is...
Carley Thomas Country: Australia Born: 26.12.2000 Personal Bests Event Result Wind Venue Date 200m 25.64 +0.4 Sydney (AUS) 18.11.2017 400m 54.12 Sydney (AUS) 03.12.2017 800m 2:03.66 Melbourne (AUS) 19.12.2017 4x400m 3:39.79 Sydney (AUS) 02.04.2017 You capped off a stellar 2017 by clocking a 2:03.66 for the 800m solidifying yourself as the fifth fastest junior in Australian history. How good did this feel and did you anticipate such a fast run leading into the race? I...
There’s a special magic in listening to the wisdom and banter of some of Australia’s hard working marathon runners sharing their top tips, secrets of training and stories of success and failure as they enter and participate in everything from their local parkrun to the big city major marathons...
Runner’s Tribe Interview with Australia's Chris Hamer -Born: 02.08.1988 -Personal Bests Event Result Venue Date 1500m 3:51.46 Canberra (AUS) 17.02.2017 3000m 8:22.53 Melbourne (AUS) 13.12.2007 5000m 13:58.99 Hobart (AUS) 04.02.2012 10,000m 28:18.26 Melbourne (AUS) 12.12.2013 5 km Road 14:23 Noosa (AUS) 29.10.2016 10 km Road 28:49 Burnie (AUS) 23.10.2016 Half Marathon 1:04:08 Sunshine Coast (AUS) 20.08.2017 Marathon 2:13:32 Amsterdam (NED) 15.10.2017 This year in Amsterdam you clocked a 2:13:32 for the marathon. Was this insanely good time a surprise to you at all and how good did it...
Written by Sam McLean – Runner’s Tribe "If the coach cannot do it, he cannot 'teach' it - only talk about it." Percy Cerutty If the 'Australian Running Bible' was a novel, it would be a bestseller, with three co-authors. 'Rab' (Chris Wardlaw), 'Clo' (Pat Clohessy) and 'Dick' (Dick Telford). Forwarded...
