A Column By Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe
Rankings ‘bang’ pre-empts Nitro
I’m as gung-ho for Nitro as the next bro’, but we should not become so bedazzled by the Big Bang Theory of Australian athletics as to ignore minor, but just as spectacular, explosions along the way.
Reference the annual merit...
A Column By Mark Tucker- Runner’s Tribe
Perseverance
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” (Japanese proverb)
If perseverance was a national sport Japan would be a World powerhouse. The above proverb neatly sums up a big part of the Japanese identity and the general enthusiasm given to the sport of distance...
Note from the editor: RT included some highly rated video clips to accompany Tyson's blog. Enjoy!
RUNNING
Written By Tyson Popplestone
Running.
As we journey through this most ancient of sports, she will reveal to us many of life's great secrets.
Secrets applicable to us not only as athletes,
But as a people.
She's far more...
A Column By Mark Tucker- Runner's Tribe
Running Nightmares
“It’s too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes.”
(Kurt Vonnegut)
The majority of my running dreams turn into nightmares. Getting lost in a cross-country or road race, missing the start of a race, not being able to find the start line,...
Justin Rinaldi Podcast
Just prior to Christmas we caught up with Justin Rinaldi, the coach of Alex Rowe (equal Australian record holder over 800m) and 2016 Olympian Peter Bol.
Rinaldi was himself a very accomplished middle distance runner, winning the 800m National title in 1997, while winning bronze in the 1500m...
A Column By Len Johnson – Runner’s Tribe
Dipping a foot in the water
My running shoes are drying out as I write from Falls Creek.
Haven’t had to do that for a few years. The annual Christmas-New Year trek to the Bogong High Plains has been marked by fine, dry and...
Runner's Tribe would like to thank all the talented people who contributed to our continually expanding free library of exceptional athletics content, geared to share and promote the sport. Below are some of the year's most popular text-based interviews.
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Here are some of Runner's Tribe's favorite interviews from 2016.
RT Video Interview with one of the greatest runners of our time, Meb Keflezighi
March 20, 2016
Runner’s Tribe’s Ross caught up with the worlds most high profile and prolific distance runner, Meb Keflezighi. Meb is the Michael Jordan of marathoning. Meb is...
Running Around the Holidays
A Column by Daniel Wallis - Runner's Tribe in conjunction with SOS Rehydrate
It’s that time of year… Christmas, New Years… all that good stuff. Holiday’s are great, except they create some unique challenges when it comes to training.
Runners are creatures of habit; we create routines for...
A Column By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
One fan's race is another fan's procession
Lots of people characterised the Rio men’s Olympic 1500 metres final as “boring”. All I can say is that for a boring race it continues to generate plenty of passionate discussion.
The latest to-and-fro I’ve seen on...
