The below interview is thanks to Neil MacDonald, who caught up with Georgie in January 2004. With Neil’s permission, the interview has been restored so that today’s generation can enjoy reading about the teenage phenom that was Georgie Clarke.
Neil MacDonald managed the Geelong Region Cross Country team from 2000-2007.
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One night back in the late-1970s, the announcer at Melbourne’s Olympic Park finally gave vent to his exasperation at the cat-and-mouse battle between two of Australia’s leading distance athletes on the track below for the Victorian men’s 5000 metres title.
“Doesn’t anyone want to win this race,” he cried.
I couldn’t...
There are few athletic feats more impressive than a marathon. Everyone respects it, but not everyone concurs it. Runner’s Tribe dug deep into the archives, spoke to coaches and athletes, and compiled a list of awesome training sessions used by champions, both current and former.
We studied the training of 10 past and current champions; their respective favourite marathon sessions are outlined in this exclusive feature article for Runner’s Tribe Addict.
Athletes studied:
Robert de Castella
Eliud Kipchoge
Lisa Ondieki
Florence Kiplagat
Benita Willis
Haile Gebreslassie
Steve Moneghetti
Jessica Trengove
Derek Clayton
Kenenisa Bekele
Closing the door after bolt has bolted | A Column By Len Johnson
Usain Bolt didn’t need a third relay gold medal to confirm his place among the Olympic immortals, but getting one ensured he would not end on an anti-climactic note.
Bolt took the baton from Nickel Ashmeade for the...
Under Armour are a company on the rise – quite literally, its stock price is rocketing, and their running shoes too – are on the up.
The UA HOVR Machina 2 is a high-tech running shoe. With a propulsion plate made from Pebax, it also ‘coaches you in real-time’ via a Bluetooth chip that connects to UA MapMyRun™.
A neutral high mileage trainer, the Machina is a durable, safe shoe for crunching out those long runs.
We whacked 110K into our pair, below is the rundown.
On 15 May 1983, Petranoff launched his Pacer III javelin from one end of Drake Stadium just down the road from Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and it landed 99.72 metres away perilously close to the other end of the oval. It was enough to make governing bodies ponder the event’s future.
Jessica Trengove crushed the Rio qualifying time at the 2015 Melbourne Marathon in October when she won in a time of 2:27.45. She ran a two and a half minute personal best time and the sixth-fastest time by an Australian woman ever.
What does it mean to you do be...
Written by Brett Davies
The action kicked off today on the streets of Tokyo with the women's marathon. It was an epic contest with some surprises along the way.
After some deliberation and consultation with IAAF President Seb Coe, the IOC moved the marathon start back to 06.00 to mitigate the...
Zatopek week 2019 was highlighted by two significant events. First was the death of Peter Snell just a few days before the race; second, the win in national record time of Stewart McSweyn in the fifty-ninth running of the men’s 10,000 metres.
It would be drawing too long a bow...
A column by Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe
Funny race the marathon.
Last Sunday in London, the British capital’s warmest (I would say hottest, but London doesn’t really do heat) London marathon day ever, Mary Keitany covered the 42.195 kilometres from Greenwich to the finish near Buckingham Palace entirely on her...
