The year 2020 has been described as “a year like no other” so many times now that it is easy to forget that sometimes it’s true.
Rankings, for example, which are such an anticipated and enjoyable of our sports’ end-of-year ponderings and annual awards in general, are going to be a far more difficult exercise in a year in which all competition took place within the constraints imposed by a global pandemic.
Article by Benita Willis: 4 x Olympian, Aussie marathon record holder, World Champion & head coach at Lace Up Running.
It’s a strange year in many people’s lives and in some cases, has thrown our routine out the window for months! During this time, many of us have developed bad...
Hailing from Sydney, Oliver (Ollie) Hoare, is one of Australia's top 1500m hopefuls. The 2018 outdoor NCAA 1500m champion, Ollie knows how to win. Now with well known coach (and Olympian) Dathan Ritzenhein guiding Ollie's progress, and a sponsorship deal with ON in the bag, Ollie's career seems to be breaking out. With new PB's during 2020 (outlined later), Ollie is leaving no stone unturned in his quest to be the best middle runner possible....
The Brooks Levitate 4 is a true workhorse of a neutral high mileage training shoe. Not the lightest of shoes, nor the fastest; but the trade off is you'll get many extra k's out of a pair of Levitates than you may in many other brands.
Runner's Tribe were lucky enough to take a pair through 210km, and below is our unpaid for analysis.
It’s often forgotten how slowly and grudgingly full recognition was given to the fact that women could actually run. Women weren’t allowed to compete in Olympic track and field until 1928, when the 100 metres and the 800 were the only two running events. The 800 was dropped after confected hysteria over some of the competitors finishing in a ‘distressed state’, a criterion which somehow never applied in the men’s event.
Have you ever given something everything you had and expected something amazing to
happen, only to unknowingly sabotage yourself and your success? That was essentially my
2019 season in a nutshell.
Karsten Warholm won nothing of consequence this year. He raced hardly anyone of consequence. Yet the dual world champion in the 400 metres hurdles is a viable candidate in every athlete of the year award going.
Did we mention yet that 2020 is a crazy year? (I think we did:...
Hi Runner Tribe readers! My name is Kaela Edwards, I am a professional 800m and 1500m runner for adidas aiming to make the 2021 Olympic Team in Tokyo. My 800m personal best (PB) is 1:59.68 from the U.S. outdoor championship final. I am excited to share with you my perspective into what I think it takes to run 1:59 and beyond; confidence, knowing yourself and the competition, and balanced training.
But with athletics in Victoria, my home state, emerging from Covid lockdown this weekend (14-15 November) with a ‘community’ cross-country, now is as good a time as ever to dive back into Australia’s history at the world cross-country championships.
At 35-years-of-age, Lauren Reid is an impressive athlete. From 2:03 over 800m, to a 72 minute half marathon, her range is legit. Recently, Lauren won the NSW 10,000m champs; so we caught up with her for a quick yarn.
