5 Foot Strengthening Tips for Runners © 2017 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved. By Tristan Ferris. M.D. – Runner’s Tribe What shoes to wear, gait analysis, orthotics, stability vs. neutral shoes; endless gimmicks. Finding consensus among professionals, most with vested interests can be a challenge. However, one close to unanimous opinion is that...
Age is No Barrier - Susan Hobson Interview © 2017 Runner’s Tribe, all rights reserved. If there was ever an example that age is no barrier for endurance athletes, Susan Hobson is it. Susan competed in her last major marathon at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, aged 42. To make her...
A column by Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe Last weekend, 5-7 May, was one of those times when, to dip our lids to Roy Slaven and H.G.Nelson, “too much sport was barely enough.” To recap, we had off-field shenanigans with the John Coates v Danni Roche election for the Australian Olympic...
Rayner Reigns Supreme at Payton Jordan Twenty-one year old Jack Rayner has asserted himself as a world-class contender and an Australian star of the future, outkicking Rio 1500m Olympic gold medallist Matthew Centrowitz at the Payton Jordan Invitational 5000m on Friday. The Melbourne Track Club recruit ran 13:47.41 to shave...
Runners Tribe: 4 key workouts - Josh Harris Event: Marathon - PB 2:17:08 Otsu (JPN) 05.03.2017 When building up to a Marathon I like to complete a significant amount of time at around Marathon pace, as I've struggled when I've primarily stuck to doing short, higher quality workouts. I include short, quality...
Runner's Tribe Opinion Piece - It’s Time to Equalise the Distance in XC | Written by Amity Delaney The question remains “why do men and women not race the same distances?” From ages 16 and upwards, men consistently race at least 2km further than women do. The argument that shorter...
Written by Jordan Gusman - Runner's Tribe I am coached by Dick Telford and train with the Team Telford crew in Canberra. Over the past three years, I have focused on consistency throughout my full week of training, rather than quality in a specific workout. Around six months ago, however,...
Ryan Gregson (Vic) and Patrick Tiernan (Qld) are London 2017 bound after ensuring their automatic selection in the men’s 1500m and men’s 10,000m respectively on a big day for Australian athletics across the globe. Stopping the clock in a season best 3:34.56 behind winner Elijah Managoi (KEN, 3:31.90) at the...
Replay: Nike's Breaking2 sub-two-hour marathon attempt The BREAKING2 run will take place in Monza, Italy on Saturday morning when Eliud Kipchoge, Lelisa Desisa and Zersenay Tadese will all attempt to do what no runner has ever done before: run a complete marathon in under 2 hours. All three racers will...
A column by Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe Here’s a multiple-choice question: It’s 3am; the next-door neighbour’s party is in full swing, the music boring its way into your brain. Do you: (a) bury your head deeper into the pillows; (b) ask him to turn the music off; or, (c) ask...
