From Runner’s Tribe ADDICT comes the 9th instalment of the ‘Destination Doha’ interview series hosted by highly knowledgable/top distance runner, Mitch Brown.
This episode features Australian 1500m record holder, Linden Hall.
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In our RT Snap Q&A series, we’ve had the privilege of interviewing some of the world’s best runners, delving into their extraordinary journeys, celebrating their achievements, and exploring the unwavering dedication that defines their careers.
Niamh Emerson
Born: April 22, 1999
Nationality: Great Britain & N.I
Pentathlon sh, Heptathlon, High...
In line with that is the notion that each National Olympic Committee has the right to be represented at each Olympic Games. Thus, the universality clauses. As expressed in the World Athletics explainer to the qualification system for Paris: “An NOC with no male or female qualified athlete or relay team will be allowed to enter their best ranked male athlete or best ranked female athlete” . . . so far, so not so bad. But then, “in either the 100 metres, 800 metres or marathon.”
Actually, that’s a mis-speak. There is no such thing as half a team: the decision is to send NO team at all, just two individuals. Full teams of six for senior men, junior (U20) men and junior women but just two senior women.
To be fair, the senior women’s race...
Written by Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
“My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in...
Time for another blog, they (Ross) said…give the people what they want, they (Ross) said. So here we go, with another bunch of stories from the past few months of the journey through an elite runner’s life. I’m assuming that most of those who read these RunnersTribe blogs are...
RT Q&A with Australian distance runner Dejen Gebreselassie
DATE OF BIRTH 12 OCT 1992
Personal bests to date
1000 Metres
2:38.36
Hobart (AUS)
29 JAN 2013
1500 Metres
4:00.13
Hobart (AUS)
24 MAR 2013
3000 Metres
8:26.50
Melbourne (AUS)
09 NOV 2017
5000 Metres
14:24.79
Melbourne (AUS)
23 NOV 2017
10,000 Metres
29:51.89
Melbourne (AUS)
14 DEC 2017
10 Kilometres
29:22
Hobart (AUS)
18 FEB 2018
12 Kilometres
35:57
Adelaide (AUS)
17 SEP 2017
Half Marathon
1:03:47
Valencia (ESP)
24 MAR 2018
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Seat by the water-jump
Back in the good old days of Melbourne interclub, when every distance runner had to compete in the steeple for club points, you could always find the ghoulish type of spectator hanging around the water-jump.
Given the rudimentary nature of most steeplers’ hurdling technique, falls at the...
Standing on the outside, looking in
The ACT Cross-Country Club grew organically from a handful of runners gathering for cross-country races in 1957 to an entity which nurtured and managed distance running in Australia’s capital city. Nurtured because club members planted the seeds, managed because, in an early example of...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Australia’s most famous open-water yacht contest is the annual Sydney to Hobart race.
Most years in these modern times, line honours are taken out by a sleek Maxi (length greater than 21m) boat crammed full of the latest technology. The fastest of these...
