Tiernan fastest Australian 10,000 debutant
A Column By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
For those of us yet to meet a statistic we don’t like*, there were some interesting figures surrounding Patrick Tiernan’s Zatopek win.
One, Tiernan’s was the fastest debut 10,000 by an Australian male. Two, he became the first Australian...
Interview with the Clean Sport Collective
Many sports are currently mired in drug scandals, with track & field currently one of the leading offenders.
Although large-scale reforms are required to address the cascade of problems associated with state-sponsored doping, there is plenty of work that can be done to address the...
How Important is Your Coach?
Written by Amity Delaney - Runner's Tribe
Coaches are an essential part of any athlete’s journey. Under their guidance and leadership, athletes can either flourish or flounder. But how important are they? Are coaches what determines an athlete’s success, or is it the internal motivation and...
Locker Room Talk with the Head Coach of the Oregon Track Club, Mark Rowland
Mark Rowland is the British Record Holder in the 3000m Steeplechase (8:07.96) which he ran at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 en route to the Bronze Medal. Since 2008 he has been based in Eugene...
2016 Australian Female Athlete of the Year
It was always going to be a difficult task to split two athletes who both had exceptional years. Genevieve LaCaze ended up receiving the nod over the recently retired Alana Boyd, although if Boyd had not be injured at the World Indoors the decision...
What more can Kipchoge do?
A Column By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
It’s that end-of-the-year time when we (some of us, anyway) turn our attention to who might be the athlete of the year. AOY as the most common abbreviation goes.
The IAAF AOYs will be announced this weekend. At the...
Afternoon tea with Neely
Interview with Neely Spence Gracey
Currently based in Boulder, Colorado, Neely Spence-Gracey was 1st American in her debut marathon at Boston earlier this year. She has since capped off 2016 with a PR (2:34:55) and an 8th place finish at the New York City Marathon where she...
QLD Relay Academy: An Introduction
Australia has a huge history in the relay. We’ve won the Olympics, we’ve won World Championship medals, Commonwealth Games, Universiade, World Junior and Youth medals. The only event group on the program to boast such a record.
In 2012, despite having no individual male sprinter in...
Suck it up and work your butt off
Runner's Tribe Journal: Written by Sarah Billings
Competing at the 2016 World U20 Championships in the 800m and 4 x 400m was definitely the most amazing experience of my life and one I will never forget. Everyone on the team- athletes and staff...
Driven for the journey ahead
Runner’s Tribe Journal: Written by Casey Wood
Injuries.
It’s never a word that an athlete wants to hear.
Even though it's inevitable at some point, no matter what fitness level, it’s never something we all want, and when it happens, it usually affects us more than we would like...
